Zimbabwe Anglican Church Backs The Catholics

The Anglican Council Of Zimbabwe (ACZ) has supported their christian counterparts’, (Catholic Bishops) letter to the government by writing their own letter.

The catholic Bishops wrote a letter on the 14th of this month entitled, ‘The March Is Not Over’.

Now the Anglican Bishops has backed it up by writing their own showing the same concerns.

“ACZ notes with concern the several responses by the Government of Zimbabwe to the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference which seem to dismiss the fact that the Church is called to exercise its prophetic role, which can mean challenging our political leaders on their conduct of affairs, particularly if this affects the people of God.

“We write this message to highlight our concerns and emphasize that “Indeed the “March is Not Ended” unless and until the issues raised by the people of Zimbabwe and also echoed by the bishops are attended to and resolved holistically.” The letter read.

The Anglican Bishops stressed out that the church has a right to also speak against injustice.

“We wish to register our concerns to the several responses of the government which we feel were counterproductive to the efforts being made by many stakeholders including the Church to unite the nation.

We make it abundantly clear that since time immemorial, the Church in Zimbabwe has spoken against injustice and has been consistent in that regard. Any view or postulation to the contrary would be an attempt to re-write that narrative in order to promote a negative picture of what the Church stands for.” They said.

The Anglican Bishops added that they desire to see a government that engages all stakeholders, the church included.

“The Church has the Biblical mandate to speak without fear or favour, particularly to a government which believes that “The voice of the people is the voice of God.” The prophetic ministry of the Church mandates it to speak for God and for His people as it is the ambassador of Christ and God is appealing through it. (2 Cor. 5:20).

“As Anglican Bishops, we desire to see an engagement of all stakeholders (as requested by Zimbabwe Heads Of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) and respect of the Constitution of the land and institutions thereof for the good of our nation and (Proverbs 11:14); victory for the nation as we, together, overcome all our challenges.” The letter included.

The whole ACZ letter is found here:  The Zimbabwe Mail