THE BALANCING ACT OF THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION: THE PCC and PC,USA: THE CHURCH AS A CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

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From: Jonathan Fru <jonathan_light2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: [camnetwork] The balancing act of the gospel of salvation: The PCC and the PC(USA): The Church as a catalyst for positive change
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Date: Friday, January 6, 2012, 11:55 AM

 

Communique  to all Pastors and Christians of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon( PCC) and Presbyterian Church ,USA( PCUSA) about the role of the church as a catalyst for positive change     Stop milking the cow and feed the sheep with the truth  for the freedom of Cameroon  from the oppression of the bad CPDM regime. We are still  under bondage but the Church must act now or never to liberate the people of God.   Dear Christian friends in Jesus Christ   I am wishing you all a very productive new year ,2012 with the gracious understanding that God almighty through our lord and savior Jesus Christ will bless you all in your efforts on this earth. I feel very obliged to call your attention to this matter because the church must participate to stop the continuous milking of the cow by the CPDM regime of Cameroon.   I am writing from the United States of America where I have even discovered more fantastic truths, which I would not quite justify because at the time in Cameroon those who were persecuting me claimed that I was young and inexperienced to write 100 theses to reform the church in Cameroon.   Yet, I did anyways because there was no way for the church to earn the moral capacity to partake in the struggle for freedom if the church was either ignorant or simply nonchalant due to corruption. I won't necessarily quote scriptures because I think everyone knows how to rush to the verses of scriptures to back up their case!   The balancing act of the gospel of salvation moves from application to enforcement of the divine truth of God in our society bed ridden by mediocrity because the church is both in the present and the future.   It is Ok  for the church at home and abroad to fulfill the great commission so long as the people are already free and pursuing their happiness now and beyond. But when the people aren't free from the dungeons of despair and oppression then the church must take seriously into consideration the balancing act of the gospel of salvation.   It states that Jesus Christ came that we might have life and have it abundantly in this world and in the world to come where we shall meet to part no more. The balancing act of the gospel acknowledges the role of God in this life and the ultimate role God is playing in his eternal kingdom. The balancing act of the gospel of salvation was applied in full force by  people who have lived before us and today we have a better world.Now is our turn and the Church must rise up to the occasion.     It is easy for most African theologians and lay Christians to point accusing fingers at missionaries and blame them for being agents of colonization and neo-colonization. Even as many of them have earned their Ph.D in some branch of theology in either Europe or North America and returned to Cameroon, still a handful of them  continue to brainwash the oppressed to believe that it was the fault of the white missionaries for our situation. I have been within the USA for more than a decade now and have witnessed some of the PCC Pastors and others came here for studies. I always wonder what they have studied and how their studies is helping the Church and the Cameroon society? Just curious !   After  most of them have completed their studies and returned to Cameroon, they owe their thanks and loyalty to the Synod Officials who offered them a preferential treatment affording them the golden opportunity to travel overseas for " foreign studies". I wanted to pursue my Ph. D in Ethics  or Church and Society but was blocked by the PCUSA and PCC for obvious reasons; retaliation and persecution because I dare exercised my right to free speech.I said preferntial treatment because not everybody gets to go for further studies and if you have to qualify then you must leak the boots of the Synod Officials as well as oil their lips. The PCC is a very corrupt to the marrow because  they PCC officials have become as corrupt as the government. This has left the  people of God in the cold for too long and when they time came for the Church to be reformed so that she might live out it true meamning as the salt and light in a dark oppressed Cameroon society, they wanted to escape from the truth. Well, we all know that they can't.We, the people want to know what role the PCC has been playing since 10 years ago to help in the struggle  for liberation of Cameroon from CPDM regime.   Through out history no society  would emerge from  the shackles of oppression without the Church being actively involved as a spiritual and moral force that must be reckoned with by the downtrodden.In order for the Church to be a catalyst for positive change in any society where the people are oppressed by a very bad and corrupt government like the CPDM regime of Cameroon, the Church must have a conscience and moral compass with ,which to speak up as a voice of God.While in Cameroon, I observed  during the PCC crisis  that the CPDM regime succeeded to invade the PCC  Synod and rendered it morally and spiritual incapacitated because some of the Synod officials of the PCC were agents of the CPDM regime as well as anti-Chirst and anti-God passing around as Pastors and Christians.   The Church is very likely not going to be a such a catalyst for positive change if  some church leaders like those of the PCC are on the side of the bad government not because they necessarily value that government but because their friendship with the officials of the bad government is helpful to them in their  own corrupt practices against the people of God. The people of Cameroon who are oppressed and held in bondage can only be freed if the PCC Synod led by the Moderator and his Synod  will quit from seeking out their selfish ends and begin to perform the job  for,which Jesus Christ, the head of the Church, called them to perform in Cameroon.     