Father Tom Nicholas Mboya. [James Omoro, Standard]

Such groups include Catholic Men Association, Catholic Women Association and the choir.

"All I want is decent dressing. This does not mean people buy expensive clothes. Just put on modest clothes that cover your body well," he said. Indecent dressing has become rampant in many churches.

The pastor in charge of Ratang'a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Ndhiwa Sub-county Denis Onjiko also said the habit had become common in most of their churches.

Pastor Onjiko said ladies who dress indecently have become so notorious and had intentions of seducing pastors.

"These ladies have known that pastors are also human beings like any other person who goes to church. In fact, some of them dress indecently ostensibly to make pastors fall in their love traps," Pastor Onjiko said.

He said there was another group of young women who were copying lewd dressing blindly from Western cultures.

What aggravates the matter is that some of the ladies are arrogant to their pastors when being corrected on the suitable attire in churches.

Pastor Onjiko said some of the women end up being at logger-heads with pastors who tell them to stop indecency in church. They accuse pastors of holding personal grudges against them.

"It is unfortunate some of the indecent women view pastors who correct them as people who have failed in their duty and are only holding grudges against them. They argue that women in many churches dress indecently hence there is no reason for admonishing them," Pastor Onjiko said.

But the man of God said he would not relent in condemning wrongdoing.

"We counsel them on the right attire to put on. Those who are adamant will face the wrath of God," Pastor Onjiko said.

Bishop Teresa Korinda of Jemi Hope Ministry said indecent dressing had become so prevalent in churches that it must be condemned.

"Many young women and some girls dress indecently but that is wrong. It is wrong for anybody to leave any of her or his private body naked in the church. Church is holy place," Korinda said.

She said indecency leads to temptations into sexual relationships by people who should be devoted to God.


Indecent Dressing Churches