Zoe Ministries leader Prophet Elvis Mbonye has called for the unconditional opening of worship places amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
During a recent interview with BBC’s Allan Kasujja, Mbonye said, “The scripture said you should not forsake the assembling together. When you come together and assemble together there are certain prophecies [that you realize].”
He went further to say that people who think congregating can lead to the spread of the virus have no faith in God “The Apostle Paul says if I am a fool for God, so be it. When you are a person of faith, your faith speaks for you in all situations,” he said.
This was before saying that Uganda should g0 the Tanzania way, “I disagree 100% with how the government has handled the Covid-19 [in relation to places of worship]. I don’t dispute the existence of Covid-19 but faith never changes. I would say that our motto says For God and My Country and not for Science and My Country.”
Mbonye also talked about the preachers that have abandoned the word of God to embrace the new normal of preaching virtually because their Faith in God is weak. “We are living in strange days. Preachers who once spoke passionately and seemingly fondly about Jesus are now with the same passion and fondness speaking about Covid-19. Covid-19 has taken up the place where Jesus was in their lives and now their world, their thoughts, their plans, attitudes revolve around Covid-19 no longer Jesus. So you see they have got a new lord called Covid-19 while Jesus and the conviction that they seemingly had about him is long gone,” he concluded.
This is the second time this month that Mbonye has been outspoken on the issue of allowing religious places to operate even when the country is grappling with Covid-19.
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