Of the mushrooming of churches in Botswana
Monday, February 23, 2015
I have had opportunities to engage on the subject at a public level on Botswana Television with Pastor Biggie Butale before he turned to active party politics, that is, before he contested for a Parliamentary seat and won it. While, like some, I was concerned at the proliferation, his stand, like some, was that it was healthy for the propagation of the gospel.
The question is, should there be a concern at all that many churches are established almost daily in Botswana? There are some who argue that it is something positive considering the moral degradation that the country is experiencing. They further are of the opinion that with more churches many people are reached for the Kingdom of God.
Sadly, the country seems not to have proper tools and the extent to which women and the girl-child are being abused is not adequately measured.Almost every week there are reports of women being attacked by their significant others and while men are attacked as well, women seem to be more on the receiving end.On May 24, 2023 news broke that a woman who was receiving support from the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention Centre in Gaborone, was...