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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Pastoral fellows in the Zambezi district have called on government to come up with a strong political will that will concretize the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Zambezi, holiness Pentecostal Keton Musumali said Zambia in its current state does not depict itself as a Christian nation. Pastor Musumali stated that a strong political will is needed to change from being Christian nation by declaration to actual practice.<\/p>\n

He noted that while the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation may be meaningful, there are no tangible meaningful things that can be pointed at to show that Zambia is a Christian nation. Pastor Musumali also added that the social behavior especially among youths is a source of concern regarding Zambia being a Christian nation.<\/p>\n

He said there is a high level of immorality by youths citing sexual activities, high level of HIV\/AIDS, beer drinking among others which are contrary to Zambia being a Christian nation as well as norms of Christianity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only time you see Zambians behave like Christians is on 18th October because on that day almost all of us go to pray and fast. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s how we should practice our Christianity or be seen as Zambia is a Christian nation\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, District Council Chairperson Gorge Njolomba said government should heighten its regulation on churches to avoid misleading the masses. Mr Njolomba noted that mushrooming of churches has had a negative effect on the development of the country.<\/p>\n

He said most of the churches are born out of greediness by some pastors and have no license to practice saying that as a result they end up swindling the vulnerable in communities.<\/p>\n

Mr Njolombe alleged that some doctrines being practiced by churches do not serve any purpose rather as detrimental to the development of Zambia as a nation. He attributed Zambia losing its dignity as a Christian Nation, due to high levels of corruption and mushrooming of churches.<\/p>\n

The Council Chairperson added that continuing allowing churches to set up anywhere without proper guidance will continue undermining Zambia as a Christian nation.<\/p>\n

Mr Njolombo also appealed to youths especially girls to change their lifestyle especially when it comes to dress code saying that indecent dress code has a potential to dilute the values and morals of Christianity.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation is still meaningful despite having other religions in the country and other issues like high level of corruption and indecent behaviour by the youths.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Pastoral fellows in the Zambezi district have called on government to come up with a strong political will that will concretize the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation. 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