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Warren Stupidity

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Sat May 9, 2015, 10:02 PM May 2015

After Ebola Outbreak, Liberian Churches Confront Crisis of Faith


MONROVIA, Liberia — It decimated hospitals, schools, families, fortunes and, for many, even their faith.

Now, it is officially over. The Ebola outbreak has ended in Liberia, the World Health Organization announced Saturday, an enormous milestone that seemed impossibly far off last year when dead bodies blocked roads and the sick prayed for ambulances that never came.

Desperately, the country is trying to rebuild just about everything, from its health and education systems to its economy and international image.

But in the dim hall of the United God Is Our Light Church, its generator turned off to shave costs, the congregation has been trying to repair something more fundamental: its spirit.

“Some of you are thinking that this church will die,” the church secretary, Joseph Vayombo, recently shouted in the small Pentecostal church here, no longer able to contain his frustration at all the empty seats around him. “There are people here who want this church to die.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/world/africa/after-ebola-outbreak-liberian-churches-confront-crisis-of-faith.html?_r=0

There is hope after all.
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After Ebola Outbreak, Liberian Churches Confront Crisis of Faith (Original Post) Warren Stupidity May 2015 OP
My thoughts and prayers are with them. hrmjustin May 2015 #1
your prayer quota got used up with your begging for a winning lottery ticket. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #2
Shit! Can I use yours? hrmjustin May 2015 #3
I'll pray for them. bvf May 2015 #4
Yes. hrmjustin May 2015 #5
I feel so much better knowing I've done some good. bvf May 2015 #6
Good. hrmjustin May 2015 #7
They will come to the natural conclusion that god spared them Lordquinton May 2015 #8
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