ZANU PF aligned cleric, Obadiah Musindo, has appealed to the clergy to preach peace to their congregants amid heightened political tensions over a plot to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term of office.
Mnangagwa last week met editors where he repeated his statements that he was not interested in extending his term of office.
Mnangagwa’s term constitutionally ends in 2028, but his loyalists want him to be in office until 2030 and beyond.
Zanu PF adopted a resolution at the party’s conference held in October in Bulawayo last year to extend his term office despite him saying that he was not interested.
Mnangagwa has not publicly called out his loyalists to stop the 2030 agenda which has left the ruling party deeply divided.
Musindo on Friday called out pastors to lead peace talks to avoid the country sliding into anarchy over the controversial 2030 agenda.
He made the call during an event dubbed the Practical Economic Empowerment for Men and Women of Cloth to equip pastors with skills aimed at peace building.
“We want pastors to preach the total gospel, the spiritual, the intellectual, and the economic gospel,” Musindo, who is also the Destiny for Africa Network leader, said.
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“Pastors should not be spectators in the economy; they must be active participants, working alongside political and economic leaders to drive change.”
“We need a united Zimbabwe, where people work hard to achieve common goals as a nation.
‘We must reject division and honour each other, regardless of political affiliation. Only then can we build a prosperous and peaceful nation.”
Musindo said the church has a big role to play in peace building initiatives.
“We need to come up with programs to eradicate poverty in our congregations,” he said.
“No one should undermine peace. And we don›t want to live in fear.
“We want to develop a country that is united. We need a united Zimbabwe.
“Those who are promoting divisions, sowing seeds of divisions for political personal benefits, for political and self-enrichment must be rejected.”
