SDA Pastor Beaten up as Fight Erupts Inside Church Over Ksh12.5 Million Tithe.
SDA Pastor Beaten up as Fight Erupts Inside Church Over Ksh12.5 Million Tithe: On Friday, March 8, a fracas erupted at the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church in Saika West, Nairobi County, as angered congregants clashed with the church management.
The fight ensued after the disruption of a meeting by a section of church members, who were allegedly planning to challenge the authority of the church elders.
Following the disruption of the meeting between church elders and church members, Attempts by the preacher to stop the fight was in vain.
A section of the congregants accused the church hierarchy of adamantly refusing to step down to allow for fresh board elections.
During the chaos which involved the church pastor, a number of individuals sustained injuries, resulting in a trail of destruction within the church premises.
The altercation persisted for several minutes, resulting in three individuals sustaining critical injuries, one of whom suffered severe head trauma.
The members further accused the management of mismanaging the funds by contravening the agreement reached on how the funds were to be allocated.
According to one of the church members, part of the funds was meant for field work while the remaining part was for in-house development.
“There is some money here that we received, about Ksh12.5 million and this money is supposed to be divided into two categories. A share of it for fieldwork and the other part for church development” claimed a church member.
“3.77 million was meant for field work but was not utilised in the fieldwork. The money was also used to purchase this building worth 7.5 million. