Livingstonia Synod defiant over Inkosi threats: ‘We don’t worship culture; beer, polygamy is a sin’
General secretary of the Livingstonia Synod has given a defiant tone over Inkosi ya Makosi M’mbelwa V threats to evict the church if it continues preaching against beer and polygamy which the chief said is an integral part of the ngoni culture.
In an interview, Reverend Levi Nyondo said the church is not moved even by an inch over the threats issued by the powerful ngoni chief during the iinstallation of a traditional leader in Mzimba on Tuesday.
“Beer drinking and polygamy is a sin. We cannot condone sin. We don’t worship culture, we worship God, we will never change our stand on these issues,” said Nyondo.
He dismissed as untrue that there is a standing memorandum of understanding between the church and the Ngoni chiefs that they should be allowed to drink beer and marry as many wives as they wish.
“That MOU don’t exist, if it exists then it is fake,” he said.
He said the Ngoni chief can go ahead to sign another MOU with another church, saying the Livingstonia Synod stand on beer and polygamy remains the same, it is sin.
Nyondo said it is the duty of the church to tell people what is sin and what is righteousness so that they do not perish in hell on the last day.
The cleric angered the Ngoni chiefs during the installation of chief Mzukuzuku of Mzimba when the clergy openly told the chiefs to start going to church and repent their sins and stop people from drinking beer and marrying many wives.
Nyondo said those who do not go to church bother the men of God when they die.
Mordecai Jere was installed Chief Mzukuzuku by Local government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa after the area had almost 10 years within a chief due to chieftaincy wrangles.
Nankhumwa asked the royal family to always use the path of contact and dialogue when dealing with chieftaincy wrangles and asked the newly installed chief to desist from corrupt tendencies.
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You should not forget that this young Inkosi is a messenger of DPP. The relationship of the DPP and the Synod of Livingstonia in general and SG Nyongo in particular has never been rosy. The Chief believes by getting into antagonism with the church is serving the DPP’s interest. He is another sell-out, not different from his late father.
zipembezo za azungu za zii. mowa ndi mitala zili bho. Yesu ndi wa fake
But wait a minute, I don’t see any connection between the caption under the reverend’s picture and the story at hand. They really don’t tally.
I have much respect for the so called Ngoni Chief but for sure he has goofed big time this time around. The best he can do is simply to shut up other wise he will not contend the outcome of his subsequent move. Why did he think like Ngolongoliwa who never saw the inside of a class room? I wonder./
Inkosi Mbelwa could have done himself good if he just remained quite. The duty of the church is to remind the laity about Christian decorum. It does not force rather it talks yet let “nansongole ndi tiringu kuti zikulire pamodzi”. What bothers the young Inkosi with the church is unknown. His forefathers drunk and married and never fought with the church.
NYONDO BUT YOU WORSHIP POLITICS!!! YOU FAKE CHURCHES YOU MAKE ME SICK.
He stands for the truth,he is so loved by his members of the church ,so who are you
Rev Nyondo is not wrong at all, he like any preacher was just preaching as usual and these sentiments have been made several times by different clerics during ngoni functions. I have attended funerals in the centre where men of God from Nkhoma synod have openly condemned gule wamkulu but i have never heard any chewa chief threaten to chase nkhoma synod from their area. It is Mmbelwa who is confusing people from his area because not all ngonis behave the way he thinks they are. Some are devoted christians. If he is a real traditionalist why doe he have only one wife himself? Let him declare that any ngoni who doesnt drink and marry many wives move out of mzimba if at all that can work. Its very wrong to say the synod should move out from his area while all the 4 past MMbelwas kings lived with them and they had been preaching the same words and they never responded defiantly like that. His own father was honourably laid to rest by the same Livingstonia synod though he was a polygamist. What he should know is that this is a civilised world where no one can be forced to practice a culture that he doest feel comfortable with.
Let the churches preach what they know and we are at liberty to take it or leave it. He himself wedded his wife a christian way with livingstonia synod. But I dont think he realy meant it but was just over excited with the function. I rest my case.
Let me school and help anthu onse oganiza mwa chibwanabwana.In malawi,we have different cultures and religious denominations with different values but one thing for sure is that we have one creator who is God himself.He created all kinds of peoples incluiding the ngonis.Now this same creator has a code of conduct for all His creation and this code is what we call the Bible.This code cuts across all cultures,religions and what of you.That is why you cant find a bible spesifically for a certain culture or religion different from the other.Now in this code[the bible],God prohibits beer and polygamy and He labels them as sins.So whether one is a ngoni,yao,chewa,tumbuka,nzungu,or any other tribe,MOWA and MITALA shall remain MACHIMO because that is what God says in the bible.Kaya chikhalidwe kapena mpingo wina ukuloleza zinthuzi,koma Mulungu amaletsa ndithu.So I believe it will be very unwise and uncalled for kuti wina wake ayeretse mowa ndi mitala in the name of culture.In all this, tikuona kuti amene akuletsa mowa ndi mitala si a Nyondowo kapena Livingstonia synod ayi but rather God himself.So leave Nyondo and Livingstonia synod alone.Nyondo is standing on the word of God where as Mbelwa and his fellow ngonis are holding on to their culture,so if anything,let Mbelwa and all the ngonis argue with God since He is the one who prohibits mowa and mitala.Ndiye ngati akufuna, abwere poyera ndi kuuza mtundu wa malawi and the whole world ndi kumuuza Mulungu kunena kuti analakwitsa kuletsa mowa ndi mitala and that if God doesnt change His stand on these issues,they will close all His churches in their territory.Ndipo tonse tidzadikirira kuti Mulungu awayankhe.Koma let me remind Mbelwa and his fellows that machitidwe ngati awa ndi amene ankaputa mkwiyo wa Mulungu on the Israelites,ndiye they must tread carefully because God is never moked
Mwaiphonyatu wawa. It is just mbelwa. Not mbelwa and all ngoni’s. Apo mulakwitsa. Ngakhale ku sinodiko abusa ena ndi angoninso. Iyi ndi ya mbelwa yekha. Amenya ngati Belisezara imeneyi.
