By Paul Chinchen
November 2003
Malawi
Missionary Spotlight – Cash, cows and Kwacha Fund-raising Malawian style
It was a lethal combination! A small church, a large congregation, and the hottest month of the year in Malawi — October — odiously referred to by a former British colonialist as ‘suicide month’. I watched from my seat on the platform, sitting next to the well-dressed pastor (in a neatly pressed avocado-green suit), as the crowd enthusiastically worked through one animated song after another. This was all fairly typical. The only thing that seemed a bit unusual was the brand new porcelain toilet sitting proudly on the stage a few feet in front of me! Pelekani It wasn’t long before the...
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