First They Came......

I promised my self that i would read all the mails addressed from trinity church with the full attention they deserve. Sadly, the more you read them, they remind me of our village drunk we use to have. The more he would shout, the more he imagined in his head that the fellow villagers were scared of him.
As a former member of Trinity church, i am amused first to know that WE, as i read above, that we had scholarship programs that benefited our select few. I don't know about you, but most public (i assume in most open societies, scholarships are announced in all notice boards for all to see and apply.For those who have been recipients, do you think its a good idea to share with the members who supposedly are funding the kitty on how to benefit from the funds?
According to the records posted online by Trinity church, the total income of the church in 2008 was 83000. For the same church to spend almost 18000 on one individual raises more questions than answers. As members, do you think they have the right to know how many other deserving students we are sending to colleges, not to mention how many members have the qualifications, and all what is missing is the funds?
The second paragraph of the letter is both laughable if not tragic. Let me just quote the letter..."The agreement with John was that he would voluntarily support the ministry of our Pastor in his ministry. However, John was under the discipline of his Bishop in Thika in Kenya. He had divided the Christians in his parish, shut the bishop out of the church and took the Bishop to court until he was ordered to vacate the church (a testimony that John said in Church)".
Does the person who wrote the letter really knows the meaning of the word voluntary.According to the letter, pastor Mugo was supposed to support voluntarily.According to my dictionary, it is proceeding from the will or from one's own choice or consent. If i agree to voluntarily give you a ride to work every morning, do i have the right to stop my services one day when i feel like?
I do not know this Recor , or who he is, but with friends like him, surely you do not need enemies. As the letter says, the Bill Recor or Recor bill (forgive me i don't know which comes first), wrote a "good faith letter " which he addresses Pastor Mugo as dangerous man who should be stopped. I don't know about you, but this guys want to make us believe that they were soo much concerned by Pastor Mugo's well being that they had to write to his school, his bishop and and another highness somewhere in Kenya, not even forgetting to include his Kenya's Safaricom number!
Finally, let all take it that Pastor Mugo was not in good standing (don't ask me with who or what), did Pastor Ngobia came to learnt about that in 2 weeks?.Did they know know that in 3 years when they were giving him scholarships of 18000 and grants? Was he good then, or by then it did not matter. Was he defrocked when they were both giving Communions and baptizing kids?Did he feel that it was less important then to tell his members that he was under investigations, or that he had/has been deflocked whatever that means?
Finally, the Recor charges that Mugo is surrounding himself and i quote "Through gossip, half-truths and what appear to be outright lies, John has sewn much confusion, splitting apart friends and even family members. He has smeared and defamed Pastor Jacob Ngobia Muiruri, and has lured unsuspecting Christians into a mire of illegal and spiritually poisonous activity. John has caused a great harm to the Church and must be stopped."
Nothing against bill, but when one chooses to go to Catholic, Jehovah Witness or Thaai thathaiya ngai thaai, he or she subconsciously rates any other religion or church as inferior than the one he or she attends. Most of us respect that freedom, to respect others whom we may diagree with. Second, we do have the right in this country, to assemble and worship where and with whom we see fit. The bill of Rights guarantee that Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right includes freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his [her] choice, and freedom either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his [her] religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.
3. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his [her] freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his [her] choice.The constitution does not talk about flocking or deflocking. You can preach wearing a turban if you wish to; nor do you need a certificate to preach. There is a good reason people worship where they do. That is the reason people drive from Plano to Dallas, by passing 20 holy spirit filled churches, yet they go to a particular church.We may not understand why they do it, but we should just respect their choices.Just because Mugo is not submitting to a mzungu doctorine does not mean that the followers are lost. And by the way, what is soo poisonous about starting a church?
Until we learn from from words spoken by Pastor Niemoller, i will be sweating stones if i have no papers and i worship in same church. if they can do that to the people at the front, what do you think they can do to a regular Joe. Was that not the message, to begin with??