Lausanne
Congress Reports 2013
In his lecture , the Regional Secretary of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), for English and Portuguese Speaking Countries and former International Director of Lausanne Congress for English Speaking Africa Rev Gideon Para –Mallam said that beyond dictatorship, terrorism is eating up the soul of Africa through a combination of Mahgreb in Algeria, MUJAB in Cote d' Ivoire, Tuareg in Mali and Boko Haram in Nigeria and called for public sector security reforms to curtail the insurgency.
Speaking
on corruption in the church, he tasked church leaders to”resolve not to get
money from questionable sources” Rev Gideon said that “the church should not
connive with politicians to manipulate the nation; church leaders must not
allow themselves to be used in Nigeria.
H
e added that “The politicians are looking for prophets to use and the church
should not be willing tools”. He asked the church to “get involved in the
political future of Nigeria. The church should get involved in issues of social
justice, integral and holistic missions and must not classify all Muslims as
terrorists” He asked the church not to support selected elections and insisted
that democratic elections be properly conducted. Rev Gideon concluded that “if
the Nigerian church gets it right, the face of Christianity in Africa will
change”