CCAP Blantyre Synod in quest to plant churches in Nkhoma territory: ‘Faithful must have alternate voice’
Days after the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP released a pastoral letter which has received attacks for being “unspiritual” and “divisive” by indirectly endorsing the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), a horde of CCAP Blantyre Synod members met in the capital Lilongwe to discuss erecting churches in the Nkhoma confines.
The concerned members, during their two hour long meeting, said the pastoral letter was not received and endorsed by all the faithful hence their wish to plant their churches that could give those not for the “MCP sponsored letter an alternate voice.”
Nkhoma Synod, among others, quoting Acts 6:3 called for Malawians to vote for a leader with “good reputation, full of wisdom and the Holy Spirit.”
It urged its faithful to vote, in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, for an upright president who is development-conscious and will get rid of the rampant corruption, tribalism and regionalism.
Some members who attended the meeting said they were not amused with the pastoral letter, and thus wanted Blantyre Synod to make inroads in the central region for a lease of difference.
“We are not happy with the letter at all. It is written as if we have all endorsed Chakwera and the MCP. We have not. We are discussing strategies on how we can discuss with the leadership so that there can be Blantyre Synod churches here where we can go for genuine democracy. The faithful must have an alternate voice,” said a concerned member.
Another said the pastoral letter smacked a lot of dissatisfaction among members of Nkhoma Synod and that most of them were seriously looking forward to an alternative.
“As our shepherds in the Lord, they were supposed to incorporate all biblical aspects to avoid being viewed as being sent by the opposition. They have hurt us,” said another member.
But in an interview with Nyasa Times, Blantyre Synod general Secretary, Reverend Alex Maulana, could not confirm or deny the meeting but was quick to say that that they do not interfere with affairs of other synods.
“We do not. Not at all,” said Maulana.
Nkhoma Synod moderator the Reverend Bizwick Nkhoma said the church wrote the pastoral letter for its membership
If the concerned members’ proposals come to fruition, Blantyre will join the Livingstonia Synod that has erected a battalion of churches in central region’s Nkhoma Synod.
Apparently, Livingstonia Synod planted the churches after some of its members-mostly from the northern region -complained about differences in church ideology amongst the two synods.
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So BLANTYRE Synod is against the leader filled with the Holy spirit! Then what sort of a leader do you want your congregants to vote for?. That’s the problem when readers are corrupt; when they walk by sight not by faith. When leaders find it impossible to lead by example. When leaders are from Mlhakho lhomwe belt. Why should you build churches in the central region? What alternative voice rather than that of God are you going to preach? Tell me!!
Does the CCAP Church have a central leadership where the church’s policy issues are discussed and agreed? It appears to me anyone can do as they like.
Why all the noise??? Are those disagreeing with NKHOMA suggesting some of the frontline presidential candidates, who I believe are equally prayerful, DO NOT HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT??? It is a PASTORAL letter for God’s sake!!! And if previous pastoral letters from whichever front did not quote the WORD of God, which should be the STANDARD for a religious letter as Nkhoma did, then that too was a problem. Accusing NKHOMA is accusing the Bible which they believe in. The letter should also carry a prophetic role. The candidates should not assume themselves NOT to have the HOLY SPIRIT, should they???
This is the reason why Kamuzu Banda didn’t want multiparty politics. He said Malawians were still not ready for it. He is a prophet to most of us and the greatest leader ever. Nkhoma Synod did not mention anything about MCP. It mentioned about the corruption that is even in the papers. We all know that Blantyre Synod benefits from the stolen money. It’s being influenced by the DPP government. Blantyre Synod doesn’t care about the suffering Malawians are facing now. Anyway the church is dying in western countries. Even the once powerful Catholics are no longer as powerful. The catholic church is powerful among the poor in Latin America and the Philippines. In the Philippines they even have volunteers to have them nailed on the cross. The multiparty leaders have failed to bring Malawians together. Bakili Muluzi and the Mutharikas are responsible for all this. These people are close to their deaths and it’s up to us the young ones to live together. The selfish chiefs must be removed too. Those who live in urban areas have nothing to do with Lundu, Lukwa. Ngolongoliwa and Kyungu.
So APM and SKC are not God fearing? This is why they torched MEC warehouse to conceal results. I understand.
Stupid reporter. So you think Blantyre does not want a god fearing president.
musaope just consider their boundary open for you (nkhoma) as well muzamange zipatala ma secondary ndi ma church kuno ku south
The Pastoral letter by Nkhoma Synold was read in Nkhoma Synod churches. There is no where where it says General Synod so why should Blantyre Synod get concerned? If they are not in support of it’s contents then it should not be their business. Nkhoma Synod does not represent General Synod. They (Blantyre Synod) can issue their Pastoral letter that will address their concerns as well.
They should pretend to hide under the guise of the pastoral letter to invade the Nkhoma Synod territory. They should come in the open to say we are planting churches in Nkhoma Synod because that is where we have seen potential. Whether they like it or not there will be a shift of power on 21st May 2019. Their master is surely falling down.
