Church decries Marriage breakups, calls on husbands to foster peace
Drake Nyamugabwa
By Kitts Mabonga
The Christian faithful’s especially married couples have been urged to show positive love both towards their families and community at large irrespective of the problems and accept to serve as an example to the young new couples.
The words of wisdom have been echoed by the Bishop of Namirembe diocese Bishop Moses Banja while leading a special church service for over 400 married couples who had sought to renew their marriage vows at a ceremony held at Namirembe cathedral last week.
The Bishop emphasized the need for Christian couples not to succumb to earthly satanic deeds but must remain loyal to the church and the communities they serve.
The theme was ‘The responsibility of a wife and husband to their family, work and church in relation to Romans 12-1-2 and John 15;16’.which reminded the couples about their responsibilities of living a positive life.
The meeting focused at dedicating the couples to renewing their marriage vows with some stretching as far as 50 years of descent and humble marriage irrespective of the many problems along their journeys in marriage.
The participants thanked Bishop Banja as event host alongside the president of the mother Union Central region and Namirembe diocese respectively Biingi Roseline Kawiso for granting them the opportunity to renew their marriage vows as well as learn new methods of avoiding conflict among their marriage relationships.
The participants were cautioned by Rev. Canon Dr. John Ssenyonyi who was the guest speaker at the retreat about the need to be faithful to one another as well as ensure that they bring up children in a Christian lifestyle.
Biingi Kawiso (L)
The president Mothers Union Central region and Namirembe diocese Biingi Roseline Kawiso as one of the key event organizers and on her behalf as the president mothers union fraternity appreciated the role their husbands play as a family unit, immediate community and church at higher.
Kawiso noted that the love their husbands offer them should be appreciated by the wives given that they are the household policy agenda setters who wield the powers that drive forward or break the family.
The participants appreciated Bishop Banja and the entire leadership of the church for organizing such a strategic retreat which they said greatly exposed them to new positive insights of a renewed lifestyle filled with God’s blessings.
