There are many church denominations in Cameroon but I chose to use these three for this purpose.
I put them in the order of numerical strength but pardon me if my guess in wrong. The Roman Catholic late Dr. E.M.L Endeley just swept the road for the late Dr. John Ngu Foncha. Foncha and Jua were Catholics followed by S.T. Muna, a Presbyterian.
With Unification and the passing out of Ahmadou Ahidjo, power fell in the hands of Mr. Paul Biya, who is a Catholic. We know how many years Biya has been in power and we know there are people struggling to make him life President. Some Cameroonians know what we as a "poor or rich" nation have lost or gained during Biya's reign.
The Bible says: "You are the light of the world." The people who hold positions of power in Cameroon today call themselves SOBANS and BOBANS. Sasse College and Bali College were built with the Sunday penny of the two first denominations mentioned earlier.
Some mission bodies out of Cameroon also aided. The pupils who went through these pioneer mission schools were moulded to be the light of Cameroon. There are many political problems here today.
There was the lake Nyos disaster in Wum, the state of emergency, the terrorist activities in the Northwest, the supervision and or non-supervision of the Ring Road in Bamenda; there is the payment of forest royalties in Mamfe and the non-payment of royalties to the Bakweri people for their land, which CDC is using.
There was the shooting to death of four students of the University of Buea. There were hidden ballot boxes in a ceiling in Santa, Bamenda, and some in a fenced compound in Muea, Buea. Some officials provided transport for students to vote from place to place for a certain party.
Christians prompted all these, and many more bad things all over Cameroon. The list is long. Are we the light? Recently, there was a big Catholic occasion in Yaounde. A weekend ago, Bishop Bushu was received in Buea. We saw the Catholic numerical strength in these two ceremonies.
"Catholic Christians, can we be the light in Cameroon?Can we go to Biya in our numbers and tell him to listen to the cry of Cameroonians, extend the life of the present Parliament and let ELECAM take full control of elections in Cameroon? God has helped him to rule Cameroon for so long and acquired what he would not have with his own strength.
Let President Paul Biya let go and let God!
J.T. Kwendi, Buea
Kwendi Wrote:
"The people who hold positions of power in Cameroon today call themselves SOBANS and BOBANS"
Why is it that those who hold positions in power were all educated in prestigious christian institutions and they has not been able to impact our society with the moral values they learnt from these prestigious institutions?
Posted by: rexon | Tuesday, 27 February 2007 at 07:18 AM
CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS
TWO STRANGE BED FELLOWS YOU WOULD AGREE IS WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS TO POLITICS
YOU CANT PREACH LOVE PEACE AND JUSTICE AS A CHRISTIAN AND AT THE SAME TIME PREACH CONTENTIOUSNESS, DIVISIONS AND HATRED AMONGST THE SAME FOLD AS A POLITICIAN.
MAN CANNOT EVEN CONTROL HIS TONGUE..TALK LESS OF DISCIPLINING IT..HOW THEN CAN HE CONTROL WITH SUCCESS THE ACTIONS OF ANOTHER MAN?
SATAN THE DEVIL WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO TELL GOD THAT HE OPPOSES ALL THAT GOD DOES..AND TRUE TO HIS WORD HE HAS BEEN DOING SO FROM NINETEEN-EDEN UP TILL THIS MOMENT.
WHAT DO I MEAN? I DO NOT MEAN THAT MY RESPECTED BLOG MEMBERS CANT UNDERSTAND ME.......
WHAT I MEAN IS THAT IF YOU WANNA BE A BLOOD THIRSTY POLITICIAN..THATS OK ..GO RIGHT AHEAD , DO YOUR BLOODY CUT THROAT AND BACKSTABBING POLITICS AND PLEASE ..PLEASE..LEAVE GOD ALONE..FOR WHATEVER YOU DO IN THE NAME OF GOD WHILE A POLITICIAN IS TANTAMOUNT TO DESECRETION (the act of depriving something of its sacred character )
LET POLITICIANS BE BOLD ENOUGH AND PLAY THEIR POLITICS JUST AS SATAN IS PLAYING THE DEVIL MINDFUL THAT JUDGEMENT AWAITS HIM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CHRISTIAN..THE TRUE MAN OF GOD WITH A SENSE OF MORALITY WOULD NOT ENGAGE HIMSELF IN ACTIVITIES THAT DRAG THE NAME OF JAH ON THE DUST..HE REFRAINS FROM THESE VERY IGNOBLE ACTS...
POLITICIANS HAVE KILLED FRIENDS , FAMILY AND OPPONENTS JUST TO KEEP A FIRM HOLD ON THAT ELUSIVE ILLUSION CALLED POWER...
