BIG Bonus Episode from Big Weekend with Pastor One Mokgatle

So South Africa is an incredible country.

And yet at the same time, a country with tremendous need.

It has a complex history.

And because of that, you know, there is so much, you know, we use the word trauma today.

And I think sometimes, you know, we use it in ways that was never intended to be used.

Cheapens it.

There we go.

Yeah.

But there is that.

Yeah.

It's a very diverse country.

So 11 official languages, so multiple cultures, subcultures, socioeconomic classes.

And it's just the history of apartheid, what we call an apartheid, where the majority of the country was denied economic opportunities, educational opportunities, you know, great health care.

But then 1994 happens.

And so the country becomes a democratic nation.

Everybody gets an equal vote.

And so things begin to change and people become hopeful.

But here's the thing.

A constitution or political party can never be the answer.

It's the gospel and the gospel alone.

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And I believe the church in that era was very aware of that.

So the then president put together, President Nelson Mandela, put together a group of people.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was one of them.

A council in the sense where there was an opportunity to speak truth and then to allow the gospel to bring healing.