Christian leaders advised to shun compromise

Christian leaders in Cameroon have been urged to shun compromise as they go about exercising their daily duties.

Rev Dr Ralp Ayuk of the Haggai Institute Cameroon made the appeal in Kumba recently, while chairing the graduation ceremony of the October batch of Christian leaders.

According to Ayuk, the 18 graduates who comprised medical doctors, journalists, lawyers, development experts, counselors, pastors, students, among others, have been trained and empowered with leadership skills to create an impact wherever they go.

Ayuk urged the Haggai graduates not to be selfish with the knowledge they have acquired, but to organise capacity building forums to equip other people with leadership skills that would bring meaningful development and peace to their communities.

Explaining the Haggai concept, the man of God said the concept is the brain child of an American, John Edmund Haggai, who started the training of Christian leaders to change their communities in Texas.

In Cameroon, he said, the institute remains a place for shaping the skills of Christian leaders in that, they are given advanced training in almost everything about life.

Rev Ayuk said the lack of commitment may see some of the graduating students dismembered, because the concept borders on practicalising knowledge acquired to bring tangible changes in human life.

Faithful Susan Ayuk, an International Trainer of Haggai Institute, told The Post that the idea is to make the community feel the Christianity that is preached in whatever one does. She said the principle of Haggai institute is that a leader should be like Jesus Christ in whatever he or she is involved in, no matter the profession.

On why admission into the institute is reserved for people of a certain class, Susan Ayuk explained that it is not an aspect of discrimination. She averred that, the concepts and knowledge treated within the institute require people with a reputation and a certain level of academic and spiritual realm.

Presenting the graduates for vetting, Pastor Princewill Mbonte said the new breed of Christian leaders will rise to the occasion. Mbonte stated that they have been trained in the head and heart.

Expressing satisfaction after the training, one of the graduates, Lucy Martins, said the institute has transformed her from a baby Christian to a mature human being. Martins noted that the training affords the leaders an opportunity to remain focused, coupled with the current drift in Christianity where prophecies have become the order of the day.