THEY KNOW VERY WELL THE WORDS OF KING ARTHUR THAT " AUTHORITY FORGETS A DYING KING" , SO THEY DO ALL THEY CAN WHILE IN POWER TO INCRIMINATE,INTIMIDATE, FRUSTRATE AND EVEN DECAPITATE THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND RIVALS...
REMEMBER PATRICE LUMUMBA, SANKARA, KABILA. THEY WERE ALL BETRAYED TO THEIR DEATHS BY LOYAL POLITICAL FRIENDS...
SO WHAT SHOULD A CHRISTIAN BE DOING IN THE SLIPPERY POLITICAL ARENA?
"CHRISTIANS TO CHANGE CAMEROON?"
THIS IS A VERY BRILLIANT THOUGHT UH? AND AFTER CHANGING CAMEROON, TO WHOM DO THEY GIVE BACK THE POWER?
OK LETS PUT IT THIS WAY: THE PIG GETS ITSELF MUDDLED UP IN A STINKING PUDDLE, AND THEN WE CALL IN A WASHER MAN TO CLEAN AND DRESS UP THE PIG..THEN WHAT HAPPENS? THE PIG GOES BACK INTO INTO ITS PUDDLE, AND THIS TIME HAVING A DRESS ON!
YES IT IS GOOD FOR CHRISTIAN TO CHANGE CAMEROON AND IN THE PROCESS BECOME CROOKED POLITICIANS.
THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIS FOLLOWERS:
" I LEAVE THEM IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY ARE NO PART OF THE WORLD.." (JOHN 17:16)
WHY DID HE MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT?
BECAUSE HE IDENTIFIED THE DEVIL AS THE RULER OF THIS WORLD AND HENCE WONT WANT HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE CONTAMINATED BY THE INFLUENCES OF THIS ONE (JOHN 14:30) .
SO WHAT SHOULD CHRISTIANS PUT THEIR HOPE IN?
THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS FOUND IN JESUS' STATEMENT TO PILATE CONCERNING HIS VIEW ON CHRISTAINITY AND WORLD POLITICS:(JOHN 18:36)
SO IF OUR SO CALLED DENOMINATIONS REALLY CHERISH WHAT THEY PRETEND TO CHERISH., THEN THEY SHOULD SHUN THE DEVIL'S GAME.
IT IS A PAINFUL REALITY FOR THOSE "CHRISTIANS" WHO ASPIRE TO TAKE ACTIVE ROLE IN POLITICS.....
MY DEAR FRIENDS ..YOU CANT DINE WITH THE DEVIL AND DINE WITH GOD...FAUSTUS TRIED IT AND FAILED, AND ALL THESE GREEDY CHRIASTIAN-POLITICIANS SHALL PAY THE SAME PRICE FAUSTUS PAID.....MEPHISTOPHELES DIDNT FAIL TO REWARD HIM WHEN THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED.
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM YE SHALL SERVE
GOD OR POLITICS? (JOSHUA24:15)
LET THE HYPOCRISY CONTINUE...
BUT
HYPOCRATES ALWAYS PAY THE PRICE
OH YES ..THEY DO
Yours sincerely,
KATAKATA
Posted by: katakata | Tuesday, 27 February 2007 at 03:00 PM
HI J T KWENTI,GET UP FROM SLEEP? THE CHURCH AND POLITICS ARE BEDFELLOWS IN THE PRESBYTERIAN AND CATHOLIC CONTEXT IN CAMEROON. SINCE THE COLONIAL DAYS WE SEE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CHURCH IN THE IMPLANTATION OF THE GERMAN,ENGLISH AND FRENCH AUTHORITIES IN CAMEROON. THEY WERE AGENTS OF THE COLONIAL MASTERS. AS YOU HAVE SAID MOST OF THOSE IN POWER IN CAMEROON ARE CHRISTAINS OF THE FIRST ORDER. THEY COMITE ALL SORT OF ATTROCITIES AGAINST THE STATE OF CAMEROON ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY WILL USE PART OF THEIR STOLEN WEALTH TO BUY SALVATION OR ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY WILL BE BACKED UP IN HEAVEN BY THE BISHOPS OR MODERATORS. THE CHURCHES HAVE NEVER TURN DOWN FAVOUR FROM THESE CULPRITS. ON CHURCH OCCASSIONS THEY ARE ALWAYS GIVEN HIGH TABLE.
Posted by: kehbohng | Wednesday, 28 February 2007 at 10:57 AM
Actually, the cameroonian youths have to stand up and make cameroon a better place for the future. We are sick of our parents in the political game now messing up the country.. that is not the country we would want our kids to grow up in, if our present politicians dont know that. We need to come together because the future of Cameroon is in our hands, and not anyone else.
God bless our Home Cameroon.
Posted by: Amos | Wednesday, 28 February 2007 at 08:37 PM