Malawi: Pastors Ask for Registration of Churches

In the wake of the HIV and AIDS pandemic, Pastors Fraternal in Ntchisi Thursday asked the district council to consider registering churches to bring sanity in their operations, claiming other emerging churches were fueling death of people living with the virus.

"We would want churches to get registered at the council, especially the newly established one including fellowships. They tell people living with the virus to stop taking drugs, a situation that is resulting in many of them losing their lives very fast. Most of them bring problems instead of preaching hope," said James Namaya, United Methodist Church pastor.

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