On the road of mission (by Jean Kalimire)

Some missionaries in Zaïre(DR Congo) had trouble building relationship with the people. Finally, one old man explained the people's timidity to befriend the missionaries. "When you came, you brought your strange ways", he said". "You brought boxes of food. On the outside of one was a picture of corn. When you opened it, inside was corn, and you ate it. Outside another was a picture of meat, and inside was meat, and you ate it. And then when you had your baby, you brought small boxes. On the outside was a picture of babies, and you opened it and fed the inside to your child!" The point is: on the road of mission the church will meet different people with different perspective of life. What should the church do to minister creatively in a new culture? This book is providing solution to the challenges and problems of both society and the church. In Jesus Christ, God is the very first missionary who sends and who is sent among people of different cultures. The Christian church has to be first of all missionary with regard to the great commission of Matthew 28,18-20.