HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-12-03, Page 2AN ENGAGING AND ENERGETIC MAN - Rev. Dr. Timothy M. Njoya wants Canada to export its democratic values to
Kenya, where he lives. He gave the sermon for the 130th anniversary at 1st Presbyterian Church in Seaforth two
weeks ago. and also spoke on the troubles in his homeland at St. Andrew's Church in Clinton that weekend.
God's answers through politics, not miracles
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IN SEAFORTH AREA
He gave the sermon at the
service marking the 130th
anniversary of I st
Presbyterian Church in
Seaforth the day after his talk
at Clinton. Rev. Njoya, once
named one of the foremost
theologians in the world.
recently began a one-year
term as scholar in residence
at the University of Toronto.
He is an interesting man.
"I have been fighting for
the last 20 years," he said
while speaking to reporters
before his talk at St.
Andrew's. "Canada has a lot
of moral currency."
He is an energetic talker. It
was hard to get a question in
edgewise.
Rev. Njoya thinks we
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Tanya Eckert. 22. of
Clinton. hut from the
Seaforth area had "minor
injuries" but the 1994 Chev
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should do everything in our
power to export our way of
life, or moral currency, to his
homeland.
What we wouldn't tolerate
here, he says, we should not
tolerate there.
"Canada is innocent." he
says, because we have never
been an imperialist power.
"I can not think people can
not cope," he says. "I can not
imagine a human heing not
heing able to survive. There
must be something wrong."
`BEYOND BLAMING'
He defines democracy as
the people using their time
and energy to give maximum
satisfaction at minimum
waste. delegating only a por-
tion of this responsibility to
government.
He says in Canada. 90 per
cent of this governance is left
to the people and their insti-
tutions. but in Kenya it is the
other way around.
It is degrading.
The state is all -intrusive
there. for instance at all gath-
erings of more than eight
people. such as even wed-
dings. which are not allowed
without a licence in Kenya
under the government of
President Daniel arap Moi
and the ruling Kenyan
African National Union.
which also controls puhlic
radio and television.
"The reform movement of
today is the consequence of
going beyond blaming only
the Kenyatta-Moi regime for
official corruption. to
focussing on the lack of sys-
tem of accountability and
creating such a system." he
says.
"The Church has the neces-
sary energy and the long-
term persistence for influenc-
ing change from the corrupt
and inhumane political sys-
tem toward a just and
humane • one. Canadian
churches can press their gov-
ernment to work through the
Commonwealth. NATO.
DDG. IMF/World Bank and
other international bodies to
press for change in Kenya.
GOOD GOVERNANCE
"Churches must learn to
talk to stones. and keep on
talking.
"The global community in
which Canada is a key
arbiter. has a moral responsi-
bility for listening to the cnes
of women. men and children
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government.
"North America suffers
diplomatic shyness because it
thinks of Africa as a
European historical sphere of
interest. It hurned its fingers
in Somalia.
"Like religion, diplomacy is
the an of persuasion. advoca-
cy and forgiveness: speaking
the truth as skillfully as pos-
sible without hurting any-
body."
"You do not deal with dic-
tators approvingly." he says.
You must deal with African
dictators the same way you
dealt with the Soviet Union
during the Cold War.
"These are crimes against
humanity. -
..ft is the churches current -
policy to inform the puhlic
that politics is too important
to leave to the vested inter-
ests and political leaders.
"The church is not interest-
ed in who governs but -in
good governance. This policy
assumes the role of facilitat-
ing civic education for gen-
der equality. empowerment
of women. voter right.;. tax
payer's rights. equal access to
means of existence. equal
opportunity and freedom of
conscience."
"Churches are participating
in the process of pressing for
change in the way our coun-
try is governed in answer to
God's call to become
accountable for what hap-
pens. right or wrong. in the
world." Rev- Njoya says.
"Christ died heing account-
able."
"Salvation is a form of gov-
ernance.
. "I learned from the Bihle
that Gods hest answers come
more hy politics than hy mir-
acles."
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