Warning: If you are not a Christian, you may be irritated by this post. However, you might agree wtih me that it would be better for the world if Christianity were ascendant in the Muslim world. That is why I post this here.
The story of a church with a rapidly growing congregation - recently evicted to accomodate the 2012 olympic park.
The very same 18 acre plot in West Ham could easily serve as a location for The Kingsway International Christian Centre, which claims to be the fastest-growing church in western Europe.
Their documented membership warrants building a church capable of holding 8,000 people รข€“ or five times that of the size of Westminster Abbey.
Here's the bonus . . .Pastor Christian Matthew Ashimolowo is a Nigerian ex-muslim.
Some of the points Matthew makes actually err on the side of being overly fair to Islam. For instance, he says that Islam eliminated slavery in the Sudan in 1991. While it may be true that a law was enacted against slavery in the Sudan in 1991, the truth is, the Janjaweed, who are sponsored by the Arab Muslim Sudanese government, are still taking blacks and enslaving them to this day.
In fact, that is a very important Jihadic method for the Sudanese Muslims.
That being said, I think the message this guy brings is important, and it is worth a view.
Anonymous comments:
... it just doesn't make sense to me (a Jewess) that a country with a state religion could get away with blocking this established church (with a very large minority congregation) from using the land next to the olympic site - the very site their original church was evicted from?
The very same laws the govt used to evict the church for the olympics could apply to relocate the displaced church on the undeveloped 18 acre parcel next door.
Such a move would finish the debate on the mega mosque (which does not have an established local membership)but it will accomodate the minority community's existing needs.
In my exasperation, I am not finding the proper words to express the maddening irony.
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compare & contrast
He has to administer services 5x a day - quite a distance from his neighborhood.
England was legally able to evict the church securing the land for the olympics. Why could they not do the same with the 18 acre plot of land creating controversy with the tablighi jamaat mega (abbey mills )mosque - which does NOT have historic standing within this neighborhood? Where is the frick'n Church of England????
How did you find out about this guy?
I recalled becoming aware of a large church being evicted to make room for the 2012 olympics - a few weeks ago(?). I thought it was through a video, so I searched key words and voila - the pastors interview popped up. It wasn't what I was looking for initially, but it provided me the identity of the congregation. While searching for the specific video I initially recalled, I kept the interview video open on an additional window and overheard the discussion about this pastor's apostasy and decided to post it in the comments and continue searching.
The second video (linked above)is the original report I remember viewing a few weeks ago.
Pastorius, it just doesn't make sense to me (a Jewess) that a country with a state religion could get away with blocking this established church (with a very large minority congregation) from using the land next to the olympic site - the very site their original church was evicted from? The very same laws the govt used to evict the church for the olympics could apply to relocate the displaced church on the undeveloped 18 acre parcel next door. Such a move would finish the debate on the mega mosque (which does not have an established local membership)but it will accomodate the minority community's existing needs.
In my exasperation, I am not finding the proper words to express the maddening irony.
You're right! It is maddening.
I'll put your comment on the first page.
I hope you don't mind.
Please, feel free to post it.
I don't care what -ism would be ascendant.
If Kali was worshiped instead of Allah, and the WAY OF ALLAH, could it be worse in terms of violence?
Baal might be a push, but maybe not worse.
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