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Dealing with pornography

Pornography is any material that gives access to explicit sexual content or sexual stimulation outside of God’s purpose for sexuality. It is designed to arouse sexual desire through images, videos, words, or sounds. In scripture, lust is not mer...

Safeguard the vulnerable

My first experience of mission work was travelling through Mozambique in the back of an Isuzu bakkie (pickup truck). We moved through flood damaged towns and showed the Jesus film to thousands of people. I was only twelve years old, and I could no...

Break the silence loudly

The affair had continued for months before it finally reached the ears of Sister Agnes* through a whistle blower. The church had guidelines for dealing with such matters. She told the whistle-blower she was going to verify the facts from the perso...

The psychology of sexual abuse – shorter version

Sexual misconduct is an endemic destructive behaviour that includes sexual harassment, abuse, rape, and violence. Most perpetrators are male – regardless of age and marital status – though some may be women. Likewise, victims may be male or fe...

From slums to eagle’s wings

My journey into immorality is not something I care to remember. My restoration was helped by one Christian writer brave enough to share his story. So, I will, in part, share mine.

I attended Sunday school from a young age. By the age of fou...

A quiet disaster

It is no longer news that sex scandals involving ministers of the gospel, dead or alive, have surfaced across Africa and beyond. During a missions conference, a seasoned missionary confessed to a colleague: “More than half of our missionaries an...

Book review: Decolonizing Mission

Harvey C. Kwiyani’s Decolonizing Mission is a bold and deeply African reflection on the relationship between Christian mission and colonial power. Writing as a Malawian theologian shaped by both African Christianity and Western missiona...

The psychology of sexual abuse – full version

Sexual misconduct of all forms continue to be an endemic destructive behavior in our human race. From childhood molestations, incest to adult cases of sexual abuse, studies show that perpetrators of sexual misconduct (actors) are often known by th...

Miracles reveal God’s greatness

Do we still have miracles and should we believe in them? In some African societies, people associate unnatural acts with witchcraft. The person who performs them is seen as powerful and is feared and respected. Such acts are believed to bring pros...

People group: the Bilala of central Chad

The Bilala are a Muslim people group who live in the central region of Chad. Along with the Kuka and Medogo peoples, the Bilala make up a larger group, the Lisi. The Bilala conquered the Kuka in the 1600s and settled on their land. Today, they rem...