Somalia Expels World Vision & Other Christian Relief Agencies

August 11, 2010
Touchstone
by James M. Kushiner

According to a report I received yesterday, Somalia's "Office for Supervising the Affairs of Foreign Agencies (OSAFA) has reached this decision" to expel World Vision, Diakonia, and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency:

· The aforementioned organizations have been found to be actively propagating Christianity in this Muslim country.

· The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) was started by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a way to follow Christ’s example.

· Diakonia is an organization founded in 1966 by five Swedish churches and the members of these congregations form Diakonia's support base. The primary goal of this organization is to spread the Christian faith.

· World Vision is a Christian organization motivated by what they call ‘their faith in Jesus Christ’ and dedicated to spreading the message of Christianity to the children, families, and the communities they work with. the rest