Church urged to introspect on development
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | 430 Views |
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The call was made by the Botswana Council of Churches' (BCC) Acting General Secretary, Goitsemodimo Onneetse, at the Kgolagano College Convocation Retreat, convened at Kgolagano Centre here recently.
Onneetse said post colonial era, the church under the auspices of the some missionaries from the London Missionary Society (LMS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana amongst others, significantly contributed to community development initiatives such as education, infrastructure development, health and access to water to the hard to reach places.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...