Kingdom Economics
Acts 4:32-34
(Robin Hood as Deacon?)
A Woman of Peace!
The Story of a House in a Slum
Ay bahay!!
It’s a house!!
AY BAHAY?
HOUSE?
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IS IT A
Written and composed by Gary Granada (Gary stayed in Tatalon where Viv Grigg lived.
This is a song about Tumbakan)
tr. Juliet Uytanlet
Isang araw ako'y nadalaw sa bahay tambakan
Labinglimang mag-anak ang duo'y nagsiksikan
Nagtitiis sa munting barung-barong na sira-sira
Habang doon sa isang mansyon halos walang nakatira
Sa init ng tabla't karton sila doo'y nakakulong
Sa lilim ng yerong kalawang at mga sirang gulong
Pinagtagpi-tagping basurang pinatungan ng bato
Hindi ko maintindihan bakit ang tawag sa ganito
Ay bahay?
AY BAHAY!
IS IT A HOUSE?
Sinulat ko ang nakita ng aking mga mata
Ang kanilang kalagayan ginawan ko ng kanta
Iginuhit at isinalarawan ang naramdaman
At sinangguni ko sa mga taong marami ang alam
Isang bantog na senador ang unang nilapitan ko
At dalubhasang propesor ng malaking kolehiyo
Ang pinagpala sa mundo, ang dyaryo at ang pulpito
Lahat sila'y nagkasundo na ang tawag sa ganito
Ay bahay
Maghapo't magdamag silang kakayod, kakahig
Pagdaka'y tutukang nakaupo lang sa sahig
Sa papag na gutay-gutay, pipiliting hihimlay
Di hamak na mainam pa ang pahingahan ng mga patay
AY BAHAY?
IS IT A HOUSE?
Maghapo't magdamag silang kakayod, kakahig
Pagdaka'y tutukang nakaupo lang sa sahig
Sa papag na gutay-gutay, pipiliting hihimlay
Di hamak na mainam pa ang pahingahan ng mga patay
Baka naman isang araw kayo doon ay maligaw
Mahipo n'yo at marinig at maamoy at matanaw
Hindi ako nangungutya, kayo na rin ang magpasya
Sa palagay ninyo kaya, ito sa mata ng Maylikha
Ay bahay!!
Is it a House?
One day I visited a house in the dumpsite
And a specialized professor of a big university
Fifteen in a family crowded in one place
Even the blessed of this world
Tolerating a tiny torn and broken house
Which are the media and the pulpit
When a mansion afar hardly has anyone
All of them agreed that this is called a house.
In the hot walled carton boxes
From morn till night they toil and sweat
There they live like prisoners
To eat, they squat on the floor
Under the rusty roof with worn out tires
On the dilapidated surface, trying to rest
Scraps of garbage put together with rocks
Blessed are the dead - they have a better place
I don’t understand why such as this is called a
house
Maybe one day you passed by that place
I wrote what my eyes have witnessed
I wrote a song about their situation
Like a painting describing their plight
I sought the learned people regarding this
A famous senator was the first I met
You touched and heard, smelled and saw
I am not making you guilty,
you judge for yourself
Do you think in the eyes of the Creator
this can be rightly called a house?
Kingdom Transformation of a House
in a Slum
Kingdom Activity or not?
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Electricity – Does God want light?
Water – Does God want healthy water?
Garbage – God cares for garbage?
Community Organization – where in the
scriptures does it tell us to defend the poor?
Land Rights – Does God care about the
people having their own home?
He reigns – over all the earth
Discipleship: Teaching to Observe All…
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Bible Study with Drunkards
3 Paradigms for Renewal of Slum
Churches
The Role of Deacons
 10 Principles of Economic
Discipleship
 Pastors Must not Pastor, but Train
others to do the work of he Ministry
(Eph 4: 11, 12)
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So what is a Deacon?
Choose the Best Answer
1. Gives out hymn books at the door
2. Raises millions for the church building
3. Takes money from the rich and gives it to
the poor
4. Develops the Economic Discipleship of
the Community of Faith