Above is a photo of me preaching at a church called Casa De Libertad (an Acts 29 church) in Guatemala with Juan Cajellas interpreting in the Guatemalan newspaper El Periódico. Bring the liberty and justice revolution to Guatemala!!
Also check out Emergente.com. It's the Christian arm of the movement I'm going to be more involved in to hopefully make this country I love even more of a place of justice and peace.
The article:
Más de mil millones de dólares. Ese es el diezmo potencial que recibe año con año la Iglesia Evangélica en Guatemala, de acuerdo a los jóvenes Emergentes. "Si al menos la Iglesia entregara el diezmo del diezmo se aliviaría mucha pobreza en el país", dice Juan Callejas Aquino, economista y uno de los fundadores del grupo de cristianos que pretende una congregación más participativa, más comprometida con la enseñanza de Jesús y menos interesada en los grandes y ostentosos templos."El 13 de mayo se publicó un comunicado de la Alianza Evangélica que dejó a muchos cristianos incómodos, porque básicamente nos decían cállense, que los demás hagan su trabajo y ustedes no se metan. Sentimos que esa era una posición flaca. Tenemos que salir y participar. Hay una necesidad de actuar, la gente se está muriendo de hambre. De nada sirve tanta actividad, tanta charla. Tenemos grandes eventos mientras la gente en la calle se está muriendo", opina Callejas.
Read the rest here.
I'm in the wrong country.
mmm....liberty....
Its getting very exciting here. I have an interview in the afternoon with a news radio station www.radiopunto.com at 4pm Guatemala time.
Awesome article! Juan seemed to come across as balanced and challenging, not overly critical. Things got a little spicy in the comments though!
Thank you Julia. I know...its hard...but its a very exciting time.
what is the catholic-evangelical ratio there?
are you getting resistance from catholics as well as traditional evangelicals?
God strengthen you.
so, "justice and peace," not "justice and liberty?" :)
Catholics about 60%, Evangelicals 40%
Resistance comes from both sides...nominal Catholics and not so much traditional evangelicals as members of the bigger, richer churches.
Juan...much syncretism in Guatamala? Huge issue for the church in Cuba, I know, was wondering if it's there in central america as well.
Yes there is. In Guatemala especially because of our Mayan heritage. Check out Maximon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%C3%B3n