Please pray for a day of peaceful protest and prayers planned in defence of the Biblical position on Marriage and Sexuality across Malawi on Thursday 13 July. This has been planned by various church alliances, who are also calling for church leaders to organise “intensive prayers and teaching in our Churches” between Friday 14 and Sunday 16 July. This anticipates an upcoming legal challenge to Malawi’s laws prohibiting same-sex relationships.
Urging all Malawians irrespective of faith to stand and protect the family, their Press Release states,
“As Churches we believe that sexual acts are only permissible between man and woman (Married partners). Hence we would like to make it clear that Same Sex unions are ungodly, unnatural, and culturally unacceptable and a direct perversion of Gods ordained order of family. We therefore reaffirm our position against the legalization of acts which directly threaten the existence of the family in this country.
“We are convinced that marriage is between two people of the opposite sexes- male and female. Anything contrary to this divine order is unacceptable and does not please God, our creator. Malawi cannot afford to take a rebellious path of disobedience to God at a time when we need Him most to heal our nation. Let us all unite and defend our nation from self-destruction. “
The need for such a statement would have been unimaginable in Malawi a very short time ago. This is clear evidence of unwelcome western influence driving the social agenda. As one of the poorest countries in the world, constantly in need of financial support, it is very difficult for Malawi to resist the pressure to liberalise its laws. It is also a salutary lesson that we cannot take for granted the liberty we enjoy in the Gospel.
Please pray that the planned protest will be peaceful, and that Malawi will be preserved from the “self-destruction” spoken of in the press release.