{"id":34081,"date":"2022-11-02T20:56:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T20:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank"},"modified":"2022-11-02T21:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:33:01","slug":"ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank","title":{"rendered":"CCAP Synod of Livingstonia wants to start a bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia plans to start a bank in the country, following in the footsteps of the Catholic Church which is part of a consortium that is taking over ownership of MyBucks Bank.<\/p>\n<p>General Secretary of the Livingstonia Synod, Reverend William Tembo, said the church plans to turn its SACCO into a commercial bank. According to Tembo, the decision to start the bank was made in 2018 at the church\u2019s General Assembly which was held at Nalikule in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the plans were put on hold after Malawi Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (MUSCO) advised the church to first learn from successes of its SACCO.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed on Tuesday this week that the Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe has joined forces with Ugandan company Centenary Rural Development Group Limited to acquire 100% of shareholding in My bucks Banking Corporation Malawi. Some Malawians have since hailed the churches for venturing into businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis a good development, Churches have to explore other avenues for their revenue generation. This way of fundraising can help the churches to be financially independent rather than depending much on individual contributions,\u201d one person wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cNo one came forward with complaints when churches were opening schools. Not a single person criticised the churches for diverging from spreading the word of God when the churches were establishing health institutions all over the country. The churches are establishing financial institutions, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re drawing the line? If a church can have a bank account, it sure can own a whole bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia plans to start a bank in the country, following in the footsteps of the Catholic Church which is part of a consortium that is taking over ownership of MyBucks Bank. General Secretary of the Livingstonia Synod, Reverend William Tembo, said the church plans to turn its SACCO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[233,371,1195,2508,3073,234],"class_list":["post-34081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-banks","tag-ccap-livingstonia-synod","tag-churches","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CCAP Synod of Livingstonia wants to start a bank - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia plans to start a bank in the country, following in the footsteps of the Catholic Church w ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CCAP Synod of Livingstonia wants to start a bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia plans to start a bank in the country, following in the footsteps of the Catholic Church w ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T20:56:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T21:33:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_24-6362e1eaab461.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"935\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"472\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CCAP Synod of Livingstonia wants to start a bank\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-02T20:56:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-02T21:33:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_24-6362e1eaab461.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Banks\",\"CCAP Livingstonia Synod\",\"Churches\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/ccap-synod-of-livingstonia-wants-to-start-a-bank\",\"name\":\"CCAP Synod of Livingstonia wants to start a bank - 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