Back in Capulispungo
02/11/20 14:47
Our first visit to a community since the Pandemia began! Capulispungo celebrated the end of five years of planning for church construction and growth. They celebrated for two days, but we only attended Sunday during the day. I led the conference that morning. They wanted a workshop on the end times. I complied, but added my comments about the future vision for the church. In my opinion, they need to address two important issues for the future: nominalism and migration. The evangelical Quichua church is now seeing the second and third generations of Christians. Many grow up in the church without ever having a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. They think they're Christians, but they're not. The church needs to switch from activism to evangelism. The next generation needs to know the Lord. Second, just about all the members, sooner or later, are going to migrate to the city for work. I take that as a fact. To prevent the migration is fruitless, but to motivate them to learn all they can in the city on how to run a business/factory and then, after some years, to return to the community and start a business/factory in Capulispungo, is the future of the church and community. I have already seen two successful examples: weaving cloth and stamping caps. These two issues (nominalism and migration) are in my prayers for their future.