Either patronage or partnership in Christian mission: moderator John G. Gatu’s proposal for moratorium on Western missionary funds and personnel
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2017-04
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[John S. Pobee’s brief entry on John [Gachango] Gatu in the Dictionary of the
Ecumenical Movement (Wm. B. Eerdmans and WCC, 1991) says he was born
in Kiambu, Kenya on March 3, 1925. Biographical detail about his early life
was not easily accessible until the publication of his recent autobiography,
Fan Into Flame: An Autobiography (Nairobi: Moran Publishers, December
2016). However, a few salient details will suffice to frame the context of this
article on what was arguably his controversial but prescient call for
moratorium on Western missionaries and finances on the continent of Africa.]
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