Coming to America

November 23rd, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Young Black Professional Guide Coming to America
Missionaries to the U.S. from Africa? What impact could this have on the U.S.? African-U.S. relations? Your thoughts?

Here’s an excerpt from a recent article:

“America is fast becoming a mission ground again,” said Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian immigrant who pastors The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations in the Ukraine.

Adelaja is among a stream of pastors from Africa and other countries starting hundreds of churches in the U.S. Their congregations back home are bursting with worshippers as Christianity advances through the developing world. The clergymen see American churches as floundering - focused more on money than God and filled with stale preaching and sinfulness.

They hope to save the country that brought them the faith.

“When the values are crashing, you have the largest number of abortions, divorce and school shootings. These things are very sad,” Adelaja said. “As America goes, so goes the world. We shouldn’t allow the Christian influence to diminish in this country.”

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GIB 10 months ago 1 point
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AMEN! We have to see the link between increased consumerism, increased violence, increased rates of STDs (esp. among our people), increased divorce rates, more international aggression, civil rights infringements and a breakdown of the fabric of love, community, and Oneness. Please, someone, come remind us.

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MomT 10 months ago 1 point
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The Church is somewhere "acting out" and it's really sad. This whole scenario doesn't take the thinking of a rocket scientist. I'm much older than most writers here and I've seen things come and go. The "great wonderful better than all" America needs to keep it simple and fall to its knees and beg for God's mercy. It better happen quickly.

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Denene 10 months ago 1 point
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Amen to the American church being all about money. This is such an ironic story.

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Armando 10 months ago 1 point
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I agree with one quote from Pastor Adelaja in the W.Post article: "We're only saying anybody who has a value system shouldn't be ashamed of it." Well, our American value system makes possible a prosperous secular society where people are not forced into unhappy or destructive marriages, where women and men are viewed as equal, and where people are increasingly free to love whom they choose regardless of gender or race. These are not Christian values, but I thank my benevolent God that they remain strong American values, and we "shouldn't be ashamed of it."

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