Corruption

If someone asked you what the biggest problem in Africa is, what would you say? HIV/Aids? Poverty? Hunger? Clean Water? While all of these are enormous problems, I believe the biggest problem facing the African continent is corruption. The reason corruption is the biggest problem is because it’s the problem that affects all the other problems. Everyone wants a piece of the pie so when money and resources are sent to Africa to assist in the AIDS crisis or to provide food and clean water, by the time it gets to the people the pie is much smaller.

That’s why I believe Source of Light East Africa can play a critical role in changing the culture of Kenya. At the heart of our ministry is discipleship. There is a lot of evangelism going on in Kenya but not a lot of discipleship. Currently SOL Kenya disciples approximately 25,000 high school students through our Bible studies. They are learning the basics of the faith through Bible study courses like New Life in Christ, they are learning about sexual purity through Understanding Love and Sex, and they are learning how to mature in their faith through courses like Practical Christian Living. If a student remains active using SOL Bible studies during his entire high school career, they will graduate with a thorough understanding of God’s Word and the foundation to live godly lives.

So this year, around 6,000 of our students graduated from high school. In four years many of them will be graduating from college and ten years from now, many of them will be the government and business leaders of Kenya. Not the “business as usual where’s my piece of the pie” leaders, but leaders with character and integrity that love God.

Now think about increasing the number of students involved in our Bible studies from 25,000 to 100,000 and you’ll understand what keeps me up late at night!