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Church urged to introspect on development

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PALAPYE: Churches have been urged to introspect in seeking to address the numerous challenges they face in the society with a more clear focus in addressing poverty, inequality, and unemployment and other contemporary issues which seem to destruct Christian faith, in the various denominations.

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.

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