Rwanda Is 95 Percent Christian. So Why Is It Shutting Down Thousands of Churches?

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(Worthy News) - Over the past two months, authorities have closed more than 7,000 churches across Rwanda for failing to comply with health, safety, and noise regulations.

The government isn’t clamping down only on what it deems to be issues of physical safety.

Current laws allow Rwandans to open churches without requiring pastors to go through any training. A new law specific to faith-based organizations will require potential pastors to get a theology degree before they plant a church.

“The government gets irritated when you start preaching the type of American prosperity gospel which many African preachers are learning from American television and YouTube,” said Mugisha, who is also a pastor and the leader of the nonprofit African New Life. “The government becomes protective of its citizens if a church or preacher begins to manipulate it.” [ Source: Christianity Today (Read More...) ]

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1 thought on “Rwanda Is 95 Percent Christian. So Why Is It Shutting Down Thousands of Churches?”

  1. The prosperity gospel isn't the gospel at all. It is a doctrine of demons. Name one apostle who had a golden chariot, clothes imported from Egypt and a palace or two built from the cedars of Lebanon. Never happened! Wolves in sheep's clothing, and the only ones who prosper are the false preachers.
    That said, who gets to make the decision?

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