{"id":10140,"date":"2020-06-24T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10140"},"modified":"2020-06-24T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:53:02","slug":"churches-are-in-crisis-survey-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/churches-are-in-crisis-survey-reveals","title":{"rendered":"Churches are in crisis, survey reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: CAROLINE CHEBET\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the churches with a crisis of monumental scale and will force radical shifts in the Christian society, a report by a religious research group has revealed.<\/p>\n

According to the report released on Wednesday in Nakuru by Shahidi Hub Africa,\u00a0church\u00a0offerings and tithes have dropped by 85 per cent as most institutions face financial\u00a0crisis.<\/p>\n

The survey done in 33 counties -involving 429\u00a0church\u00a0leaders and carried out between May 22 and June 20, revealed that\u00a079.2 per cent of the\u00a0churches\u00a0have managed to transition online while 20.7 per cent have not.The research was released 100 days after in-person services were stopped by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

It reveals that 37.5 percent of the\u00a0churches\u00a0recorded below 50 per cent offerings while 23 per cent received below 25 per cent of normal givings. At least 29.1 per cent of the\u00a0churches\u00a0collected below 10 per cent.<\/p>\n

The report,\u00a0however, showed that 3.26 per cent of the\u00a0churches\u00a0noticed offerings and tithes went up more than the usual while 6.9 per cent thought that the offerings were close to the same.<\/p>\n

The research covered 161\u00a0churches\u00a0across all denominations in the past one month.Overall, 85 per cent thought that giving was below 50 per cent, explaining why most\u00a0churches\u00a0reported significant financial constraints that impaired functioning of\u00a0church\u00a0activities.<\/p>\n

“Nevertheless, based on the findings, it is worth noting that\u00a0church\u00a0members have continued to give toward activities of the\u00a0church, despite the prevailing conditions,\u201d Elkanah Cheboi, the director of the organization and lead researcher said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Cheboi\u00a0added that the poll also revealed that some\u00a0churches\u00a0were finding it hard paying the leased or hired venues and salaries to hired staff while also financing outreach services.<\/p>\n

And while 79\u00a0per cent of\u00a0churches\u00a0managed to transition to online platforms,\u00a0another 21 per cent were not able to transition in the first 100 days since the in-person services stopped.<\/p>\n

According to the report, financial constraints, poor network connectivity, lack of smartphones coupled up with lack of tech-savvy skills topped the reasons why some\u00a0churches\u00a0are yet to transition to online.<\/p>\n

The financial\u00a0crisis\u00a0pegged on to the reason why the majority of\u00a0church\u00a0leaders want\u00a0churches\u00a0to be re-opened.Due to the dwindling resources and new vote heads in online technology, most pastors and\u00a0church\u00a0staff were hit hard financially with most failing to earn salaries.<\/p>\n

Administratively, 20 per cent of church leaders think that it has become hard mobilizing their members for any cause.\u201cAt least 13 per cent of churches on leased\/rented property are finding it hard to raise rental money,\u201d William Koros, a member of the research team said.Dr Koros added that only 4 percent of churches, during the pandemic period are not facing any administrative challenges.<\/p>\n

On the readiness of churches to reopen for worship services, the report indicated that 79 per cent of pastors have put in place measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.Another 21 per cent of church leaders and pastors recommended churches remain closed until the pandemic is eliminated or the curve flattened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: CAROLINE CHEBET\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the churches with a crisis of monumental scale and will force radical shifts in the Christian society, a report by a religious research group has revealed. 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