SDA Church prays for peaceful polls

Jan 11, 2016

The phrase free and fair elections should not be a cliché but should serve its true definition such that every Ugandan accepts the polls results when they are announced

Peace loving Ugandans should pray for the acceptance of polls results by all the stake holders, the Bishop of the Central Uganda Conference Seventh-Day Adventist Church has said.

"On February 18, Uganda will go to the polls. And thereafter, results will be announced. My prayer is that Ugandans accept the results Electoral Commission shall announce," Pastor Samuel Kajoba said.

Delivering his homily to hundreds of Adventists who turned up for the 11th annual deliverance prayers at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on Sunday, Kajoba asked the believers to pray for a peaceful electoral exercise.

 "The phrase free and fair elections should not be a cliché but should serve its true definition such that every Ugandan accepts the polls results when they are announced," Kajoba said.

He reminded the congregation that the SDA Church is not a social club but prepares people who are destined for heaven. "You should pray to God to give us leaders who will put in place a conducive environmentto enable us continue preaching the gospel. We need MPs who will not enact laws that contradict with the word of God and leaders who mind about the welfare and the suffering of their electorate."

Kajoba castigated moral decadence, acts of violence, corruption, bribery and other vices. "We need lawyers, judges, permanent secretaries, ministers and other leaders who stick to the word of God and His guidance. Amassing wealth   at the expense of the poor should be scolded," he said.

A big number of non-Adventists also turn up for prayers. To non- Adventists, the Bishop laboured to draw a distinction between the SDA church and other religions. "The difference between the SDA church and other religions is that for us we believe in the Bible in its totality and only the Bible."

He wondered why many who call themselves Christians spend a lot of their time watching TV soaps, debate European football team matches, chatting on Facebook and WhatsApp but fail to get time for prayers and read the Bible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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