The government issued out a statement allowing church congregants to worship together once again. As you might expect this came with a condition.Those that will be allowed to congregate in their churches during this pandemic will only be fully vaccinated individuals.
Congregates already displayed dissatisfaction over this move by the government and questioned their true agenda. Now churches have finally spoken with regards to the no jab, no church regulation.
The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), stated that the government needed to reconsider as this move could put the country in a serious health disaster. This association is made up of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe and the Union for Development of Apostolic and Zionist Churches in Zimbabwe Africa.
The association argued that this regulation would be difficult to implement and monitor given that the health sector is already short staffed. In addition they also raised another issue pertaining to what people have termed “vaccination discrimination”. The statement highlighted that from a theological standpoint that church is expected to welcome everyone without any preconditions. It emphasised that there is no such thing as qualification for church service in the eyes of God.
The ZHOCD has suggested that the Ministry of health issue a detailed statement addressing the grey areas in this law. Some questions to be addressed would be the number of attendees allowed and how vaccination clearance affects those below the age of 18.
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