One minister approached me with the argument that if Christians did not do the same thing, the nation would be lost to Christianity. I reminded him that people were saved by God's grace, not by money. However, we should pray that God would raise up workers to labor in Zambia. We should invest in ministries such as Chalcedon, FrontLine and Classical Christianity that are equipped to make a difference on a national scale. We should also pray that God reveals alternatives to oil for fueling automobiles.
Oil is the chief source of income to the Muslim states.
If there were a decreased need for oil, their ability to pour finances into their own missionary endeavors would dwindle to a slow trickle. On To Uganda From Zambia, I flew to Kampala, Uganda, where I hooked up with Bill Mikler to teach a pastor's seminar. Our audience was composed of priests with the Church of Uganda who oversee right at 400,000 active church members. Our topic was, Proclaiming and Living the Gospel. The level of commitment to actually taking the information we were giving and living it was so high that teaching these men and their wives was pure joy.