Posted on 03/29/2005 5:31:58 AM PST by Quix
KOREA
The Orthodox Church in Korea was established in 1900. During its time in Korea, the Church has suffered through a terrible occupation of over 40 years, World War II, and the Korean War. The Church is rebuilding and coming back rapidly in exciting growth and development. Under the leadership of His Eminence Metropolitan Soterios, the Orthodox Church in Korea continues to grow and flourish.
KENYA
Orthodox Christianity came to the people of East Africa through charismatic African men searching for truth in the early 1920’s and in 1946 the first Kenyans were received into canonical Orthodoxy. The very first OCMC Mission Team was sent to Kenya in 1987 to assist with the construction of a church. Mission Teams since then have heped to construct a medical clinic, church and secondary school.
UGANDA
In 1946, the Ugandan Church was received into canonical Orthodoxy with approximately 10,000 baptized members. Today there are over 200,000 Orthodox believers, at least 71 communities, 23 priests and 4 deacons. They are two minor seminaries and 23 schools. There is one Orthodox hospital and 6 medical centers.
"Christianity is the fastest growing faith based upon personal choice."
Where is your proof for the above claim?
Partially good point.
There is inherent in the Muslim Scriptures tons of ruthless mayhem and murder--advocated against those who disagree.
PRAISE GOD!
AM BLESSED to read of it.
And the naysayers who will harrass me for supporting a group they are not part of can . . . go
kiss Balam's transportation.
I love reading about such examples.
Thanks.
I started going back to church six years ago because I thought one religion was basically as good another but I had been raised Christian, and I thought it was the best way to live.
I'm still in the church because Jesus has given me a chance to go to Heaven and I want to go. Jesus is my Personal Lord and Savior, and there is no other. It does not surprise me that the muzzies turn to Him. There is no way to get to heaven with Mohummed (pigbuh), except to blow yourself up, I suppose.
I expect we will see much more of this as we free more Muzzle lands. I suspect as much as 85-90% of mohammedans may be hostages to one degree or another.
Anecdotally, I know of specific cases (including some who have been guests in my home), of muslims turning to Christ. Though this is a trend that was under way before September 11th. I'm not sure of the exact impact of 9-11 on this phenomena.
"I suspect as much as 85-90% of mohammedans may be hostages to one degree or another."
What exactly does that statement mean? The latter part of your post makes little sense.
For a muslim? Not hardly. Losing your family for sure, maybe your life, is easy?
A very significant number of self-described "christians" have indeed behaved wickedly.
Though, percentage-wise, the most violent record belongs to the self-described "atheists."
A very significant number of self-described "christians" have indeed behaved wickedly.
Though, percentage-wise, the most violent record belongs to the self-described "atheists."
I agree with you. As I am sure you agree that much of the violence by "self-described" muslims can be put to the same comparison.
15% are Lutheran? Funny that my friends in Kazakhstan didn't notice this. Maybe they are secret believers. I have to say, I doubt this. And it is true that perhaps one third is ethnically Russian, but that does not make them meaningfully Orthodox or Christian.
No it's because Stalin moved the Volga Germans into Khazakstan during 1941. A lot of them have left, though, for Germany or other countries. There is also a Lutherin presense in Georgia, a former colony under the Tsars.
Thanks. It's important that regardless of the dinomination that it's Christian first that lands in these people's souls.
I have friends and relatives on the ground doing this work. The numbners are conservative.
The God who took down the Soviet empire, and Who is now taking down Islam, has something in mind for smug, invincibily supercilious secular humanism as well.
I pray the number of Christians who donate their kids 30 hours a week to the cause of secular humanism will dramatically shrink, so that we can be those who rebuild, rather than those who go down with the ship.
Great observations.
I don't know about 80-90%. Could be. Might be high.
In the sense that they were taught no differently or better, I'd agree.
My guess is that 911 was a major time marker primarily. And, perhaps a contrast between the two religions.
I do encourage you to search out and read some of the threads that accurately reflect what the Koran includes in terms of ruthless violence against non Moslem believers.
There really is good scholarship tracing the religion back to a demonic moon god with all the related horrors associated with demonic forces.
It really is a major tenant of that faith to forcefully, ruthlessly, brutally conquer the world and exterminate nonbelievers.
Christians believe the God of the Bible will end up removing all non-believers/rebellions against Him. However, Christ clearly taught that those who lived by the sword were likely to die or would die by it. The resulting cleansing of the world, as it were, is not up to Christian humans but up to God's angelic forces and supernatural power.
That's a huge difference. I hope you can learn to understand that difference and appreciate its significance for society and the world.
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