Victor Mdzinyemba, very likely that Blantyre Synod has cut a frustrated figure on the Nkhoma Synod Pastoral Letter. It would have been better had Blantyre and Livingstonia joined Nkhoma in articulating the issues raised by their colleagues in faith. However, Livingstonia cannot on an account that it had fluffed ruling party’s feathers before. Let us hope that the Catholic Church does not issue one. If they do, it would be a bomb shell akin to the March 1992 Pastoral Letter.
Mutisokonezatu apa. M’malo moti muphwasule ma Synod n’cholinga choti pakhale CCAP imodzi, mulimbana ndi zolowerana malo. Muyambanenso apa. Timayaluka nazotu ife a Khristu ndi zadyera zanuzotu. Asaaaaaa fwetseki.
now i have seen from the comment made,the letter was indeed talking about a party,there is no wisdom in that letter.
its a disgrace for so called men of God
Blantyre Synod please hurry up build your churches in the Central region. We are many who are supporting the idea. Nkhoma Synod have their own ideologies that differ from Blantyre and Livingstonia and we are many that find it difficult to follow the Nkhoma Synod ideologies. When I saw Livingstonia coming in the Central region, I said these guys have set a very good precedence which Blantyre also can follow. Women are not free with their worship in Nkhoma Synod which is unlike Blantyre and Livingstonia.
Shaaaaaa! Livingstonia synod, get ready to build yours in Blantyre and take all the northerners. You see everyone is following their flock. Nkhoma, don’t be left behind. A lot from the central region also under BT synod, you also look for good areas and erect foundation stones and bring yours to the Blantyre catchment area and send BT synod in chase for the lost money kkkkkk. This will be epic.
I wish to ask Nkhoma Synod to desist from being partisan. How can a whole Pastoral Letter talk about Mchesi Bridge and Linthipe-Thete road as examples of substandard workmanship under DPP? Talking of projects that are within the Nkhoma area of jurisdiction. They don’t have to forget that within Nkhoma Synod there are DPP, UDF, UTM and MCP supporters. The same Nkhoma Synod that is speaking ill of DPP administration was quite when MCP was butchering dissidents in Malawi.
Surprisingly no one criticised Nkhoma synod when they were silent and did not condemn their church elder Kamuzu.
A Bt Synod why are you disgracing yourself?Just come out in the open just like what Livingstonia Synod did.Do not hide behind the Pastoral letter but this was your plan all along.There is no part in the Pastoral letter where Chakwera’s name was suggested as the right candidate.As others are suggesting do you mean APM & SKC does not have the Holy Spirit?If not then which spirits do these two have?
Shame on you Blantyre Synod Leadership shame!!!
I think Blantyre Synod is now completely finish not the synod I used to know during the time of Rev Gunya no. As synod you could have conquered and endorsed the pastoral letter really because all concerns raised in the are there unchecked and you the Blantyre Synod has been so silent through watching wrong doings by outgoing president Muthalika on 21 May leaving Malawians out there suffering this shows you are part of the game as church you could have played a role particularly knowing that he comes from the South else this is the reason why Muthalika will be voted out of government on 21 MAY, 2019.
BT Synod has nothing to do with this. It is the southerners living in central region who want their mother church to follow them just like the northerners have done. You surely know southerners hate MCP so what do you expect of them to do if MCP is seen to align itself with Nkhoma synod?
Malawians are very regionalistic and I will not be surprised if one day the Eastern region will not think of breaking away from the BT synod or the northerners calling for their own archdiocese.
So the church should be treading carefully on political pronouncements.
Are people suggesting SKC and Peter are not holy. SKC is a staunch catholic and devout church goer. That can also be a sign of someone with the holy spirit. It did not say elect a leader with a theology degree or qualified pastor. It did not.
How do we tell a candidate is full of the holly spirit?
Sikusinja, Nkhoma Synod ruled Chilima out in its 2.4 bullet, unless you are just commenting without having gone through the letter…
just because of one letter u want to cause confusion. Grow up people shd differentiate the church from other things by the level of maturity and tolerance
thank you for that
Blantyre SYNOD has been backing DPP all along
Nkhoma Synod must learn to rise above regional and tribal politics. Any theologian worth his salt would not agree with the spirit of the recent pastoral letter by the Synod. It is quite obvious that the Synod had an axe to grind. My advice to Nkhoma Synod is that they should not trust the arm of flesh. Their presumed political messiahs have disappointed Malawians before and it’s time the synod learned to resist the temptation of partisan politics.
Only those who do not live in this country can dispute as untrue what Nkhoma Synod wrote in its pastoral letter. Only those with blind royalty to DPP can dispute that nepotism, tribalism, regionalism, cronyism, corruption, political violence and all other negative isms have taken centre stage during DPP’s rule. Alas, misrule. If one is quick to discredit Nkhoma Synod’s observations just because it is from the centre, it is impossible that such a person is objective. It is himself or herself who is regionalistic. If these people from the South want Blantyre Synod to open churches in the Central Region, don’t you think it is regionalism behind this move. Everyone is seeing the ills DPP is subjecting innocent Malawians but only the Southerners especially the Lhomwes see nothing wrong, why is this the case. They would rather have a very corrupt government headed by one of their own than have a clean government headed by someone not from their region.
