Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:56:53 +0000 By Ketra Kalunga The National House of Prayer advisory board has announced a 40-day period of prayer and fasting that would lead to the day of National Prayer on October 18. Advisory board chairperson, Bishop Joshua Banda said different churches around the country would engage in a day of fasting to be facilitated by advisory provincial coordinators with the aim of promoting peace and reconciliation and at the sometime consolidating unity in diversity. Speaking at a briefing in Lusaka, Bishop Banda said this year’s prayer and fasting is aimed at signifying a fresh commitment to the fact that the nation must endeavour to sustain unity at all costs. He observed that while it is important for every citizen to exercise their democracy right to belong to any political party, Zambians must never allow politics to divide the nation. Bishop Banda has therefore called on the nation to use this […]
