CHRISTIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORLD
Christian
involvement means the following:
The
active participation is the Christians in the affairs of their own community
The
role, activities or the work of the Christians aimed at developing the society.
It
is the services that the Christians render or offer society in which they live.
In
their involvement, the Christians tend to follow their faith as they search for
true meaning of life and in fulfilling the requirement of the scripture.
In
Uganda today, Christians are involved in human affairs in the following ways.
Help
the needy such as the poor, orphans and the disabled among others. This is what
described as alms giving or charity work. A number of church founded
organizations like Watoto Children and Sanyu Babies Home at Namirembe do take
the responsibility providing tor the needs of such disadvantaged people giving
them food, shelter, education and medical care among others.
The
Christians have always been in the fore front calling tor peaceful means of solving
conflict or disagreement among people. As they strive to reconcile the
aggrieved parties, they encourage the members to sit in a round table to settle
their misunderstanding forgive one another their effort to forge unity. For
example, from the late 1990’s retired Bishop Reverend Mark Baker Ochola and
Bishop Reverend Onono Onweny- both the Anglican church played important roles
in calling upon the Ugandan government and the rebel group Lord's Resistance
Army (LRA) under leadership of Joseph Kony to settle the Northern war through
dialogue. Their effort also led the formation of the Acholi Religious Leaders
Peace Initiative (ARLPS).
Some Christians are involved in the fight against
dictatorship. They particularly condemn the violation of human rights. For
example, the Uganda Joint Christian Council advocates for the observation of
human rights.
There are many Christian organizations that are serving
the people in different ways. The Catholic Relief Service (C.R.S) played a
tremendous role as people in Northern Uganda were living in the Internally
Displaced Camps (IDC). The people were provided with basic needs like food and
clothes.
Christians are also translating the gospel into various
languages. This is an effort to cater for all categories of people such they
can read and understand the good news.
The Christians are involved in offering guidance and
counseling services to the people around them. The Serenity Centre in Ggaba in
Kampala has been helping to counsel people whose conditions or problems seem
chronic including the alcoholic. This has helped to give a ray of hope to those
who seeming have given up in life.
The Christians are actively offering medical services to
the people. This is being through church managed hospitals like St Mary's Hospital
Lacer in Gulu district Nsambya Hospital in Kampala. The improved health of the
people enables them to engage productive activities for the development of
their families and the country.
There are media centres belonging to the church. This
includes and television stations like
Light House Television, Record Television and Radio Maria and Power
respectively all located in Kampala. Such centres have benefits including
employment, sources of entertainment and information among others.
Through providing education services to the people they
serve. This is being done through religious founded schools like St Mary's
College Kisubi and Our Lady Queen Rubaga Girl's Secondary School. In such
schools religious activities like compulsory. Besides, the church offers
scholarship children from the committed families.
The Christians are involved in creating and running
income generating projects or corporations. Among others, Centenary Bank is the
direct management of the Catholic Church. This is contributing to development of the country in many ways
like loans personal development and offering employment opportunities.
The church is preaching the gospel in various
communities. This is an effort to strengthen the faith of the people they are
serving.
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