ctmi concerned parents

A few days ago, I received an email, sent to another dozen or so people as well. This was the second one from the same sender. In a normal day, I might receive and reply to over 100 emails. So, I have very little time to waste with non-issues, which are so far removed from my work and the ministry that I am a part of.

Like all unsolicited and unsigned, anonymous mails with weird content (in this case, I subsequently found out it was pages and pages of unending opinionated waffle), it was immediately consigned to my TRASH box, and classified as ‘junk mail’ for future traffic. I then heard from other colleagues that they had also received the same mail… so much for exclusivity!

I’ve noticed from newspapers and magazines that one has to declare one’s interest when writing about a topic. For example, an article appearing in ‘The Times’ newspaper about SKY TV, must mention that both ‘The Times’ and SKY TV are owned by the same parent company.

So, from the outset, allow me to declare my interest in submitting this article to this blog. I also wish to thank the senders of the mail for reminding me of my responsibilities, as I’ve realised that I too am a parent and should have been concerned enough to share my testimony, when there is all this twaddle being written about CTMI.

The interest that I must declare is as follows: I am employee of CTMI. I form part of the CTMI Team. I am member of a CTMI church, Eglise Chrétienne, here in Mauritius. Miki Hardy is my pastor. His wife, Audrey is a beloved sister who has a heart for people like very few that I’ve ever met before. This couple, whose entire life consists of serving God, is often misunderstood because of their zeal and their enthusiasm to spread the heart and the grace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Pastor Miki Hardy, along with hundreds of pastors forming part of the CTMI Network, men like Basil O’Connell-Jones and Neil Martin of Grace Gospel Church in Durban, and so many others, lead open lives of example before their congregations, and they live what they preach… the pure, undiluted message of the Cross of Christ. Having known many of them for over 12 years, I can testify to that, because I’ve stayed in their homes and travelled with them on many occasions.

I am quite sure that they would be the first to acknowledge their shortcomings and weaknesses; as indeed we have witnessed them doing publicly during the recent CTMI International Conference held here in Mauritius last May.

Like all believers should be, they and I are concerned with what the Lord is asking of us. The French have a wonderful expression, “association de malfaiteurs”; very loosely translated, this means ‘a group of people bent on evil (or with evil intent)’. I cannot speak for anyone else – although I imagine it must be the same for everyone at CTMI – but I certainly have no time to be reading the thoughts of such a group!

Gilbert G.

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