Love that overcomes religious barriers

It is the most controversial, heart wrenching story ever told. Max the main actor is a young university graduate doing business for his girlfriend’s father, a business tycoon. Max finds himself in a mishap in the Coast during a business trip. Of all the people that could help him, Yusuf an under privileged stranger with a sick son saves Max and nurses him until he recovers. Max on the other hand cannot get Yusuf and his family out of his mind when he returns to Nairobi. So great is his compulsion to help Yusuf’s family that he dares risk losing his gorgeous well to do girlfriend, best-friend, job and his family all for the sake of Christ.

‘The Distant Boat’ is a movie like no other. Apart from the local phenomenal actors, remarkable aesthetics and locally enriched sound tracks, it has quite a unique attribute. It is not just a movie to sit back and enjoy; in addition to this, its main purpose is to take the church back to the drawing board-the church’s role in The Great Commission.

Let’s take a walk down history lane and examine the roles the old church used to play. Missionaries from the west came with the gospel of Christ and in addition to that, they established schools and health facilities wherever they went. In a nutshell, they were concerned about under privileged communities enough to make a positive difference in their lives.

Those were the days when the church truly understood and identified with the apple of Christ’s eye; those who have not heard and accepted His gospel. This is the reason why He called the church the salt of the earth. Think of what salt does, it flavours, preserves and enables growth. This is exactly what the old church did. It flavoured, preserved and caused growth. Wherever missionaries and the old religious leaders went, the communities developed spiritually, socially, economically, physically and psychologically.