Africa-Press – Liberia. A renowned Liberian clergy is urging a “spiritual reset” for the nation, arguing that the country’s deep-rooted social and economic challenges stem from moral decay and a loss of spiritual direction rather than political mismanagement alone.
At a recent news conference marking the launch of the Spiritual Revolution of Liberia, Bishop J. Rudolph Marsh, Sr., President of the National Christian Council of Liberia (NCCL), declared that Liberia’s problems go beyond policy failure — they are spiritual.
“Our nation needs rebirth. The leaders have moved Liberia away from its covenant with God. Until we restore that relationship, we will not see true progress,” Bishop Marsh said.
Marsh lamented that the country has strayed from its founding Christian principles.
He linked Liberia’s present struggles to corruption, poor governance, and inequality to what he described as “broken spiritual covenants” and “moral compromises” by past and present leaders either willfully or ignorantly.
He said there are statutes being constructed around Liberia, especially within Monrovia and its environments, whose spiritual meanings the country’s leaders and people are ignorant of – and these statutes will have to be rooted out to give Liberia spiritual freedoms.
Liberia, historically founded by freed American slaves in the early 1800s, once described itself as a Christian nation, a distinction later removed from the Constitution to promote secular governance.
Marsh argues that the shift was the beginning of Liberia’s national decline.
“We changed our identity when we changed our foundation,” he said. “The founders named our capital Christopolis, meaning City of Christ. When that name became Monrovia, we began to lose sight of who we were.”
He further claimed that the removal of Bible instruction from public schools and the rise of secret societies among national leaders weakened the church’s influence and eroded public morality.
While many citizens continue to call for better governance, job creation, and healthcare, Bishop Marsh insists that none of these issues can be solved without addressing what he calls “Liberia’s spiritual curse.”
“I asked God why Liberia is the way it is,” he said. “The answer I received is that our problem is not economic or political. It is spiritual.”
He called for a national day of repentance, a review of the Constitution to restore Liberia’s Christian identity, and even renaming the capital city back to Christopolis.
Not all clergy share Bishop Marsh’s literal interpretation of national transformation through renaming and atonement. Some see the message as symbolic – a call to moral renewal rather than constitutional change.
The call for a “spiritual revolution” comes at a time when Liberia is grappling with economic stagnation.
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