There are churches we visit that turn out to be disappointing for any number of reasons. The reasons for our disappointment are generally twofold; they can range from the total and complete lack of interest and cooperation on the part of local clergy or parish officials to our requests for assistance in our ‘mission’ or simply because of the deplorable physical condition of the church and its supporting buildings despite the sometimes herculean and caring efforts of the local people and church leaders to make much needed improvements.
We have only experienced a lack of caring or interest on the part of local clergy and officials on one occasion in the past year, and that is too bad because all we are trying to do is to catalogue in an intelligent and interesting manner the story of each of the wonderful churches we visit.
Don’t get me wrong, we are not looking for a free ride, we just ask for the basic information that we can build the rest of our research on if it’s needed. Afterall, why re-invent the wheel when you really don’t have to.
So, when this does happen, we’ve decided to include those churches in the hope that perhaps others can bring some ‘pressure’ to bear on the ‘powers that be’ and get something done to better the state of the specific church or churches we are forced to include in this section.
Here are two churches from the past year that fall into these categories. Tubungan is classed in the former category and Mina in the second…
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