Disunity among Christ’s followers is counterproductive to the mission of witnessing the Gospel message and the evangelization ministry, Robert Cardinal Sarah has said. He also warned that divisions among Christians exposes them to “exploitation”
Delivering his keynote address at the 2024 Theological Symposium that the School of Theology of Kenya-based Tangaza University College (TUC), the Prefect emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments said, “If we are not one, if we are divided, then our witness to Christ is divided and the world will not believe in the Gospel.”
He urged followers of Christ in Africa to prioritize their adherence to the Gospel message by allowing their Christian faith principles trump all other identities, including tribe, nationality, and race, among other affiliations.
“Seek unity first in Christian faith, and then with our fellow countrymen and fellow Africans,” the Cardinal said in his keynote address titled, “Make Disciples of all Nations: The Missionary Mandate of Christ”.
To emphasize the need for unity among followers of Jesus Christ, he warned that divisions leave Christians “vulnerable to exploitation”.
“If we do not strive for unity in Christ then we are even worse off. The division among us religious, ethnic and political are vulnerable to exploitation; they may be exploited by corrupt politicians or even foreign powers,” Cardinal Sarah said on Thursday, February 22, the first day of the two-day event that the Department of Dogmatic Theology at TUC’s School of Theology (SOT) organized.
