Folks,

How on earth is it acceptable, in African Cultural Community to Turn the Church of God into a Den of Sodomy and gain carnal knowledge of men’s bottoms? Folks, these are the last days preached in the Holy Book of God, the Bible. That, they will leave the true ways, and purpose of God’s creation and they will wonder like lost sheep without a shepherd.

Why don’t they just start a Church of their own called “The Church of Sodom and Gomorrah” so people are not taken by surprises, they can choose to join or not to join,instead of using the name of Christianity. I think it is a mis-use of the name Christianity.

They will call themselves Religious leaders, and yet their ways are far from those blessed and anointed by God. Sodom and Gomorrah was punished and destroyed by God, so watch them and stay away from them, people !!! They maybe possessed by those wicked spirits. Pray for them people !!! Their actions have betrayed their perceived faith.

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
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Church in a spot over links with ‘unholy’ foreign organisations

By Juma Kwayera

Leaders of American Christian organisations, said to be at the centre of controversy about financing Kenyan churches’ ‘No’ campaign against the Proposed Constitution, have questionable pasts, which the document they want rejected seeks to criminalise.

A series of articles that appear in Legal Times, a professional magazine by US lawyers, cast doubts on the moral integrity of head of the American Centre for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Mr Jay Sekulow, who last week admitted to bankrolling some Kenyan churches to shoot down the Proposed Constitution unless Kadhis’ courts and abortion provisions are expunged.

Fraud and nepotism

ACLJ is steeped in controversy over homosexuality in its ranks, fraud, nepotism, money laundering and other excesses, said to be “out of line for an organisation that calls itself either ‘non-profit or Christian.’”

The revelations will certainly heighten the stakes as attempts to shoot down the Proposed Constitution at the referendum stir up emotions laced with memories of how another Washington-based firm inadvertently stoked post-election violence. In the ongoing debate, the ‘foreign factor’ is gaining momentum as the country looks forward to the referendum.

When the Parliamentary Select Committee adopted the Harmonised Draft Constitution at its last retreat in Naivasha, it appeared the proposed law would come up against little resistance with what were initially the three contentious issues on the Executive, devolution and land having been put to rest.

However, many other contentious issues are emerging everyday.

Speaking to The Standard on Sunday, Ugandan conflict resolution expert David Nyekorach-Matsanga sounded the alarm bells over imminent foreign meddling in Kenya’s search for a new constitution and healing from election violence.

Matsanga expressed apprehension that the timing of ICC probe on post-election violence that will lead to a swoop on post-election violence suspects has fuelled some individuals’ growing antipathy to the Proposed Constitution.

Speaking after publication of the Proposed Constitution, Lands Minister James Orengo, a member of the PSC and the Kofi Annan mediated Serena peace talks, said the growing resistance to the document is motivated by perpetrators of post-election violence.

For Matsanga, the outcome of the referendum will have a strong bearing on how Kenya votes in 2012.

However, the Church’s decision to vote against the Proposed Constitution and revelations that it is on a ‘retainer’ of foreign organisations has heightened the stakes, with Christian leadership increasingly coming under severe criticism of attempts to mortgage the country.

ACLJ, a US church-based organisation, is reportedly financing the ‘No’ campaign to compel Parliament to delete the provision on Kadhis’ courts and conditional termination of risky pregnancy.

Protestant churches, with deep roots in the US, are reportedly building their ‘No’ campaign with heavy funding from ACLJ and other organisations.

However, the organisations that are allegedly funding churches to reject the Proposed Constitution have questionable profiles likely to undermine Christian movements in the country.

ACLJ, which last week was reported to have injected $300,000 (Sh23.4 million), is embroiled in controversy over the source of its funding.

International Centre for Justice and Conflict Director Ndung’u Wainaina says: “Whereas the Church leadership has made a strong argument on the sanctity of life and wishes to link that to its demand… it has not openly expressed its opposition …to the death penalty. Equally significant is the silence of the Church leadership, over the years, on the death penalty and extrajudicial killings.”

This is not the first time foreign organisations are dabbling in a highly sensitive matter with far-reaching political and economic ramifications.

The International Republican Institute (IRI) has yet to cleanse its image, sullied by the indirect role it played in the post-election violence that rocked Kenya two years ago.

Reports widely circulated in print media in the US accuses IRI and Washington of precipitating the post-election crisis through a deliberate withholding of exit poll results.

The New York Times reported: “The failure to disclose it was raised at a Senate hearing in Washington last year (2008) and has been denounced by human rights advocates, who said it might have saved lives by nudging Mr Kibaki to accept a negotiated settlement more quickly.”

Domestic referendum

The Standard on Sunday took up the issue with US embassy, which was economical with information on the foreign factor in the upcoming referendum poll.

US Ambassador Michael Rannerberger repeated the statement the embassy had early in the week sent to the press. He said: “In order to support a transparent, credible, and inclusive review process the US Government is providing extensive support for civic education, community dialogue and domestic monitoring of the referendum.”

The statement, however, distanced itself from the alleged Protestant financial support of churches for their campaign against the Proposed Constitution. “We have noted reports of alleged funding coming from non-governmental groups in the US in support of the ‘No’ campaign. We wish to clarify that these activities are not supported or encouraged by the US Government. Non-governmental groups in the United States are independent of the US Government.”