“32 Hours: The Church in Haiti” – A Presentation You Need to See
Jan 25th, 2010 | By Douglas K. Adu-Boahen | Category: UncategorizedPlease stop whatever you are doing and watch this presentation from Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. I’m not a Mark Driscoll by any stretch, but this is must-see and must-act viewing:
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This is certainly heart breaking. and it should be. "a sad face is good for the heart." (Ecc. 7:3)
it is only tragic that it took an earthquake for most of the western world to realize that Haiti was in deep need.
but let me say this… call me a skeptic – but this whole presentation by Driscoll seemed pretentious and sensationalized. why go to Haiti for 32 hours? it appears that Driscoll and friends went to capture video… not to help. To talk – but to to serve. I call their video sensationalized – just like much of that has been on CNN, etc.
Why show the dead body of a young man shot in the head – lying in the street – and then have the audacity to say – "that body laid there for hours and nobody moved it or helped." ironically – Driscoll didn't help either. He just had his cameras pointed on the dead body.
he said his purpose in going to Haiti was to "show that churches here need help." You didn't have to go there to confirm that churches and ministries would need help. We know they need help.
I would like to know how much time they spent there serving compares to the time they spent there 'sight-seeing' with video camera in hand.
one final thing that bothered me was Driscoll's plea on video for a church to be rebuilt. he spoke of it being 'of utmost' importance. really? building a building is most important? the church can be the church without having any building.
Now at the end – he dis clarify more on how $$$ could or would be spent – i appreciated that. but at times – this sermon seemed to just be a sight seeing, touristic trip to a destroyed country. Maybe they felt that was necessary to compel people to give. Perhaps – but i didn't get that vibe from his presentation.
my heart is broken. But Haiti doesn't need christian leaders going there – in mass – walking around. They need servants. willing to get their hands dirty.
it is easy to be critical of another siting at home,Everything that we saw on the video may not be all he did and will do,mark driscoll is not someone that I personaly agree with ,but the Lord may be giving him eyes to see the needs and reallities of the world ,please do not critisize someone who may be getting changed and touched by the Lord ,he may be repenting and be reciving Grace as we all need because we all have fallen short of what we should be as christians ,this may be a first step in the right direction and a first step is full of failures and incompleteness
I fully agree. Good response.
forgive me if i came off too harsh – but i've been on a good many mission trips and i've seen presentations by many mission group leaders – and a pet peeve of mine are some of these mission groups that do little mission work but lots of glorified sight seeing.
yes, Driscoll may have done a lot more – but he did describe in great detail every aspect of his trip and showed a lot of video, too. Watch the sermon again: tell me where he describes what how they actually served. He doesn't. I doubt either of you would say that talking the talk without walking the walk is what Jesus taught us.
and I think i have a right to be critical. Driscoll put this sermon video out there for the viewing public to watch. that opens him up to opinions, praise and possible criticism.
Douglas, i've followed your writings off and on and I've seen you get critical a time or two. let's not all pretend that that doesn't happen. Driscoll and other public people have a right to criticism but they also have a right to fairness.
the one thing that made Jesus different than anybody else was his willingness to put action behind his teachings – to serve and to get his hands dirty. i saw that preached by Driscoll on the video – but i didn't see it lived out.
maybe my opinion is screwed. but early on in his presentation when he showed a dead boy in the street – a boy who had just been shot "moments ago" – that was disturbing and unnecessary. As a former member of the media – that is sensationalism. You wouldn't see that on the evening news – not in the same way. He showed a lack of discernment there. No respect for that boy. And then to talk about how it was so horrible that nobody helped him… while he stood by and watched? That was a bit hypocritical. i thought. perhaps it was a missed opportunity.
perhaps i couldn't get past that throughout the rest of his message. thus if i was not fair in my assessment as a result of that – i apologize.
Thanks for coming back.
I'm really confused as to what you are expecting of Pastor Driscoll here. Granted – he didn't roll up his sleeves and get busy, and believe me, he should have, but I'd rather he went and showed us what happened, then sit at home and say "Oh, just how bad it is for them." Further, through the organisation Churches Helping Churches, funds can now be put in place for those on the ground in Haiti to help.
Granted, I get very critical at times, but I fail to see how Driscoll not doing enough by mine or your standards is a fair ground for criticism. In the first-century world Jesus lived in, there were mounds of poor people, and nowhere in the Gospels do we see Jesus rolling up his sleeves and getting "down to work". Will we subject Him to the same criticism?
Finally, I agree 100% with you on showing the boy dead on the street and not doing anything. I'd rather think of it as a missed opportunity than sheer hypocrisy.
fair enough. i think my emotions got the best of me.
agreed.