THE Livingstonia Synod of the CCAP General Administrative Conference (Gac) has resolved to discipline its General Secretary Reverend Levi Nyondo and\u00a0 University of Livingstonia Vice Chancellor Reverend Timothy Nyasulu for campaigning at 2016 synod\u2019s elections and dragging the church to court respectively.<\/p>\n
This has amused some members who feel disciplining the two might bring sanity into the church, which is on the verge of disintegration because of what they deem \u2018internal personal wrangles\u2019.<\/p>\n
Nyasulu will also face disciplinary action for disrupting the Gac deliberations last Saturday. The committee was appointed by delegates and their recommendations were made with the guidance of the synod\u2019s legal advisor Victor Gondwe.<\/p>\n
The Gac has therefore recommended that the Synod Executive, which comprises over 14 members, should meet and call for the disciplinary hearing. However, one of the church elders who asked for anonymity has told The Sunday Times that the \u2018church disciplinary\u2019 means suspension.<\/p>\n
One of the church elders said the Synod faced disintegration \u201cif the leadership cannot find lasting solutions\u2019. While others were of the opinion that \u2018suspending or disciplining\u2019 the two was one of the best remedies, others argue that the leadership must engage more dialogue mechanisms to reverse the division in the church.<\/p>\n
Margret Kawonga, one of the Women Guide members in the synod, said the synod\u2019s moderator should not discipline the ministers but find best ways to resolve the matter within the church. But one of the church members Eliot Nyirenda from Nsongwe Congregation said disciplining the two might bring sanity into the church.<\/p>\n
\u201cPera banthu batikumbanigza vinthu, tikuwasyegza mu sinodi [if the people are bringing confusion we are supposed to suspend them]. This law applies to everybody,\u201d Nyirenda said. However, Moderator for the Synod Reverend John Gondwe asked for more time before responding to the matter. But Nyasulu said he is not aware of the development, arguing he left the deliberations earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this is my fate then I do not have problems because one day I know it will bear fruits. \u201cI am not afraid of getting suspended or disciplined. My conscious is very clear that I have done nothing wrong. I have requested the moderator to call for the Synod General Assembly for us to meet together and resolve our problems,\u201d Nyasulu said.<\/p>\n
Efforts to get Nyondo\u2019s comment proved futile as he asked for more time before he could respond to the matter, but later switched off his mobile phone.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile some church members say the wrangles have divided the church, in the aftermath of the 2016 election during which Nyondo won to earn himself a third term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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