Christians have been advised to ensure that denominational differences do not divide but unite them.
Delivering a sermon at an ecumenical prayer service at St Andrews Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) in Nairobi on January 21 as part of the wider marking of the global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18-25), Fr. Celestino Bundi, said, “There are more that should unite us than those that can divide.”
He told the congregation, drawn from the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Presbyterian and Anglican churches that as Christians, God expects us to dig more for that which can unite us and less or none at all, for those that can divide us as children of God.
Fr Bundi, who is the National Director of Pontifical Missionary Society (PMS), said it was not by accident that we happen to belong to different denominations, but that it is for the glory of God.
"While we remain sons and daughters of the same God, it is disturbing that we have allowed our human differences: colour, race and etc to divide rather than unite us," he stressed.”
The service was animated by the Focolare movment of the Catholic Church. Focolare was founded by Chiara Lubich in Italy in the 1950s and has spread throughout the world.
Introducing Fr Bundi to the congregation, Presbyterian Church Minister, Rev. Dr. Peter Kariuki welcomed the whole idea of ecumenism among the Christians and churches too.
“This was the original idea of God; that we all be one irrespective of our denominational differences. I see this kind of seed being planted here," he pointed out.
The 2010 Christian Unity Week is global and this year is being marked under the theme: You are witnesses of these things, Luke 24:48.
Source: CISA
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