Church creates platform for men to share challenges

The Uniting Presbyterian Church in South African (UPCSA), held its annual Men’s Christian Guild denomination conference at the Ngoako Ramahlodi Sports Complex over the weekend. The two-day meeting aimed at creating a platform for men to come together in a prayer and share their life challenges and personal problems.
General Secretary of UPCSA, Benny Boshielo said they staged an evangelist explosion prayer session aimed a praying for men from all walks of life including the youth, who are confronted with various challenges. “It was an open prayer. We invited everyone, even those who are not members of our church to come and receive the word of God, and they did. We prayed for their families, their marriages and those who have financial problems. We prayed for those who have problems at their respective homes and their working places. Men are carrying a lot on their shoulders and some are not confident enough to come forward so we created a platform for them to come together and confront their problems. We wanted to show them that, through Christ, everything is possible,” Boshielo said.
Mautji Pataki, founder and Chairperson of the Foundation for Ethical Leadership Excellence and one of the speakers at the service shared with the congregants the role of morality and ethics in building church unity. He spoke about the values of the Christian faith and its principles and standards.
Pataki said it was through the values of Christian faith and their proper application that the Church represented its unity. “This makes unity of the Church sacrosanct and a non-negotiable imperative of the gospel. In other words, those who practice the Christian faith has no choice but to work for the unity of the church. Three pillars of disunity are identifiable generally within the South African Church and these are, politics, economics and race.
“If South Africa never experienced apartheid, we most probably wouldn’t have had churches that are divided along apartheid lines.”

Story and photos: Herbert Rachuene
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