What's God got to do with it? Using our spirituality to save the nation

Some powerful people fear the day when the church will rise to its actual value. A revolution would be inevitable. [iStockphoto]

Followers of Jesus were first called "Christians" at Antioch because observers saw their ways mirroring those of Jesus. Curiosity makes one ask whether the Antioch auditors would settle on the same name if they flew in to observe Kenya today! They would probably settle on Zakayoists! It should continually bother us that Kenya has a high spiritual density that does not translate into a visible quality of life. Our moral crisis makes us question the gospel we have received!

That the spiritual pool can be harnessed successfully is exemplified by our politicians. They know the capacity of faith units to the extent of camping in churches during campaigns. The present government reaped big from capitalising on Kenya's high spiritual density. But the church is not reaping as big from the resultant political association - pointing to a church with a weak bargaining power.