Church leaders misguided

Rev Obadiah Msindo
I have deep seated questions for church leaders in our contemporary Zimbabwe. What and who authorises your ‘moral judgement’, that President Mugabe is unfit to continue as Head of State and Government?

Is it something that you prayed for and was revealed in your imbricate dreams?

Did God actually respond in affirmation of such an absurd notion, that Mugabe must go?

Let us say that indeed in some strange way, God indeed responded to your erstwhile dreams and told you to lobby for the removal and exit of Mugabe.

But my million dollar question would be: In all His omnipotence and authority, does God need to call these alleged ‘prophets in order’ to remove Mugabe, for verily God can manage that all on his own and in his own time.

Would Mugabe stay a minute longer if God wanted him gone? A resounding no.

The above observation has driven the argument home and I would drive the argument to the courts of the church leaders by asking the impeding question: since when did God assume the voice and the role of partisan politics?

Is God located in Harvest House or are God’s terms dictated in Washington?

Whose voice are these pastors listening to and God forbid, they should drag the name of the good Lord in advancing their partisan politics.

Men of cloth should never at any point in time, be influenced by partisanship and never should they behave as stooges for western imperialism and western agendas.

Once, the church and church leaders become inclined to certain political parties, it becomes a challenge in discerning the word of God which usually becomes coloured with prejudice.

It would be somewhat erroneous to play the blame game on President Mugabe for the mayhem and chaotic situation Zimbabwe finds itself in.

For such leaders to denounce the legitimate rule of our sitting President is but erroneous, spiteful and unfounded.

Ironically, I have never had the church leaders decrying the man-wrought ills imposed on us in the name of ‘corrective’ sanctions.

Church leaders in our contemporary Zimbabwe have no qualms, disbursing church funds, misappropriating those funds for personal gain.

These church leaders have become the ‘new’ monies and ‘fly-by-night’ business moguls, but alas, they pay a blind eye to their misdemeanours and ill activity, rather, they find an outlet in our Government, ‘blame the Government, blame the President, and blame the State House’. This is the most absurd notion from a pure point of logic.

There have been frantic efforts by Dr Mangudya (RBZ Governor) to introduce bond notes, a plausible move to enable the majority of our people to have access to their money.

The move will concurrently protect the USD200 million facility which was extended to Zimbabwe by the Afrimex bank, in the hope of rejuvenating and enhancing our economy.

It is thus imperative that we should all join hands and support our Governor since he holds the key to our economy.

How come we never hear church leaders condemning high profiteering culture by local business moguls.

We have started to witness shortfalls and disappearance of Zimbabwean products such as cooking oil and margarine which are being expropriated outside the country.

There are a lot of issues where we expect church leaders to speak on and address congregants on, but the culture of silence remains the order of the day among our leaders in churches.

Serious cases of corruption amidst church leaders, and we are aware of individuals actively involved in the transportation of United States dollars beyond our borders.

The illicit exportation by fertilizer companies has not been a cause of concern among church leaders, how come?

The church leaders must therefore openly condemn corruption in all sectors without partiality including that which happens in their midst, in churches.

In your churches you have MDC members, Zanu PF members and all the majority of these church members are Zanu PF members who voted the same man you are calling to resign. Did these members give you the mandate? Did you consult them?

Most church leaders must actually resign in the shame of not standing in solidarity with the Head of State and Government, more over as a result of their failure to stand up and shun all the activities that are happening in their backyards and churches.

As for the transformative turnaround of our economy, it behalves us all , the President, the Cabinet, church leaders, ordinary citizens, civil service, law enforcement agents, to work hands-in-glove and revive our economy.

It should not the effort of the President and the Governor alone, it should be collective action of everyone who is Zimbabwean.

Anyone, any group of people, believing or thinking that they can remove our Head of State and Government before his time is mistaken, misguided and ill informed.

All these efforts are futile, they should ask Bishop Pius Ncube.