The bible in Timothy says a little wine is good for health and digestion, drunkenness is condemned. Two issues must be separated here, drunkenness state that that make one loose all his senses, goes about casing everybody, failure to take good care of one’s family etc.
A good social gathering of beer is good. Wines and beers are two separate things. The bible talks about a little wine is good for digestion. Wines have volume alcohol of 12%Volume and above. Carlsberg beer has 4.7% volume of alcohol. Which I see to be less than tougher than the wines.
Drunkennes state must be condemned.
Polygamy is a rough to sustain. This is why you can not share the same love to two wives. You tend to love one more than the other . this becomes a cause of tension, quarels, infighting and divisions between or among families. Polygamy is the biggest occassion for sin because you can not share the same love to both or more wives. It is very practical to say most families quarel over the resources such as land, etc
It is not an easy topic. aa number of us come from such broken backgrounds. The wars fought by our mothers and senior brothers still reign. We may pretend to sweep or cover things under the carpet but it is all cosmetics
Andrew above is misled and misinformed!
The wine they are talking about in the Bible is traditional grape wine, and not the commercial wine you get in the shops, hotels and night clubs. Its still available in some mid-east and euro countries. Drunkenness of any kind is a ‘pariah’ to any well meaning christian.
There are no verses in the bible precisely describing Beer drinking or polygamy as SIN. In fact during the time of animal sacrifice strong wine was part of offering Number 28 v 7.
If M’belwa is really a powerful king as others would want us to believe let him go forward and evict the church. The land he calls his kingdom was there and will always be there. The Ngonis came to Malawi about 190 years ago. You already found people in the areas you call your kingdom. You have exposed your stupidity because the church will not bow down to a stupid chief
Awanso awa, I think the synod has lost direction under this fools leadership. Za mowa ndi mitala zo zikukhudzana bwanji ndi DPP. Akulu mukuononga Synod yi tu. Bwanji mutangotula pansi udindo wu nkumapanga za ndale. A Falisi nso tu ankapanga ngati zomwe mukuchitazi. Beware my brother that you should not be a Wolf in a Sheeps’ skin.
Kumwa sitchimo. Which Bible? Polygamy is not a sin. Decolonise your mind please
It is a sin and can prove it from scripture – the Gospel of Grace which Jesus is the Mediator.
Chieftainship is not for babies. No wonder this Mmbelwa baby uttered this nosense at the ceremony.
childish at its best…plus umbuli..sakutha kusiyanitsa culture n religion
Spot on Nyondo! This young Mbelwa has lost it. How on earth would he manage to chase away God from his so called territory ?
Nyondo, is there anything good that comes out of your mouth?
A church leader who is a confusionist, paliponse kusokoneza basi.
Nanunso mwakalamba mutule pansi udindowo, anzanunso aimepo tioneko zina. Can’t you copy from your colleagues of Blantyre and Nkhoma synods.
KuKudzitenga kuzindikira kwambiri? Usavi kapena chani?
Have you gone mad?
Palibe kusokonedza apa mbuya……… he is quite true what is saying
A Nyondo always argumentative. Playing a holier than thou though he knows that pastors are the worst fornicators. Worse still very corrupt as Nyondo corruptly extended his tenure in office. Wina ndi uyu wamafupa a chi alubino koma kuona azinzake ndi azimbuye ake ntchito kuthamngira kunseu basi.
Why is beer drinking a sin?
As a catholic myself i openly say, beer is not a sin but polygamy, even though polygamy when well handled, is not a sin also.
Am in agreement with the church. There is only one God that we need to worship
Whatever views people may give SIN still remains SIN. You may have different views or ideas, but according to the Bible, kumwa any form of MOWA and kukwatira mitala ndi Tchimo heee! even those with concubines – zibenzi zamseli kapena kuti kugonana ndi wina aliyense yemwe si mkazi wako is SIN. Rev. Nyondo athakunyozedwa, koma dziwani ichi, choonadi chimamumasula. Alipo a Catholic ena omwe samwa ndipo nkulakwa kunena kuti iwe Kibaki umamwa poti ndiwe a Catholic, koma tinene kuti umamwa chifukwa chokonda tchimo — you are therefore sining. Please REPENT REPENT, REPENT, REPENT.
But Abraham, Jacob (Israel), Moses, Solomon, etc were polygamists. Where in the Bible were these people cursed by God?
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