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Mr.says the conduct of some new churches in the country raises a lot of suspicion especially on their motives.
Speaking at the first graduation ceremony for Pastors of Calvary Team Work Bible College in Mufurila today, Mr. Mbulakulima said, however, that government welcomes religious organizations that will help not only to bring people to salvation but to maintain peace in our country.
The Minister said government has confidence that the church will not subject citizens to mediocre preaching which he said is sometimes worrying as some (churches) are being formed on suspicious grounds, either for economic gain or to be springboards for gaining political mileage.
He said it is important that men and women that have been called by God to perform the task of spreading the word are equipped with knowledge so that the word of God can be a building tool to fulfill the words of prophet Isaiah as recorded in Isaiah 26 verse 9.
Mr. Mbulakulima stated that development will be possible where there is peace and stability and that government will continue to allow the freedom of worship as enshrined in the constitution.
He said the Word of God is the most powerful tool that every human being must use.
And speaking earlier College director Benson Chiwoma said the college aims at raising leaders that will have outstanding and qualified lifestyle that will interpret the Word of God and cause change in the minds and lives of people.
He said the church has a responsibility to society by helping to transform minds of the people so that they can meet their many challenges and those of the nation.
And a grandaunt Pastor Andy Bwalya thanked government for upholding the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation and for upholding religious values.
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Ba Minister, you mean to tell me that you did not know this until now?
Yes it iz true “some new churchez formed on suspicious groundz” az long az their pastorz don’t sing praizez for the government.
Especially some churches founded in the 1990s and the new millenium, they look like money spinning ventures for the unemployed graduates.
imwe balekeni.they call themselves men and women of God.have u noticed?they like sending there children to expensive schools both home and abroad when the tithe givers fail to even pay fees for theirs.i dont understand why people choose to get brain washed by some of these crooks masquarading as men and women of God.
# 4, I am a pastor myself and to hear you say like that , it’s sad because as you said many of us are using the word God for selfish gains not only in Zambia but around the world where churches are established. I have seen most leave the Church especially here in the west…am sure the church will remain for the poor….who want prosperity and they give whatever they have so that they may have more….but they give wrong people. The rich don’t even come to Church, not that they are evil no, they have seen how clergies are robbing the people. They are knowledgeable, they manipulated people themselves b4 they became rich …so the u/stand the route been used by some Churches. I sound radical….
Even the oldest churches like catholics, protestants et al were all started i n Suspicious grounds. Why botther with these bull c.rap factories with power hungry that have hijacked a story about a jewish messiah to only profit themselves. Even the event they are at should tell you how much of a joke these pastors have become , at a bible college ? nowhere in the bible is such instructed. They really should be called doctrine brain washing colleges
#4 i salute you.you are indead one of the brave clergy to stand up and write what you have written.but how do get rid of pretenders from among our midst? Its really very frustrating to belong to the same
group of people calling ourselves christians.so pastor help!