Category: Rwanda
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Rucyahana on a BBC documentary
The BBC did the world a service earlier this year when it produced the documentary called Rwanda’s Untold Story. Nothing in the documentary is new, it has all been said before, but in print, and sometimes in academic publications or other out of the way places that most nice Western Christians don’t read. For many people,…
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The Sonrise School and M23
Sonrise School in Rwanda is an almost obligatory stop on the itinerary of Westerners who take trips Rwanda and process through the country. An article on the PEAR USA website recently called it “A Light on a Hill.” The school has undoubtedly done good over the years, but a disturbing case of alleged ethnic hatred…
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Sounding the Alarm on Anglicans in Rwanda
Fr. Chris Schutte of All Saints Church (ACNA) writes: In the past week or so I’ve read several stories that illustrate the dangers of Christians becoming too close to political leaders. First, there has been a lot of news coverage commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. This is one of the most shameful events in recent…
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John Rucyahana and Rose Kabuye
This post provides another example of Bishop John Rucyahana’s close ties to the Kagame government, not that any more evidence is needed. A bit of background to set it up: Rose Kabuye was a fighter in the RPF invasion force that took over Rwanda before and during the genocide of 1994. She rose to be…
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Examining Breedlove’s Defense of Rwandan Anglicans
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Proverbs 28.4 I was going to continue looking at the “Peace in the Great Lakes” effort launched last month in a new post, but instead I will tie that effort to the recent posts of PEARUSA Anglican Bishop…
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GAFCON and the East African Revival
This week, GAFCON speakers spoke of the East African Revival as an ideal for GAFCON to emulate. While the mass conversions it produced are an amazing testimony to its fruitfulness, we should also note some of its other aspects. Brian Stanley’s article on the East African Revival (from the Churchman magazine) says: In May 1936…
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The Disintegration of The Catholic Church Of Rwanda, II
Saskia Van Hoyweghen’s article The Disintegration of the Catholic Church of Rwanda gives us a window into the pre-genocide climate amongst Christians. She writes: Historically the Catholic Church in Rwanda developed into a prominent institution, of which the subsequent regimes have often been called mere extensions. As such the Church was, just like the state,…
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The Disintegration of The Catholic Church Of Rwanda
Writing in 1996, shortly after the genocide, Saskia Van Hoyweghen provides a portrait of the Catholic Church in Rwanda up until the genocide, and it is a portrait that is somewhat mirrored in the current Anglican Church of Rwanda. She says: Until 1988 Rwanda was one of the best performing countries in the region. Rwanda, ‘la…
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Did Paul Kagame Just Admit Rucyahana’s Support for M23?
The New York Times carries a long profile of Paul Kagame called “The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman” this week. The article gets into quite a bit of Kagame’s dark side, without dismantling his entire facade. But what jumps out at me is this startling sentence: He acknowledged that some Rwandan churches have been sending money…
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The Actions of John Rucyahana in Rwanda
An article from The Wind of Change blog about Bishop John Rucyahana came to my attention. The article makes some very serious accusations about Bishop Rucyahana, which American Anglicans should take notice of. The original article is located here, and an English translation follows: The Ill Heart, Conspiracy, Plots, Disrepute and Shame of Bishop John…