Brooks Buser, the president of the Christian ministry training organization Radius International is under fire after bragging about converting people in Papua New Guinea to Christianity – especially during a pandemic.
"Tomorrow night, deep in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, after 5 months of teaching that started in Genesis 1:1, the gospel will be presented to the Amdu people for the first time in their known history," Buser tweeted. "Please be praying for the missionary team."
Based in Arizona, Radius International doesn't call it "converting."
Instead, they call converting indigenous people in lands on the other side of the planet "the great commission," and "cross-cultural church planting."
Here's what they say they do:
"Radius International is committed to assisting the evangelical church and missions community by providing pre-field missionary training that will equip cross-cultural workers to achieve their objective of partnering with Jesus Christ to establish healthy, indigenous, reproducing churches among unreached people groups."
Let's look st that again: "cross-cultural workers," "partnering with Jesus Christ," "reproducing churches," "unreached people groups."
He later tweeted their "success":
Thank you for the prayers for Amdu people and team. By God’s grace, there are now members of that people group who… https://t.co/kVTJCUfwgb— Brooks Buser (@Brooks Buser) 1596906574.0
On social media many are furious.
@BuserBrooks Have you considered just leaving them alone?— 🇸🇻Autumnal🍁Sounds 🥮Fall 🍂Colors🇮🇷 (@🇸🇻Autumnal🍁Sounds 🥮Fall 🍂Colors🇮🇷) 1596949199.0
@BuserBrooks Leave them alone. Your arrogance is so extreme that you’ll endanger them during a global pandemic, all… https://t.co/hTCQURrwIH— Anil Dash (@Anil Dash) 1596985660.0
Can't we leave these people alone? Aren't thousands of years of history enough to prove the damage this does? https://t.co/gc9jp6FzC5— David Rothkopf (@David Rothkopf) 1597076206.0
@BuserBrooks You believe in a God powerful enough to send his only son down to Earth as a messenger but you don’t t… https://t.co/jc9FJyK9VU— Jason Shellen (@Jason Shellen) 1596986155.0
@travis_hilton @BuserBrooks Their hearts are just fine. Open your minds to the possibility that colonizing in the name of Jesus is wrong.— Stephanie McCown 🏳️🌈 (@Stephanie McCown 🏳️🌈) 1597000403.0
imagine doing this in the midst of a global pandemic, just totally deranged. it also puts them at great risk whilst… https://t.co/Uy5RmvWR2h— ☀️👀 (@☀️👀) 1596988760.0
@BuserBrooks Just leave people alone and stop trying to ram your religion down their throats, you abusers.— Mike P Williams (@Mike P Williams) 1596976645.0
@BuserBrooks Good lord, can you ever just leave them alone? Indigenous cultures shouldn’t be violated and their cul… https://t.co/gxu4WhWHaF— ☭ comrade diogenes ☭ (@☭ comrade diogenes ☭) 1596931040.0
Holy shit, White Savior Dude - stop bothering the nice brown people and go the fuck home. https://t.co/hnsEm2xqP0— Dr. Plain Ol' Johnny Graz (@Dr. Plain Ol' Johnny Graz) 1596989553.0
@BuserBrooks Could you hold off on the spiritual genocide until we are at least done with the GLOBAL PANDEMIC— Roo sends Mr. Nook to the guillotine (@Roo sends Mr. Nook to the guillotine) 1596960441.0
Words cannot express how sickened I am by this. Remote tribes are already vulnerable to outside disease, to visit t… https://t.co/ZC4aS79D1Q— Tom Parker (@Tom Parker) 1597017764.0
How is this not illegal yet. https://t.co/sGOsvZGtfF— Poolside Pegasus Seiya (@Poolside Pegasus Seiya) 1596955184.0