I cannot overstate the obvious when it comes to the expectations of the Churches or churches to be proactive against the injustices of  a bad government. It is not a matter of  whether or not. It is a profound moral and spiritual responsibility for the Church to stand  with the downtrodden until they are liberated. The PCC has failed to champion the cause of freedom and justice in Cameroon since the last 10 years. They have been negatively distracted by leaving the oppressors and coming after the reformer and freedom fighter. This is sad but this must change. They must prove to Cameroonians and the world that they are not just another weapon of manipulation, exploitation and oppression by a clique of extremely corrupt Church officials who hide behind Jesus Christ to commit some of the worst crimes of corruption ever.   The responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of those who lead these Churches during the past 10 years. In Cameroon, the PCC officials abandoned their ecclesiastical functions and became materialistic hunters around the world  to  continue enriching themselves and their families at home and abroad. Synod officials of the PCC and other promenent Church officials in various departments are well known for owning large chuncks of assets and juicy bank accounts in Cameroon as far as Swizz Banks, Europe and United States of America. I have repeatedly called upon all CPDM officials to declare their assets per the constitution but let us be mindful of the fact that the PCC officials have not equally declared their assets since they protested against 100 theses ,which also targeted their corrupt ways.   Effectively immediately as from  this January 2012 through December 2012 I  am  intensifying the call for the PCC  to be reformed completely by raising an international awareness among all organizations ans the civil society  that are in partnership with the PCC in Cameroon. When I first published the 100 theses for Church reforms with focus on social justice issues, the Basel Mission  in Switzerland , which was the original missionary partner of  the PCC was involved in a positive way.   They made a great effort to insist on the reforms,which I suggested to the stubborn Synod of the PCC. Then when I came to the USA and also engaged the PCUSA that almost shattered the reform process because the PCUSA was more interested in maintaining colonial structures of oppression as opposed to being a catalyst for positive change. I have appreciated the fact that some PCUSA missionary churches involved in different churches in Cameroon  have taken the 100 theses seriously especially the state of corruption perpetrated by most of the Synod Officials in the PCC but that does not go very far enough.   This is why I want us to be more proactive in holding the all partner churches and organizations as well as the PCC Synod Officials  more accountable pertaining to the role that the Church was originally meant to accomplish inside every society. The past and present leadership of the PCC since 1999 when they conspired and dismissed my very humble self from the church in order to continue  their culture of embezzlement, stealing and corruption, theft of missionary money sent to help the people oppressed by the CPDM regime, extortion of Christians in  the parishes who sweat everyday under heavy church projects while the lazy folks in the Synod Office are doing nothing except exploiting and milking the cow as usual would get away with their crimes and sins in the name  of Jesus Christ.   The officials of the PCC must understand that the world is not the same again like 1999 when they came after me like bees and stung me. The present world in, which we live now is one in ,which we will expose all church thieves. Pastors and lay people who embezzle, steal from mission funds and congregational funds for private adventures and luxurious life styles for themselves and their children overseas will be held to account. All church employees and workers must live within their means and all people must be treated with respect and dignity. It is unacceptable for some people  to hijack the church and turn it  into  a private plantation and sort of think that they will get away with it forever. No, it is wrong and I condemn corruption inside the PCC by anyone who is corrupt or who condones it in any shape or form. I condemn the action of those who continue to leave the issues at stake and pursuing innocent people who have nothing to do with the mission ,which God called them to perform in the world.However, if some of the PCC Pastors and Lay workers as well as Christains are not children of God, well, let the Christians stand up for their Church now or never. I recommend a revolutiion within the PCC and all people who desire Chuirch reforms must be assured that our cause is a noble, sacred and acceptable before God in heaven.We must stop all the corrupt people in the Synod Office until we have clean and clear reforms as well as promote the difgnity of all people.   They must be transparency and accountability at all levels and we want all PCC Christians in Cameroon and around the people to make sure that they do not allow the Synod people to either bully, intimidate or threaten them again. We will file complaints to organizations as far as take legal actions to expose the assets of some of them who have piled up ill gotten wealth for themselves while our people are suffering under poverty. We will advocate  on behalf of the ordinary people who are victims of these elite within the PCC and our advocay will go very far to extent,which names of  people will be published to the world if they do not change their behavior and declare their assets.      Jonathan Awasom    The voice for Cameroon, Africa and the world in the 21st century The Rally-cry for freedom, justice, peace ,democracy and prosperity for all Empowering humanity to build a virtuous and free world for the beloved global village Blog:  http://virtuousandfreecameroon.blogspot.com/