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Cracks in Methodist Church as Coast branch seeks autonomy

Bishop Wellington Sanga of the Methodist church, Coast region, addresses the congregation in Rabai, Kilifi County, yesterday. [Mkamburi Mwawasi, Standard]

A major split has occurred in the Methodist Church after a group from Coast sought to disassociate itself from the headquarters in Meru.

The splinter yesterday announced it had also seized key assets including schools and land, and declared it will not submit weekly collections to the mother church.

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