He grew up in the Methodist Church. His grandparents, who raised him, were leaders in the church. “I became aware that I think there’s a role that I can play in people’s lives. And I knew that I can only play that role through serving them in the ministry of word and sacrament,” he says.
Having grown up in the church and now leading in the church, he never thought there would come a time when people would not be able to attend church. “As someone who studied theology I knew that there were times like that in the past, in the early centuries, when the church would not meet but I had never thought it would happen in my time, you know. We tend to take things for granted, you know, until we come across them.
As a leader and someone who has an obligation to preach the gospel, he has not had time to mourn and complain about not being able to meet congregants during this time. Instead, he has had to come up with ways to encourage his congregants to understand that “there is life during the time of the pandemic. But it is a different life.”
This week is a holy week and Matyumza said that usually a church service is held every evening. So, starting from Monday until Thursday, he sent WhatsApp messages of readings and comments for the holy week services held from 9pm until 9.30pm. The bishop says church buildings might be closed but that does not stop people from receiving the Word. He says this is a time for the church to play its role but in a different way.
Here’s official announcement from the leadership of the church.
Unfortunately Bishop has sadly passed away. It’s really sad, he was such a great man of God.
Even myself i knew i wanted to be who I am now but the media never report about me
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