Pastors urge flock to join active politics
The Pentecostal church in Uganda is imbued in a number of corruption scandals. These include; seed money extortion, prayers for sale, sodomy, ecumenism, false doctrine, being bribed by the current regime do support it during elections, false prophesies, spiritual fornication, lack of accountability for funds received in church, fake miracles , manipulation etc etc Therefore the church should focus on cleaning its house. Please, do not copy the politics of the American christian right evangelicals.
By Dear Jeanne
Posted Monday, May 14 2012 at 00:00
Posted Monday, May 14 2012 at 00:00
In Summary
Pastors of Pentecostal churches in Kampala yesterday urged their followers to get involved in politics so as to rid the country of corrupt politicians instead of blaming the government.
According to the pastors, Christians rarely get involved in elective politics or even participate in the electoral process.
“Look at the few Christians we have in government. Before a Christian got hold of the URA, it was almost collapsing now it is performing well, same as KCCA. Let’s get involved so we can make a difference,” Pastor Fred Bahati of Soul Touch Healing Ministries said.
Unlike other religious denominations in the country that have come out to condemn the governance in the country, Pentecostal pastors have been silent about various issues such as term limits, a fact that has been blamed on State patronage.
This call comes at a time when church leaders are at loggerheads with government on the continued involvement of the clergy in politics, with a number of religious leaders openly supporting the ongoing debate on the restoration of presidential term limits, while some have called on the President to resign come 2016.
The pastors, however, argue that putting the blame on term limits rather than the moral fiber, of which good leadership lies, is wrong.
“Even one term with a bad leader is hell enough for any country. As long as we have corrupt leaders, they will always find a way of remaining in power.” Pastor Solomon Male of Arising for Christ Church said.
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