The only Languages Most African Pastors and their respective Churches understand are '' MONEY, FUND-RAISING, SOWING SEEDS, MALAKAI 3:10 and MATTHEW 7:7.

in your deeds and in your works, don't expect to start reaping just as you start sowing.

MORE CHURCHES, MORE CRIME IN AFRICA.

Knowledge is power--- and so is money.

We must admit that simply knowing the contents of the Bible is not a sure route to spiritual growth. There is an aweful assumption in evangelical churches that if we can just get the Word of God into people's heads, then the Spirit of God will apply it to their hearts. That assumption is aweful, not because the Spirit never does what the assumption supposes, but because it excused pastors and leaders from the responsibility to tangle with people's lives. Many remain safely hidden behind pulpits, hopelessly out of touch with the struggles of their congregations, proclaiming the Scriptures with a pompous accuracy that touches no one. Pulpits should provide bridges, not barriers, to life-changing relationships.

We've been sowing the seeds for a Florida West Coast Symphony that is more diverse and broader in appeal, and that at the same time is playing at a higher level of quality. Not all orchestras have this story to tell.