{"id":3045,"date":"2007-06-17T00:52:59","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T04:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2017-10-29T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T13:13:06","slug":"africa-plea-please-stop-sending-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/africa-plea-please-stop-sending-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Plea: Please Stop Sending Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LTRP Note:<\/strong> The following article by an outside source regarding American (and other) aid being sent to Africa reiterates what Africa evangelist Loren Davis wrote two years ago in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/raceforafrica2.pdf\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Race to Africa report<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&#8211;the money being poured into Africa often never even reaches those in need but finances corrupt institutions, individuals, and governments. Top that off with the false heretical gospel that self-proclaimed <em>Africa-rescuers<\/em> take to the the African people, and the damage to Africa is astounding. While countless <em>Christian<\/em> ministries now tell everyone how much they are doing to help the needy in Africa (letting their left hand know what their right hand does) and covering their websites with photos of African people to further display their <em>good works<\/em>, most of these ministries are promoting the dangerous and deceptive spiritual formation movement (i.e., contemplative), and\/or the emerging spirituality, offering their <em>disciples<\/em> ways to &#8220;be like Jesus&#8221; through mystical practices but never offering the Gospel of grace through faith in Christ alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Stop Sending Money<\/strong><br \/>\nby Voddie Baucham Ministries<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recent rise in humanitarianism has Christians of all stripes striving to keep up with Bono and Rick Warren <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/peaceplan.htm\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">in their efforts<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to end AIDS and hunger in Africa. However, there are those who have said all along that this rush to pour American dollars into African economies does more harm than good. Of course, those people are often called insensitive, or worse. However, what happens when one of those calling for an end to all the aid is an African who sees the devastation wrought by that aid? &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such intentions have been damaging our continent for the past 40 years. If the industrial nations really want to help the Africans, they should finally terminate this awful aid. The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071215035336\/http:\/\/www.voddiebaucham.org:80\/Blog\/6E435A54-6EFD-4B58-96A7-7FEE226CC0EC.html\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Click here to read this entire article.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/spiegel\/0,1518,363663,00.html\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">&#8220;For God&#8217;s Sake, Please Stop the Aid!&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/raceforafrica2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Race to Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/wilkinsonquits.htm\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Bruce Wilkinson Quits Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/lorendavisincident.htm\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Armed Men Hijack Car of African Evangelist &#8211; 2005 Report<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 LTRP Note: The following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-global-spirituality","wpcat-122-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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