When a lion enters your village, sound the alarm loudly.

Yesterday, I picked up a brochure that I had created three years ago for a grassroots, indigenous African organization--Back to the Bible Truth (BBT) in Uganda, East Africa. Founded in 1979 by Alex Mitala, a man who is now in his 50's, BBT is on a mission "to love actively, to serve practically, and to transform unprivileged Ugandans into dependable and constructive citizens by the preaching of the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

The nation of Uganda was once described by Winston Churchill as "the pearl of Africa." This pearl is currently undergoing great transformation. For example, in the 1980's, approximately 30% of Ugandans were stricken with the AIDS virus. As of 2005, only 6% were infected.

BBT directly contributed to the decline of AIDS-infected citizens through the Glory of Virginity Movement, also known as GLOVIMO. Started in 1985, GLOVIMO has been teaching youth and children how to fight HIV/AIDS through abstinence and monogamous marital relationships.

Misleading cultural traditions (polygamy, wife-inheritance) as well as blood and sexual practices are revealed as unsafe and detrimental through BBT conferences and GLOVIMO rallies.

BBT knows that people perish for lack of knowledge. They educate their people, so fewer are perishing.

How did they manage to turn the tide on the AIDS epidemic? The got to the root of the issue. They didn't manage its symptoms.

Putting a condom on the problem only makes it worse--just take a look at the other African nations suffering increasing mortality rates from HIV/AIDS. What has been their solution? "Safe sex." What has been their demise? "Safe sex."

The wife of the president of Uganda has said that all that stands between her people and the death of her nation is a thin sheath, and she intends to ensure that her country is aware of the the failure rates and the unreliability of condoms. She understands the grave danger that lurks behind the "safe sex" message. The only safe sex, as taught by BBT and GLOVIMO, is monogamous sex in the context of a committed, marital relationship.

There's an old saying among African tribes: When a Lion Enters Your Village, Sound the Alarm Loudly. BBT has sounded the alarm through their GLOVIMO conferences, their broadcasts, their ministry schools, their churches, their orphanages, their schools, their medical clinics--even those who labor the fields to produce crops to feed the orphans understand and follow the message: "Before marriage, no sex. After marriage, sex!"

Let us sound the alarm.