CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUA IBOE CHURCH (UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH) TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

📄 Project Abstract

Although Qua Iboe Church is mainly understood from the angle of Spiritual formation of individual human beings, the contributions it has made and is still making to national development are immensurable. For instance, the Qua Iboe missionaries came along not only with th-e Good news but also came with western education which is the foundation of civilization, and healthcare services. Now, observation has shown that if the church had folded her arms and kept aloof to issues of national interest, there would hardly any development, because development can only take place where individual persons are well informed morally and spiritually. This work through secondary sources of information, observation, questionnaire has discovered a lot of contributions that Qua Iboe church has made and is still making to national development. However, Qua Iboe Church has internal problems which, (besides these external ones), have hampered its effective contribution to national development. This work add...