Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:40:18 +0000 By CHARLES MUSONDA THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has implored all Zambians to be wary of organisations using high poverty levels to entice them to attend their events. CCZ general secretary Suzanne Matale said in a statement yesterday that the organisations in question were using such platforms to drive their agendas in the name of rendering help. Reverend Matale said it was encouraging that Government had responded positively by suspending operations of the Church of Christ, which caused Monday’s stampede in which eight people died and 28 others were injured at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka. Rev. Matale said the development must serve as a warning to all unscrupulous organisations coming in the name of Christianity to take advantage of innocent people. “Government must further ensure that all church events involving large gatherings are scrutinized to avoid a reoccurrence of such an incident,” she […]
