KomKui - A Christian community makes a covenant with god
Patrick Howle
Abstract
In the highlands of Papua New Guinea it is unusual for a clan to be able to boast that they have not had a tribal fight for sixty five years. Yet the KomKui tribe in Tilling village have done this. In the seventies the wise men and women recognised the futility of war and went to the New Testament to find, in the words of Jesus, an alternative way of life. In December 1980 they made peace with former enemies, received baptism into the Catholic Church and made a Covenant with God – to put God first, foreswear fighting and payback and use the words of Jesus as their guide in all their dealings. Today their community is governed by the church council of the seven churches in the clan, who work together to build a strong moral and educated body of men and women. This brief study tells the story of how this has been accomplished.
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