Epilogue

"The lesson is over, let us go home..." sing Peruvian Sunday School children as their farewell. - I hope this book will not be treated like that. The subjects mentioned here are too profound for being taken as just "one more lesson". I hope the thoughts exposed here may contribute to the emotional and spiritual healing of many lives, and later on to the changes which are so necessary in the structures and exercise of authority in the different spheres of society.
Especially for the Evangelical churches, who should be the most zealous to apply Biblical principles, I hope they will begin to give an example worthy of being followed, in the exercise of righteous authority within their own ranks. I do not have the position nor the influence for causing such changes myself, and I am not even seeking it. I do not have the ambition of being another foreign liberator. I consider that it is time for my Peruvian brothers and sisters to get out of their cage, to the wide and unknown territory of freedom, and that they assume themselves the responsibility for their personal and national destiny, under God's guidance. If my thoughts can contribute something to this goal, I will be more than satisfied.

(Note: This is only a reduced extract of the original bibliography, since most used books are in Spanish. Quotes from English books mentioned here may not be exactly as in the original, since many of these quotes are back-translations from a Spanish or German edition.)

Alberto Mottesi, "América 500 años después" (America 500 years after), Asociación Evangelística Alberto Mottesi, 1992

John A.Mackay, "The Other Spanish Christ" (3rd Spanish edition 1991; English edition exists but no information available)

David Johnson and Jeff Van Vonderen, "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse", Bethany House Publishers 1991

Samuel Cueva, "La iglesia local en misión transcultural" (The Local Church in Transcultural Missions), Editorial CLIE 1991

Jorge Erdely, "Pastores que abusan" (Pastors who abuse), Editorial MBR, México 1994

INEI, (National Institute of Statistics, Peru), Figures of the National Census from 1993, on the internet: http://www.inei.gob.pe

John B.A.Kessler, "Historia de la Evangelización en el Perú" (History of Evangelism in Peru), Ediciones Puma, Lima 1993

Abraham Kuyper, "Lectures on Calvinism", Princeton 1898 (English text on the internet, http://www.kuyper.org/kuyper)

Raymond and Dorothy Moore, "Better Late than Early", Reader's Digest Press and The Moore Foundation, 1975 / 1986

Jeff Van Vonderen, "Tired of trying to measure up", Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis

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