Family and moral issues have been identified as the most urgent and critical matters that should be addressed by the Church in the country.
This emerged during the County Coordinating Committee meeting in Lower Eastern that brought together about 25 participants among them CCC officials from Makueni, Kajiado, Machakos and Kitui counties.
During the meeting chaired by Regional Chairman Captain Joseph Muindi, the participants also expressed concern that the church was losing its prophetic voice. They also took issue with perceived mediocrity and complacency among the faith, as well as the need for economic empowerment for the church.
Bishop Joseph Kanuku, CCC Chairman of Makueni County said: “The church has entered into the world and the world has entered into the church while the family is under siege with many cases of divorce, brutality, abandoning of children, early marriage, FGM and witchcraft.” Captain Muindi shared from Nehemiah Chapter 5, urging the Church to be the voice of purpose and shine the light of Christ to the people around it. Other concerns raised were the apparent lack of understanding of matters relating to the constitution especially devolution by the clergy.
The meeting resolved to devise various strategies on how to tackle the issues.
NCCK Regional Coordinator for Lower Easter Faith Sibairo, termed the meeting as quite successful. She pointed out that the meeting focused on the history and possible solutions of issues affecting the church. “We decided to come up with a work plan to tackle the issues. We were very specific on the ability of each county,” said Sibairo who spoke to Jumuia news on phone.
