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Fearful church dropped the Gen Z baton, resumed business as usual

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A youth carries a national flag during a church service at Holy Family Basilica church, Nairobi on Sunday, June 23,2024 in support of anti-finance bill protests. [Collins Kweyu,Standard]

The Church in Kenya is made for times of peace. It is clueless in chaos. It is afraid of demons. Evil welcomes a fearful church. It does not threaten it-it befriends it. How else can enemies of the people show up in church at the height of their attack on citizens, and feel comfortable about it?

This is the same church that casts out demons! Which brings the thought-there I need to clarify what typology of demons the church so loudly binds. It seems in the process of casting out the demons, the church cast out a chunk of its own identity.

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