Scripture Alone

Today we taught in Korogwe at a public school. We started with around 80 kids but others started pouring in as news spread that there were people from America around. We didn't get an accurate head count but our estimate was around 250 kids. As you can see from the pictures, there was quite a crowd! Many of the children were Muslim. 

One thing I have noticed about Tanzania is that Christianity is very prevalent here. However, it is a brand of Christianity that compromises the Word of God. Prosperity gospel-if you do good things, Jesus will give you blessings and make you successful-is everywhere. True Christianity, centered on Christ's redemptive work, is hard to find. As a result, many people in Tanzania do not have that certain hope found in the pages of Scripture. What they have is the fallible word of man. 

While it may be hard to find the truth of God's Word here in Tanzania, it can be found. It can be found in CLC-TZ churches and in the hearts of the pastors and lay people we work with.  And my prayer is that it will be found in the  hearts of the children we teach. 

Please keep these children in your prayers that they may continue to learn the truths found only in the Word of God so that they may have the certain hope of salvation through faith alone in God alone! 

- Josh Ohlmann