I would have applauded these people if they had attacked issues raised in the pastoral letter, brought forward information that proves the church wrong rather than attacking the church. By attacking the church they are only confirming that what the church observed is true and therefore cannot be disputed.
Charlie, you have explained. Blantyre Synod ought to prove on balance of probability what the other Synod said in its pastoral letter.
KALATA INAWERENGEDWA MUMA CHURCH A NKHOMA SYNOD NOT BLANTYRE SYNOD SO WHY BLANTYRE SYNOD ARE PLANING TO BUILD THEIR CHURCHES IN NKHOMA SYNOD , PALI VUTO LANJI LOMWE A BLANTYRE SYNOD ALI NALO KUPHATIKIZAPO MAULANA CHITSIRU CHA MODERATOR, NGATI IYEYO MAULANA NDI ATHU AKE AKU BLANTYRE SYNOD SANAONEPO VUTO OR KUONA KUTI ATHU AKUVUTIKA MZIKO MUNO MUSIYENI AKHALE CHONCHO NANGA SI IYE ALI PA PAYROLL YA BOMA MWEZI ULI ONSE AKUDYA NDALAMA ZAKUBA KU MPINGO ZOSANENA NDIYE CHIMUKHUZE NDI CHANI, AKAKHALA A LIVINGSTONIA NDE ANANENA KALE KUTI BOMA ILI SILIKUFUNIKA KUKHALISA MZIKO MUNO , AMASEYA NDI ANZAWO KU MBC ANALI BUSY KUWANYOZA A LIVINGSTONIA SYNOD, PANO MASEYA YOMWEYO NDI CHISANU ANALISO BUSY KUNYOZA NKHOMA SYNOD SABATA YATHA PA MBC, KODI MASEYA NDI CHISANU AMAZITENGA NGATI NDANI IWOWO , CHOTI AZIWE NDI CHAKUTI KUNJA KUNO KULI MULUNGU AKUONA KUTI ATHU AKE AKUVUTIKA KUSOWA MAKHWALA MUZIPATALA, ATHU KUMANGOYENDA NGATI ALIBE ATHU OLAMULIRA ZIKO LAWO , ATHU KUYENDA NDI ZOVALA ZONG’AMBIKA , ZOKUDA BII KULI KUSOWA SOPO OCHAPILA KOMA IWO KUMAKAYANKHULA MWANO PA MBC, MAWA AZAKHALA ALI ANA ANU AKUYENDA CHONCHO.
It is a historical error to have Nkhoma synod. It was supposed to be Livingstonia synod actually. I mean you know history. At the moment Nkhoma has established itself as a synod. So non of the synods should take advantage of any form to plant their churches there.
Inu à Blantyre synod is the solution planting churches in Nkhoma synod Territory? Mwadya zandani
Nkhoma CCAP Synod should strive to build and not destroy. The stand taken by the disgruntled faithfuls does not paint a good picture on the reputation of the synod. My advice is reach out to the disgruntled members, hear their grievances and resolve otherwise this will make people believe Nkhoma Synod is nepostic
SO YOU MEAN THAT BLANTYRE SYNOD IS CONTROLLED BY THE DPP THUGS TOGETHER WITH MAULANA M’BUSA WACHINYENGO NGATI AMENEYU, GOD IS WATCHING, DID NKHOMA SYNOD MENTIONED THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE TO VOTE FOR, THE ANSWER IS NO! SO WHY DPP IS BUSY WANT TO DIVIDE THE CHURCH FOR THEIR BENEFIT, YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, YOU’RE JUST SCARED OF YOUR DEAD DEEDS, YOU TOOK MALAWIANS FOR GRANTED NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT THINGS ARE TURNING AROUND YOU, YOU STARTED YOUR NONSENSE , JUST WAIT AND SEE, YOU HAVE BEEN BOSSING THAT YOU HAVE DELIVERED GOOD DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COUNTRY SO WHY NOT MAINTAIN YOUR STATEMENT THAT THIS COUNTRY IS IN YOUR HAND AND MCP WILL NOT RULE THIS COUNTRY.
Join the discussion…don’t divide the church you greedy people
Leave Nkhoma synod alone please but we not Alfred all one say what we wish to say. Who is our Malawi
Kachipapa you see now….?
THE LETTER DID NOT MENTION CHAKWERA BUT SOMEONE WHO IS HOLY SO IT MIGHT BY PETER
Who is HOLY??? Is there someone on the face of the earth who is HOLY? its only GOD who is holy. maybe you wanted to say someone who is full of the holy spirit maybe??
Senior Citizen, rather Junior Citizen, don’t be myopic. There are four main contenders this year. The letter was against APM. Point 2.4 ruled out SKC and AAM, leaving only Chakwera as the so-called holy spirit filled presidential candidate…
Planting churches just because of a Pastoral letter???
Search me……………… zibwana basi mu mpingo!
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