LTRP Note: Loren Davis and his wife have been evangelists to Africa for many years. A year and a half ago we reported that Davis was warning Christians in Africa about Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven plans for Africa. After Davis read our article a few days ago, Rick Warren Condemns Christians … Again, Davis made the following comments:
Davis: I understand Rick Warren includes me with the “big mouths” who he says “haven’t done zip.” Perhaps he considers contending for sound Bible doctrine being “a big mouth.”
To set the record straight, since 2000 my wife and I have built 178 churches in unreached villages and brought the gospel and pastors to those villages. Most of these churches we have built are also being used as pre-schools or regular schools. We have provided water tanks connected to many of our churches to provide water for many villages and have brought untold truckloads of maize to hungry villagers. Many of these tribes where we have built churches were very violent and involved in rustling and raiding against their neighboring tribes as a way of life. We have been told by different government leaders, that since we have come in building churches and bringing the Gospel that peace has come to these villages. There are few raids anymore. We have recently preached a crusade in a Muslim city where many thousands attended and a great number of Muslims came to Malidi. I guess he considers all these Muslims coming to Christ as “zip.”
Rick Warren said regarding Rawanda, that he is going to transform the churches into centers for feeding the poor, education and providing medical facilities. Well, we are not against those things and do many of those things ourselves. But the fact is, the primary purpose of the church is not humanitarianism. The church’s main purpose is to provide a place where people can find Christ; prepare people for where they will spend eternity; and to be taught the truths of the Bible.
If Rick Warren and his friends want to go full time into humanitarian work, that’s fine. Let he and his friends work full time for the U.N. with whom they already associate with; but don’t, in the name of humanitarianism, turn the churches away from their main purpose of being spiritual institutions and transform them into social institutions. Loren Davis
www.lorendavis.com
For related information:
Race for Africa by Loren Davis
