Describing God's mission as the salvation and liberation of humankind, Africa's senior Anglican archbishop has urged Episcopalians to move out from their altars and meet people where they are, as Jesus did. In a broken world, surely one area of missional involvement is healing. Salty soundbites, sage advice Living up to his reputation, Makhulu's address was full of the sage advice that the Anglican Communion has come to expect from its senior African prelate, peppered with salty soundbites on the state of society as well as the church. If we are part of the body of Christ, that means sharing the same metabolism, he declared. To me a missionary is like a transplant into another part of the body.
Rejection can mean death for both, acceptance can mean life for both.
He urged Episcopalians to look at giving and receiving as something natural within the economy of God. It's so difficult for people in the West to believe they can receive, and so difficult for others to believe they have anything to offer. Some seem to feel they're trading material resources for spirituality, and vice versa. Using Pakistan as an example, he said that when Christianity was introduced 200 years ago, the missionaries reached out to the outcasts, the untouchables. The scum of the earth received the Gospel in its whole incarnated truth.