ARCHBISHOP KAZIMBA RESOUNDS SELF RELIANCE IN HIS MESSAGE TO MADI WEST NILE DIOCESE

Archbishop Kazimba.

By Erema George

Arua City

The archbishop of the church of Uganda his grace most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu has challenged the Christians in Madi and west Nile diocese to carry out income generating activities as a way of supporting the church and avoid pressure from the donors.

The Most Reverend Dr. Kaziimba was addressing the media after his service at Emmanuel cathedral Mvara in Arua city as he made these remarks emphasizing on agriculture and business as major activities that can be carried out to generate income to support the churches locally.

“I don’t know any country in the whole world which has fertile land as Uganda. The weather is perfect, let us use the good weather we have and also the area of business because now you see people of south Sudan, Congo and even Uganda we need to promote business people and this is what I call business evangelism. The church shouldn’t shy away from business evangelism,” he noted.

Critics and conservative leaders across Africa frequently accuse Western nations of “cultural imperialism” or using foreign aid to force a progressive social agenda that clashes with traditional African cultural and religious values.

The archbishop who has for long distanced himself from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) said the western churches have gone astray from the bible, warning that the dependence on donations is likely to attract LGBTQ.

“Any church which is depending on donors can’t survive. There’s donor’s fatigue everywhere but also we are seeing the church in the west going astray from the biblical teaching and many people now are supporting LGBTQ, which is contrary to scriptures and because of that we as the Christians in the church of Uganda have made a strong statement that we need to find a way of supporting our churches so that we are not actually pressurized by the donors because of the small things they give us,” he warned.

Remembering his stand on the value of hard work, Raymond Ombere Obi Ayi, the city education officer of Arua, who attended his farewell service believes that his message can spur change in the Christian community;

“This has been a very important message which, if we all pick as the people of this country and more so the Christian of this diocese, it will take us to greater heights” he affirmed.

Human rights groups argue that Western funding is intended to uphold universal human rights standards, while simultaneously noting a parallel counter-funding stream where conservative Western religious organizations heavily bankroll anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns within African churches thus a need for financial independence in the churches.

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