Even so the message was remarkable in many ways. During the Extraordinary Synod of 1985, after a number of speeches about the state of the church after Vatican II, one bishop complained that the bishops were talking too much about the church and not enough about Jesus Christ. This synod message is, on the other hand, Christ-centered. Perhaps it is unrealistic to expect the synod to come up with practical answers on inculturation, after all, there are many cultures in Africa. More importantly, many bishops are returning to Africa feeling even more committed to inculturation.
Bishops talk of setting up African institutes to study and foster inculturation.
They feel that they can experiment and discover the best approaches through trial and error. They have lead to war, to division of the human race into first, second, third and fourth worlds, to placing more value on wealth than on the life of a brother, to the provocation of interminable conflicts and wars for the purpose of gaining and maintaining power and for self-enrichment through the death of a brother. But Christ has come to restore the world to unity, a single human family in the image of the Trinitarian family. The same blood flows in our veins, and it is the blood of Jesus Christ. The communities are encourage to evangelize and to transform African society by their commitment to justice and peace.