Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:31:48 +0000 WE ARE pleased to learn that the body of Christ in Zambia has agreed to speak with one voice over the political challenges the country is facing. Unity of purpose is the hallmark of Christianity whose calling is anchored on unselfish love and self-denial. The past two weeks were the most traumatic in the life of the Church in Zambia during which the clergy savaged each other through unchristian condemnation of one another, scheming and jostling for attention from the political leadership. These manoeuvres left the ordinary church member wondering what was happening to the followers of Christ. They abandoned their biblical principles and Christian morality to play divisive, partisan politics to please their political masters. Some of them even trampled upon the principle of collective responsibility which is so critical in the cohesion of the church to pursue personal agendas which were soon disowned by their fellow church […]
