We are far from that. That is the answer I would like to give most. But I feel my discomfort. Racism exists in all social contexts and structures. Why should a mission organisation be exempt from it? If we look at the past, there was clear racism from today’s perspective. The people in the area …read more

Fascination Hillbrow The scents of spices from Nigeria’s kitchen rise to my nose. One street over, Ethiopians prepare their food in small cookshops. And another corner down, dishes from Zimbabwe are being cooked. The variety of scents surrounds me. Hillbrow: 75.000 people on 1,08 square kilometres Mixed with languages from Ethiopia, Central Africa, Zambia and …read more

Pastor Madika had to flee her homeland – and now supports French-speaking refugees in South Africa herself.

the path   Station 1 Thinking Justice   Station 4 Seeking DIalogue   Station 2 Hearing Peace   Station 5 Living Hope   Station 3 Learning Respect   Station 6 Going Peace   Station 1 Thinking Justice   Station 2 Hearing Peace   Station 3 Learning Respect   Station 4 Seeking Dialogue   Station 5 …read more

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray’. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.” (Desmond Tutu)   The Missionaries brought the Bible to South Africa. But not all robbed land in return; …read more

Many churches and missionary societies approached peoples, who were named “Indians” generally in former times as they were people, backward in their development. In Latin America something started new by laying out the Bible not for but with the disadvantaged peoples. Until before a few centuries, military dictatorships were in power in most of the …read more