KABOKWENI – Bus commuters raised a serious concern regarding some of the pastors that are conducting morning devotions or prayer services in Buscor buses each morning.
It’s alleged that some’s behaviour is a disgrace to God’s word as they indulge in alcohol and hanging around with young girls in the CBD during the day.
It is also alleged that some of the pastors are taking the offerings that they collected in the buses and use it on things that are against the Word of God.
Therefore, some of the commuters are threatening with a campaign called “Fake pastors must fall” while others are calling upon the Council of the Churches in the province to evaluate those people who are preaching in the buses.
One of the commuters, Ms Hlobisile Mlangeni, who raised the concern, said,
“We are not judging them because we don’t have authority to do so, but we are saying they must practise what they preach. Some of those pastors are doing immoral things in society.
I don’t know, maybe preaching in the buses is a way of making money or a business because drinking alcohol and dating young girls is against God’s word. Something must be done to stop this immorality.”
Another concerned commuter, Mr Goodman Nyambi said, “It’s a good thing to start our day with prayer in order to ensure that the pastors are behaving in a good manner as they call themselves men of God but they must be evaluated by others pastors.
“It seems like they are using the Word of God in a bad way as they collect money after the service allegedly for transport as they are preaching in various buses. So it raises eyebrows when we see them doing immoral things during the day in town. Maybe the are using our money to do all those things,” he lamented.
The public relations officer of Buscor, Mr Vuyani Ndlovu said: “As a company, we are not against the morning devotions or prayer services on buses as all people have a right to preach, but it’s very painful that there are pastors who are doing such things.
“Let me also indicate that we don’t appoint them and they are not working for our company,” he said.
Meanwhile, the chairperson of the Council of the Churches in the province, Rev Gordon Mthembu said it’s very disturbing that there were people who were turning the ministry into business and said this had to be prevented at all cost.
