About nine years ago, when Compassion International (CI) began operating in Tanzania, we were received with mixed feelings by the church.
- Some thought there is no genuine organization that can offer the benefits CI claims to offer to children.
- Some were not comfortable that CI wants different evangelical denominations to come together and have a common objective in releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
The church history in Tanzania shows that for quite a long time, the church identified itself along denominational lines and had closed the door on the possibility of cooperating together as the body of Christ.
The pastors from our pioneer partner churches had never sat together for the business of God’s kingdom. There had never been joint prayer sessions, and the idea of a one-week joint workshop, which we organized and conducted at Masoka Management College in Moshi, was unimagined. Therefore, establishing Compassion International Tanzania required great energy in order to share the vision. It was accompanied with much prayer and crying. (more…)
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