COMINSUD,Faith Officials Reflect On 'What 10,000 Christians Led by 100 Pastors Can Do For Peace, Justice'

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By Raymond Dingana

"Peace is priceless," says an old adage, encouraging individuals to prioritize harmony, tranquility, and understanding over selfish interests. However, peace has become a rare commodity in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon due to the Anglophone Crisis, which has persisted for eight years.

While actors in the crisis preach the gospel of peace, they often fail to act, resulting in the emergence of other peace building initiatives that involve Faith Officials. 

On Thursday December 19, at the Men's Work Secretariate at Presbyterian Church Hill, Ntamulung Bamenda, Community Initiative For Sustainable Development (COMINSUD) organized a come together with Faith Officials on peace building.

Chambi Julie, Chairperson of the Community Initiative for Sustainable Development (COMINSUD) 

The topic was: "What 10,000 Christians led by 100 Pastors Can Do For Peace,and Justice in the North West Region."

"They can transform 10,000 people because they have the platform to resolve conflicts and promote peace within their communities,"

said Chambi Julie, Chairperson of the Community Initiative for Sustainable Development (COMINSUD) after the event.

"We brought these leaders together so they could convey their messages to the pastors in their various presbyteries and movements, allowing the pastors to then share these messages with their congregations."

There is a common belief that true peace begins at home. This idea was emphasized during the reflection with Faith Officials, stressing the importance of nurturing peace within families. 

"The first church is the family, and peace starts at home before it spreads to the community. Let every Christian family begin generating peace from within, and the effects will be felt in the community," 

said Rev. Dr. Fai Michael, representative of the Moderator for the region.

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Rev. Dr. Fai Michael, representative of the Moderator for the region.

Dr. Rev. Fai's staments were echoed by Pamela Lum, President of the Christian Women Fellowship (CWF) in Ngomgham. 

"What we really need in our region is peace, but we cannot start discussing peace in our groups if we haven't addressed the issues within our families," 

Pamela explained.

"Our families are so disintegrated and disunited that the violence we are discussing often originates at home. If we truly want to build sustainable peace, we must start with the family, as it is the basic unit of society."

The objective of the at least 100 pastors and 10,000 members of Fellowship Movements is to implement initiatives aimed at combating violence, transforming conflicts, fighting against torture, promoting and protecting the rights, freedoms, and dignity of individuals, and encouraging recovery and development actions to reduce hardship.

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