By SANFROSSA MANYINDATHE church has called for issue based campaigns among political leaders ahead of the 2021 general elections.According to the Church, character assassination and name-calling must never be part of the country’s political discourse.Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAOG) Presiding Bishop, Joshua Banda, said politicians should discard toxic language and also called for a level playing field ahead of the general elections.He said politicians must only engage in productive discourse to steer the country’s fortune ahead.Bishop Banda was speaking in Kitwe at the weekend during the consecration ceremony for Bishop Amos Mtonga as Bishop for the Copperbelt.“Major political players should dialogue on their own and not wait for the church to force them to. We have preached enough as the church and now is the time for them to sit with one another and resolve their differences,” he said.Bishop Banda emphasised the need for political leaders to take the message of forgiveness and reconciliation seriously.He […]
CHURCH COUNSELS POLITICIANS
