Source: e3 Partners, via Mission Network News, August 26, 2022
While on a mission trip in the town of Motherwell, South Africa, a group of Christians encountered one of the local healers.
Tony Svendsen tells the story. “We got to share the gospel with her. She was very receptive to everything we said. We were talking about the God of creation, and we were talking about the brokenness of the world. But then the second we said the name Jesus Christ, she immediately stopped us and said, ‘You need to stop, and you need to leave right now.’”
Why this strong reaction? Many people who practice South Africa’s traditional religions have been treated poorly by Christians. Svendsen says, “The exposure that they have to Christianity in that area is from men who decide they want to be a pastor because they like the authority. They like to receive gifts. And we heard quite a few stories of churches that required certain levels of giving.”
The full story has a bit more detail about the context.
In another South Africa story from Mission Network News, read about a ministry providing men to mentor the sons of single mothers.