{UAH} PRINCESS LINDIWE WORKING ON BOGUS PASTORS’ LAW
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PRINCESS LINDIWE WORKING ON BOGUS PASTORS' LAW
By Bongani Dlamini | 2019-05-17
With the escalating number of mushrooming charismatic and unaffiliated churches, government is working on finalising legislation on the effective oversight and supervision of churches and non-governmental organisations.
This was relayed by the Minister of Home Affairs Princess Lindiwe when she officially closed the Eswatini Conference of Churches' annual general meeting. The event was held at The George Hotel yesterday.
When delivering her speech, the minister said this was a policy at par with His Majesty's government's blueprint.
The minister said the policy was developed after a notable change in landscape that confronted the body of Christ nowadays.
With the regulation that will supervise churches, Minister Princes Lindiwe said the objective was to help in minimising rebellion against authority within the church structure, bogus authorisation of titles and the emergence of strange doctrines and heresies.
"The purpose of this policy is to help bring clear structure, accountability and effectiveness in the development of religious affairs and charitable activities in the country," she said.
In her opinion, the minister said church leaders were expected to lead blameless lives, with honesty and integrity.
The same issue of unaffiliated churches was also one of the topics that the church leaders deliberated on during their meeting. According to the Conference of Churches' (SCC) President Stephen Masilela, information from the registrar of companies was that there were over 4 000 churches with characteristics of being charismatic that were registered. However, he wondered where all these churches were affiliated because the Conference of Churches only had 121 churches under its wing.
Masilela further stated that it had come to the Conference's attention that some pastors registered their churches to be members of the SCC in the streets.
He also alluded to the fact that some men and women of the cloth were selling the gospel through conducting one-on one sessions that are said to attract a lot of money to them.
"Supplements are sold to members of the churches in the name of Christ," he said. For all this, Masilela welcomed the idea of government issuing strict regulations that would protect the people and the Christian doctrine as a whole.
The president further warned these pastors, especially foreign missionaries, to refrain from following wrong channels when seeking work permits.
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