When God Stood Up: A Christian Response to AIDS in Africa

by James Cantelon

Overview

The victims of the aids pandemic in Africa are far more numerous than the dead and dying. Millions of orphans and widows are trying to survive in extreme poverty and social oppression. James Cantelon, a Canadian pastor, has challenged churches in Africa—and in Canada and the United States—to unite in a common cause to bring relief to suffering of intolerable magnitude. When God Stood Up is the story of a remarkable journey that affirms God's presence in the most ravaged places on Earth. Millions of our fellow human beings are depending on us to be "God's hand extended." Read about their stories and be humbled.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443430296
Publisher:	HarperCollins Canada
Publication date:	04/28/2015
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	382 KB

About the Author

James Cantelon is a clergyman/broadcaster/author, president and founder of a federal Canadian charity called Visionledd. His weekly TV program, Eye to Eye, aired in Toronto, London, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. While Eye to Eye has wrapped up a successful six-year run, James has been approached to host a Webcast on theology targeted at new Christians. Visionledd is working in five south-eastern Africa countries and is about to begin work in Bulgaria and South America as well. James Cantelon is a world leader in the mobilization of churches as a delivery mechanism for proactive HIV/AIDS work among orphans and widows. This experience is the basis for his book When God Stood Up: A Christian Response to AIDS in Africa.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations of Biblical References.

Introduction.

Journal: "Here I am, Lord, Send me."

Chapter 1. Righteousness and Justice: The Foundation of Authentic Faith.

Journal: Esther's Hymn of Salvation.

Chapter 2. HIV/AIDS: Killing the Young.

Journal: Psalm 89 and Authentic Christianity.

Chapter 3. Orphans and Widows: Heaven's Chief Concern.

Journal: "Sound the Alarm, Donya."

Chapter 4. The Church Stands Up.

Journal: If Someone lived to be fifty, they were old...

Chapter 5. "Why Does He Allow a Girl Like Me to Be So Abused?"

Journal: bless the God of Africa.

Chapter 6. "Summon Your Might, O God, Show Me Your Strength."

Epilogue. "Suffer the Little Children..."

Appendix: The Old Testament Prophets Speak on Righteousness and Justice.

Scripture References.

About the Author.

About Visionledd.