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u Dear brothers and sisters, as I have said, this out of poverty and learn the Social Credit principles.
apostolate is quite unique. It is unique because it calls I started in the diocese a “micro-finance” program.
for innovative approaches in order to penetrate and Right now it is established throughout the diocese
because it deals with money. and there are more than 30,000 members. In this pro-
Anything that deals with money calls for other gram money is loaned without interest. The people
things such as that one may be ready to die or that come together in a group. You bring your money and
one is ready to encounter difficulties in life in order to I bring mine, and then that money is given to who-
deal with the problem. It is a very unique apostolate ever needs a loan to develop himself or herself. The
that we are dealing with. principal amount alone is returned.
The problems with money are Together with the groups that
not unique to Europe and America we have formed, we have also util-
and other first world countries. They ized small Christian communities.
are also very much alive in Africa. These small communities are very
Modernism is coming to Africa and strong. We have used these small
destroying our people. Not only is Christian communities to implement
the issue money and other social the principles of Social Credit, espe-
facets but also the issue is faith. Faith cially the micro-finance projects that
is being destroyed by encroaching I have just mentioned.
modernism. If you wish to fight evil, don’t
Today, in Europe, America and start at the top, start from the low-
in Africa, there is what we call moral est. In order to fight this evil, I had
theology, or moral ethics and the better start with the lowest people so
idea of an ethic-free society. Many that we can come grow together and
people would like to forge an ethic- later on we shall shake the banks.
free society, where the law does not Bishop Joseph Mbati In my diocese, only the banks are
matter, where the good life does not matter, where shaking. They say: “What is the Bishop doing? The
morality does not matter and where Faith does not Bishop is doing something which is abnormal.”
matter. In this case, we are fighting a very big animal. I had given them the Social Credit pamphlet, An
Are we going to lose hope? Never! We are not going Efficient Financial System. As I was leaving, they said
to lose hope. We are going to face the challenge to to me, “Bishop, you want to finish the banks!” And I
fight this big creature. told them that I do not want to finish the banks but
The Kingdom of God is growing, as we are told that I want them to follow the right system for eco-
in the Gospel of St, Matthew. A seed was planted; nomics; this is what I told them. And I am going to
a mustard seed which will germinate. And when it continue to make sure that they will follow the right
germinates, it grows and becomes a very big tree in track on this.
which the birds of the air seek shelter. So the King- I am grateful to all of you at the Louis Even In-
dom of God is growing. Since it is growing, we will stitute and its leadership for the invitation to attend
count ourselves in that particular Kingdom and de- this study session. If I am invited again I am willing
fend it at all costs. to come back another time. Know that the Church in
After learning the principles of Social Credit dur- Kenya is already experiencing some light. Thank you
ing my first study session I decided to implement and God bless you! less you! v
what I studied in order to assist my people to come + Bishop Joseph Mbati
Speech of Bishop Philip Anyolo of Kenya

My name is Bishop Philip Arnold Anyolo. I am gospels, we also have the social gospel, especially
from Kenya, Africa. It is first my time here. The last necessary in countries like ours, including Kenya.
time that I was supposed to come I missed by inch- As shepherds, Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia
es.. This was very unfortunate but this time I would and I are from Kenya. Our country is divided exactly
like to say thanks be to God and I am very happy to into two halves at the Equator. I am from the southern
be here. So, all protocol observed, I appreciate all hemisphere and he is from the northern hemisphere,
that we have learned from the study session. I want so he lives nearer to you than I do. When we return
to assure our members here that at our own levels home we want to work together because we know
we shall propagate and pronounce officially what is our call as shepherds is found in the Gospel and also
taught here because we believe that this is the social in the Old Testament. I want to quote the Book of
gospel of the Church. Just as we have the spiritual Proverbs (27:23) where it says that as a shepherd

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