WHM Decides to “Cooperate" with the Presbyterian Church of Uganda (PCU) rather than Joint Leadership
Presbyterian Church of Uganda did not want WHM to start.
Dr. Miller was concerned that the congregation on Buvuma Island in Western Uganda was being neglected.
We backtracked and let them be part of the board. But after two solid weeks of meetings we mutually decided that it would be better to have a cooperation instead of a binding partnership.
This allowed WHM freedom to plant churches without getting tied down, and it gave PCU freedom to do things WHM disapproved of such as raising funds in the U.S. for support of pastors.
An Intro to WHM, page 7.
"The problems created by US money by far the greatest in our work leading to much tension between us and the national church. At the request of the national church, we tried to develop a close partnership that controlled the use and raising of US funds. But after our meeting in June of 1983 we both concluded that we should not operate as the conscience of the Ugandan church. The Mission has adopted the principles outlined here and if other churches are interested in the work we share our principles and experience with them. On an individual basis, our missionaries give to Ugandan brothers, but not in amounts and in such a way to create dependency.” (Page 11)