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EXPOSED: Raising the Curtain

I'm in India with an incredible group of leaders talking about how the Bible should relate to the real world. It’s been amazing to hear stories of God at work in some amazing ways. People who say that God is sleeping on the job really should talk to the people who are busy working with him to put an end to suffering and poverty in our world.

But there is a theme which keeps cropping up. It's corruption. It's alive and well here in India and even though the Indian government is formulating legislation like their Foreign Direct Investment Bill, they are finding that the system of government itself cannot cope with the demands of its own legislation. So right here in India is an amazing place for me to be as we raise the curtain on EXPOSED - our global campaign on corruption in October 2013.

But as I turned to CNN this morning we may just as well have been in Russia. The election results have ignited the first mass revolt in Russia since the 1990s as protesters came out in large numbers to accuse Mr Putin of rigging the election despite his narrow majority. And the main accusation? Corruption.

As I have travelled and raised the prospects of a global Christian response, I have been amazed at just how readily people from all walks of life have welcomed the idea that Christians should rise up to challenge the church, businesses and governments on this issue. And it's not just that Christians are keen to make their voice heard, organisations like Transparency International and the United Nations Development Programme are applauding our willingness to get involved.

As we set off on this journey towards October 2013 it's going to take a great deal of effort. We know that the world will not be transformed the day after the campaign is over. But we're doing it because corruption is such an outrageous obstacle to poverty alleviation and human development. EXPOSED is happening because a lot of us know that it will make a difference to many people we may never meet. And we are doing it because God hates corruption and what the Old Testament calls 'dishonest scales.'

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