Should international donors
and global church missions just hand over the money and take a “hands-off” approach
to avoid evoking “colonialism”? Is this
why organizations and churches in wealthy countries feel they must debase themselves
and dare not demand accountability of local clergy leaders in developing
nations? Expecting transparency and stewardship is the responsible thing to do.
Simply throwing money at the problems plaguing developing countries perpetuates
a more colonialist mentality because it empowers the society’s elitists who
deprive the poorest citizens of the help they need and deserve. Make informed
choices; find out where your church’s international donation is going and how
it’s being used.
“Bishops and senior
clergy inherited from their colonial predecessors lavish lifestyles with huge
houses and expensive cars, behaving like diplomats and being bowed and scraped
to as though they were medieval potentates”.
– Hugh McCollum, Africafiles
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