Politics should be kept off churches

The Constitution states in no uncertain terms that the State and religion are separate.

Moreover, temples, churches, and mosques are known as structures created for worship.

Places of worship are consecrated areas where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study.

Nowadays, it is not uncommon to find politicians in churches especially on Sundays popularizing themselves or their parties. Admittedly, church leaders have a propensity of inviting incumbent and aspiring politicians in their churches with expectation of getting financial favors.

Worse still, some church leaders unashamedly engage themselves in political affiliations and alignments to the detriment of their congregations. As the saying goes, he who pays the piper calls the tune, the church leaders are forced to compromise their integrity by the unscrupulous and treacherous politicians.

More often than not, politicians utter inflammatory and derogatory statements to their rivals right in front of the laity. The time for the Church to return to her appointed path of preaching the Gospel of peace is now. The time to walk the talk is now.