As a good theologian I can help people understand God and how they fit into the emerging Kingdom of God. Zephaniah 3:9 speaks to me and I want to help "purify the lips of the people, so that all may call on the name of the Lord and serve him shoulder to shoulder." For the love of our Lord, we proclaim his kingdom and apply his command to ensure that Christianity spreads and mission continues. Fourth, I want to help my Nuer people develop a culturally appropriate way of doing theology better. One hundred years ago Christianity arrived in Sudan, which is now North Sudan. The majority was Muslim. Christians, then as now, had no space in the North and therefore moved to the South to preach the Gospel more freely. Most people who became Christians were young. But they were only taught the basics and didn't have much theological training. Then the conflict between North and South began. The Northern Sudanese wanted the whole country to become an Islamic country. But the South was already Christian in name. And because of the conflict, Christians have not had many opportunities to learn theology. Things, however, are starting to change and some Nuer Christians have begun Bible college education after fleeing the country even as refugees.
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