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Vient de paraître: Foi et Vie publique Just published: Faith and Public life

Comment la foi chrétienne, souvent reléguée à la sphère privée, peut-elle contribuer de manière responsable à la transformation de la vie publique ? Dans des sociétés marquées par la corruption, les inégalités, les conflits identitaires et la crise de confiance envers les institutions, l’appel de l’apôtre Paul à « briller comme des flambeaux dans le monde » (Philippiens 2.15) retrouve une actualité saisissante. Cet ouvrage montre qu’une foi authentique, loin de conduire au retrait du monde, appelle à une présence fidèle, compétente et servante au cœur de la société, où le pouvoir, lorsqu’il est exercé, devient un moyen de servir plutôt qu’une fin en soi.

Associant l’exégèse de Philippiens 2, la théologie biblique, la missiologie contemporaine et les apports des sciences humaines, l’auteur propose une lecture à la fois rigoureuse et accessible des rapports entre foi et vie publique. Il examine ensuite, domaine par domaine (la famille, l’école, l’université, la vie professionnelle, la gouvernance et l’engagement citoyen), comment l’Évangile peut inspirer l’intégrité, la justice et le service du bien commun. Il évalue aussi avec lucidité les apports, les limites et les risques de l’influence chrétienne, avant de tracer des perspectives concrètes pour l’Église contemporaine, en particulier en Afrique.

Le Professeur Ngarndeye Bako est titulaire d’un doctorat en théologie, option missiologie, de l’University of South Africa (UNISA). Pasteur, enseignant-chercheur et responsable missionnaire, il a notamment été secrétaire exécutif de l’Entente des Églises évangéliques et missions du Tchad. Il est directeur régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest d’Advancing Native Missions et, depuis 2023, doyen de la Faculté internationale de théologie évangélique de Man (FITEM). Il se met ici au service des pasteurs, des étudiants, des enseignants et de tous les chrétiens engagés depuis plusieurs décennies dans le ministère et la réflexion.

Prof. Moussa Bongoyok, recteur de l’IUDI UniversityTM, professeur d’études interculturelles et de développement international.

How can the Christian faith, so often confined to the private sphere, contribute responsibly to the transformation of public life? In societies marked by corruption, inequality, identity-based conflict, and a crisis of trust in institutions, the apostle Paul’s call to “shine as lights in the world” (Philippians 2:15) takes on striking new relevance. This book shows that authentic faith, far from leading to withdrawal from the world, calls for a faithful, competent, and servant-minded presence at the heart of society, where power, when exercised, becomes a means of service rather than an end in itself.

Drawing on the exegesis of Philippians 2, biblical theology, contemporary missiology, and insights from the human sciences, the author offers a reading of the relationship between faith and public life that is both rigorous and accessible. He then examines, sphere by sphere (the family, the school, the university, professional life, governance, and civic engagement), how the Gospel can inspire integrity, justice, and service to the common good. He also assesses with clarity the contributions, limits, and risks of Christian influence before outlining concrete prospects for the contemporary Church, particularly in Africa.

Professor Ngarndeye Bako holds a doctorate in theology, with a specialization in missiology, from the University of South Africa (UNISA). A pastor, teacher-researcher, and mission leader, he served notably as executive secretary of the Alliance of Evangelical Churches and Missions of Chad (Entente des Églises évangéliques et missions du Tchad). He is the West Africa regional director for Advancing Native Missions and, since 2023, dean of the International Faculty of Evangelical Theology in Man (FITEM). In this book, he places himself at the service of pastors, students, teachers, and all Christians, drawing on several decades of engagement in ministry and theological reflection.

Prof. Moussa Bongoyok, Rector of IUDI University™, Professor of Intercultural Studies and International Development.

The Prayer of Habakkuk

  • In what ways COVID-19 has impacted the local economy and even spiritual life negatively?
  • What do we learn from Habakkuk in such challenging times and how do we apply these lessons to our individual and collective lives?
  • Joy must characterize the life of a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. If there is no joy in your daily life, please watch as there is certainly a spiritual leak. Ask yourself these diagnostic questions: Am I complaining often? Do I have the tendency to blame others for almost everything? Do I talk to myself negatively? Do I dwell in my past successes or failures? Do I resist to change? Do I want to please everybody (which by way is am impossible task)? Do I doubt God’s wonderful plan for my life? Do I neglect my Bible study, church attendance, and prayer life? I am hiding to commit sin or life my life like an ungodly person without a respectful fear of God? Am I jealous? Am I envious? Am I afraid of what will happen to me given my current life circumstances? Bring these issues to the Lord in prayer and your will enjoy His peace and joy.
  • Prof. Moussa Bongoyok

WHO WILL LIVE FOR THOSE WHO NO LONGER HAVE HEADS? A shout in the desert of International Community

You didn’t hear… or did you hide willingly under the bed of abstraction?

Maybe you did hear about Boko Haram and other terrorist movements in action…

But, you see, your geography professor told you as did your musician,

With all the calm and seriousness of an academician,

That Kousseri, Maroua, Mora, Tourou, Moskota, Koza, Ouzal, Mozogo,

And other localities or infrahuman countries must go,

Because their humanity index is so low, and,

They are located on an unknown planet, the land of tomorrow.

Why worry about the future

While one calmly drinks today’s culture?

 

Maybe you didn’t see what is happening on social media as your soul became a taro…

Because, above all, you must set your economic priorities right to beat the antihero

And accumulate as much power and things as you can carry in your empty barrow.

Your business professor told you so, with his academic sombrero.

Your financial advisor is such a genius so different from the harrow

That you gather things, things and more things, and the great dinero.

You eat power, power and more power over bones without a marrow.

Aren’t they mere keys to your success today and tomorrow?

Your eyes can’t see while you dream to be the next pharaoh

And, after all, your neighbor is just a dried arrow!

 

Who will cry for those who no longer have heads?

Who will become a shelter for those who no longer have beds?

Who will eat for those who can no longer smell the odor of fresh breads?

Who will bring joyous colors to lives painted in multiple reds?

Who will tell Europe, America, Asia and others, that Boko Haram spreads

Faster and deeper than the swiftest fighters and meds?

Who will act? Who will dig? Who will lovingly address the roots

Instead of relying solely on boots?

 

Oh! I wish you and I were the recovered triumphant shouts of the voiceless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the beautiful tears of the tearless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the real wealth of the resourceless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the reconstructed ramparts of the powerless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the regained smiles of the hopeless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the lost but found face of the faceless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the living image of the divine rock for the baseless!

Oh! I wish you and I were the real value of lives so priceless!

Regardless of our religious backgrounds, we are all humans;

Would you and I actively navigate against the currents and stop treating others as subhumans?

 

Moussa Bongoyok, PhD

Professor of Intercultural Studies and Holistic Development

President of Institut Universitaire de Développement International (IUDI)

Andragogie pour la cohabitation pacifique et developpement holistique -5e Conference internationale des leaders *** Andragogy for Pacific Cohabitation and Holistic Development – 5th International Conference of leaders

Report from the 5th International Conference on Andragogy for Peaceful Cohabitation and Holistic Development in Cameroon

 

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