The Daily Nation POSTED THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 | BY- OUMA WANZALA
The Presbyterian Church of East Africa on Thursday defrocked a former moderator after he claimed the church was riddled with devil worship and homosexuality.
A statement by the church’s decision making body, the business committee, read by moderator David Gathanju said Dr David Githii would no longer be referred to as reverend.
Dr Githii was directed to surrender church vestments, but will remain an ordinary member.
“The Kajiado Presbytery defrocked him as per the procedure of the church. The church had already received his resignation letter and decided to let him go. We have endorsed his defrocking,” the Rev Gathanju said.
Dr Githii, however, insisted his allegations were true and that the church had resorted to defrocking clerics who dared talk about the vices.
“What I said is true. Devil worship has been practised in the church since the 1990s while homosexuality has been rife since 2001,” he said.
Several clerics in the church were aware of the problems but dared not say anything, Dr Githii claimed.
NEVER MADE ALLEGATIONS IN ANY COMMITTEE
The Rev Gathanju, however, maintained neither devil worship nor homosexuality were practised at the church and that anyone found engaging in the practices would be expelled.
He said Dr Githii had never made his allegations in any committee or court of the church.
“We are aware that Dr Githii made several assertions in regard to what he termed ‘satanic symbols’ in our church and even government institutions. These are his personal opinions that the church found to have no biblical or theological basis.”
When Dr Githii succeeded the Rev Dr Jesse Kamau as PCEA moderator in 2003, he changed the method of worship to become “more agreeable to the modern Christian community”.
He also linked some symbols in the church to Freemasonry and devil worship, leading to their destruction at St Andrews Church, Nairobi, in 2004.
A row over Freemasonry split the PCEA, leading to the removal of priceless historical artefacts from its prayer houses.
2 comments:
The good thing is, the Church has always outlived individuals. Come to think of it: the missionaries who condemned African way of living as demonic would not believe if they were to rise from the grave. The Church in Africa is the fastest growing and no matter what forms of condemnation or accusations Christ still grows His Church. Those who have studied Church history (and Dr. Githii should know better), know that the history of the Church is a tragedy in which Christ is glorified. Demons or no demons; homosexuality or corruption will never ever hinder Christ from growing His Church. Those who read mischief in the recent tragedies have not read their Bibles well. Job would have been condemned by the modern day Githiis.
True Daktari,
Personally, I can't buy any of his stories, esp. the one that the drawing on the window planes were satanic and that they were hindering God's power in the sanctuaries- Our God is ALMIGHTY, ALL POWERFUL and there's no power that can overcome Him.(Shetani ashindwe!!)on what PCEA believes the articles of our faith are clearly written in the P&P and Dr. Githii know it well that we believe in the Trinity.
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