Friday, October 19, 2012

CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ZANZIBAR ARE UNDER SIEGE

There is a swahili proverbs which say "Mtoto umleavyo ndivyo akuwavo" which translated as "They way you raise a child is the how she/ he will become".
 
To be frankly we can now say this proverb has begun to come into reality following many cases of persecutions against Christian institutions which have been reported in many Police Stations as well as other several governemnt institutions but all the time the respond was not so effective ,serious and very timely.
 
It have been a normal case for Churches to be stoned or burnt by suspected Radical extremists who push for abolishing of Christianity in Zanzibar and demanding for Zanzibar to become Islamic State on the map of the world, but because the world believes in democracy we would expecting these struggles of changing Zanzibar to become independnt state then make it possible to be an Islamic State could follow the stream lines of political formatt and not religeous means which includes pressure of hatre and destroying of Christians institutions and other innocent citizens who believe in the role of law ,peace and justice in the medium of democracy and respect of human rights.
 
But things have become very different and much worse , as there is a clear images that the movements and struggles are using violence and threats to push for their political agenda under the umbrella of religion.
 
We are very shocked by the statement from the Group of Uamsho which directs its members to targeting Christian Clerics in Zanzibar and slaughtering them like Chickens in on going riots in Zanzibar following the missing of their leader of the Organization (Uamsho ) a week ago now.Yesterday those members went to the Anglican Church and attempted to burn the Church which is one of the very historic treasure for Zanzibar in Tourism attractions and but they failed to do so due to the tools they were using and the structure of the building.
 
But our great question is why these Muslims are easily link there differences with the government to the Christian Institutions in Tanzania as the same to what have recently happened in Mbagala Dar es Salaam? And where is the International Community on its eye to the growing threats against Christians in Zanzibar and what does it wait until think to take appropriate actions on the matter ?
 
Now Christian Clerics have undergone hidding fearing of their security and they have no any protections from concerns source to assure of their safety and the same as to Church buildings in Zanzibar are also part of the target to the Uamsho organization but still no defence has been yet deployed.
 
The Church is also calling for International Community to run deep and appropriate investigation in Zanzibar due to the rumours that there is one of the political party is Zanzibar is behind this organization "Uamsho" and is engineering it to run the threats to people and Christian Institutions in the Island of Zanzibar and now leaders are threatened to be kidnapped and killed something which have forced them to undergone hidding right now without any hope of what their tomorrow will bring.
 
The is one swahili says "Usipojenga ufa utajenga ukuta" (If you do repaire a crack you will build a wall ), Christians and all who believes in democracy ,peace ,liberty and human rights do not want to get to a point of building a wall just because of delaying to repair a "Crack" .We are also calling for Western Countries not to give any support to the group of people or political party which will be proved to engineer violence and broke of the role of laws and security instability in Zanzibar and Tanzania at large no matter what smiling face their leaders would try to portray in the face of the International Communty.
 
We believe all the people whether Christians or Muslims and Pagans have thier rights according to the both Constitutions of Zanzibar and United Republic Of Tanzania and United Nation to live in peace and follow the role of laws without being humiliated or discriminated by anyone.Being Christian minority in Zanzibar does not justifying those who are majority to treat them like people without values and right to live and believe in what ever they believe.
 
We are calling for God in heaven to excute justice if the human authority will fail to do it soon and save and protect us , and history will condemne the world and the International Community if they will delay to take action against those who operate breaking of laws and human rights in Zanzibar and those who engineering them to do so.
 
Let God be not silence .....Let God arise and condemne those who intimidate others because of what they look them and account through the mirrors they wear....In Jesus name Amen. 
 
Amen amen
....Jesus Christ never fail in anything...
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The Long Way The Church Was And Is to Go

Zanzibar Island is the informal designation for the Islands of Unguja and Pemba situated in the Indian Ocean.



However during the Age of Exploration ,in 1498 the Portuguese Empire was the first European power to gain control of Zanzibar, and kept it for nearly 200 years until in 1698 Zanzibar fell under the control of the Sultanate of Oman and obviously ( build the Mosque of Allah is believed by the Islam so ever influenced the mode of belief of the entire generations of the Zanzibaris until today ).

Muslim traders from the Persian Gulf had settled through southern hemisphere of Unguja early in the 10th century after monsoon winds propelled them through the Gulf of Aden and Somalia. Zanzibar archipelago united with Tanganyika to form the present day Tanzania in 1964.

The rise of the minority Christian community relies on different means of their introductory causes ,as Christianity has diverse rich forms of denominations therefore there were some denominations which were being introduced in Zanzibar through historical factors like Colonialism period whereby the Colonial empires which were established in the forms of the national denominations were easily made their side by spreading their belief such of these are Anglican Christians through British Empire and Roman Catholic through Portuguese, Lutheran through German Empires .

How ever in 1974 there were other Christian Churches were introduced in Zanzibar after Independence of Zanzibar then the United Republic of Tanzania such these Churches were the Lutheran Christians and Evangelical Christians (Pentecostal) etc.

Praise God, as from the Church Rev.Leonard Masasa was pastoring were rose men who decided to go out and established new churches of different denominations such as Elim Pentecost, Tanzania Assemblies of God, Zanzibar Pentecostal Church, Free Pentecostal, and many other churches have been established in Zanzibar Islands.

In 1995 Rev.Leonard left the church he used to pastor since 1984 and established a new Church which "The Evangelistic Assemblies of God Zanzibar (EAGZ)" and was started until this day he is pastoring that Church.

The EAGZ Church has succeeded by the grace of God to open other Churches.How ever more efforts is done as to equip these churches and also pray hard to find up some means we can do more in other places, if God may open doors.

The recent research have shows that Islam religion has 95.% followed by Hindus and others 2.05% ,Catholic and Anglican 1.% ,Lutheran 0.01%, Evangelicals 0.05% of all people.

Please when you visit the Islands of Zanzibar feel free to visit us too and as you are still afar we therefore requesting your fervent and effective prayers so that this work may go forward and so many Zanzibaris could find their chance to know and believe in Jesus Christ...Amen.



Matthew 20:19-20
"19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ina the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (NIV)

Matthew 24:14
"14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come" (NIV)

Roman 8:28
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.(NIV)"

Matthew 19:26
"Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."