Charles Mulli: We Are Family (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) by Benge Janet & Benge Geoff

Author:Benge, Janet & Benge, Geoff [Benge, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Tags: Christian biography, Mully Children&#39, s Family, Charles Mulli, Kenya
Publisher: YWAM Publishing
Published: 2017-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Family

What do you mean? What has to stop?” Charles asked.

“The street kids, of course. You have to stop bringing them here. You have to stop letting them sleep in the shed at night. You have to stop bringing them to church on Sunday. All of it. It has to stop,” another elder said.

Charles felt as if he had been punched in the stomach. “Why?”

“You know why as well as we do,” Joseph said. “It’s too much. They don’t belong here. They are useless, and nothing good will ever come of them. They have lice, and they stink with infections. But that’s not the worst part. Charles, you must be practical. They are gang members and thieves. They don’t belong with our children in our church. I imagine you will want them to join the youth group soon. It’s just not going to work. Everyone has put too much into this church to watch it be destroyed by your crazy scheme.”

“No one has put more into this church than me,” Charles said quietly. “You all know that Esther and I were among the three families that founded it, and now we are nineteen hundred strong. I love this church, and I believe we are on the right track. I don’t want to go on alone. I want you to join with me in helping the street children. We can teach them the Word of God together and educate them so they can get off the streets. I know for sure that God is going to do amazing things with them. Please believe with me.”

The room was silent. Then Joseph shifted in his chair and cleared his throat. “It’s too late, Charles. We have already met without you and taken a vote. You only have one vote, so even if we let you talk, anything you say won’t make a scrap of difference. We have already decided. The street children cannot come back here. You have to get rid of them before they bring our own children down to their level. This is a holy place, and those children are certainly not holy.”

Charles looked around the room from person to person. They were friends, prayer partners, fellow Sunday school teachers, and not one of them returned his gaze. He knew that he had lost. The elders’ minds were made up. There was no point in staying. “I am sorry you all feel that way. The gospel is powerful enough to transform these street children. What does it say about the way our children are being raised that we cannot trust them to God as well? But I see you have made up your minds.” With that Charles stood and walked toward the door. No one called out to stop him.

Charles drove home, stunned at this new development. One thing he knew for sure: he was not going to give up on the street children. If the church did not want them, he would build extra rooms at his house and welcome them there.

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