Honduras: Church Strong in Crisis | 9th Mar 2010

For five months two competing presidents created conflict and divisions in the Central American nation of Honduras. But the country’s voters, encouraged by church leaders, helped bring an end to the crisis. On Sunday, November 29 Honduran voters turned out in record numbers to elect a new president. Their choice, Porfirio Lobo, has promised to bring the country together after a leadership crisis that has deepened social and political divisions in one of Latin America’s poorest nations.
Ousted former President Zelaya had called on Hondurans to stay away from the polls. Instead, voters turned out in record numbers, largely because Christian leaders encouraged them to do so. Church leaders say more than a third of Honduras’ population is evangelical. They waged a strong get-out-and-vote campaign.
According to Evelio Reyes, pastor of Vida Abundante Church, the result is a sign that democracy is working. “We’ve dealt a blow to voter abstention; we’ve dealt a hard blow to indifference,” Pastor Reyes said. “And I like that because it shows we’re changing our society to one that’s alert, a society that participates, that wants to make its opinions known.” Now most Hondurans hope they have seen the worst of the crisis that isolated them from the international community.

Source: CBN News

BIBLE STUDY: Acts 2:46-47

PRAISE: God that the churches were prepared to be a voice of reason in the midst of political turmoil. Pray that Christians may help affirm a peaceful transition for the new government, and this may lead to great opportunities for the Gospel.

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