Use your pulpits to discourage xenophobia, pastors urged

The proposal emerged at a community dialogue on xenophobia hosted by religious leaders in Umlazi, Durban, on Friday.

Rev Sipho Sokhela, co-ordinator of psychosocial programmes for peace at the council, said: “By taking the conversation to our congregants we are talking directly to communities because most people — about 85% of the population — go to church. Pastors have an opportunity and a platform to influence people every Sunday.

As a church we must not isolate the Dudula people, we must listen to their concerns. We must be a bridge between them and the migrantsRev Bigirimana Mathias, leader of an African diaspora of pastors in KwaZulu-Natal, said he arrived in SA from Burundi more than 20 years ago. “It’s small groups that are xenophobic, so if we can make awareness and preach peace to our constituency, we can uproot it.”

These pastors who’ve entered our country illegally and busy stealing money from our communities must go!

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