The Archbishop of Kenya has criticized idolatry of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) saying faith in Christ, not works performed in his name, is the path of salvation.<\/p>\n
The 22 February 2012 letter written by Archbishop Eliud Wabukala on behalf of the Gafcon primates chastised Christians who in the pursuit of social and economic change, lost sight of the centrality of the cross and the primacy of repentance and amendment of life. \u201cWhile it is obvious that such good things as feeding the hungry, fighting disease, improving education and national prosperity are to be desired by all, by themselves any human dream can become a substitute gospel which renders repentance and the cross of Christ irrelevant,\u201d\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
While the archbishop\u2019s letter stands in contrast to recent Western church endorsements of the MDGs \u201d\u201c a series of 8 initiatives adopted by the U.N. member states that seek to address education, healthcare, and poverty issues \u201d\u201c the African church, not America is the focus of concern Anglican Ink has learned.<\/p>\n