4 out of 4 stars
Christianity is the only religion that calls on its people to apostatize and convert.
Most of us have heard about the battle raging in East Africa, where crosses replace guns and shouts of prayer roar louder than missiles. If you are gay or support gay rights, your life is in jeopardy. Many have already been killed. Parliament is considering making it a crime punishable by death for having gay sex.
Uganda is a country in poverty, with high illiteracy rates and a young impressionable population and government which American conservative evangelical Christians have ceased upon to spread their theological and political agenda, an agenda that could not be achieved in any Western society.
In God Loves Uganda, filmmaker Roger Ross Williams exposes the missionary movement in Uganda largely supporting by International House of Prayer Ministries (IHOP) based out of Kansas City, Missouri. This organization of extreme Christian fundamentalists is on a crusade to create a continent of people in the image and likeness of their extremism. As I watched the film I couldn’t help by think about the fanaticism of Jim Jones and his crusade.
One of the most disturbing elements brought through the film is the church’s emphasis on expanding its influence to more countries. Presently there are more than 100 countries with IHOP churches and their goal is to expand their reach globally. This is a disturbing fact that should mobilize people of every faith.
God Loves Uganda will take you on an emotional journey that will terrify you. And it is a necessary call to action for those of us who are people of faith who define Christianity as being of love and acceptance of all.
Why Uganda? Why homosexuality? Why today? These are questions we’ll get answered at our one-on-one interview with the filmmaker later this week.
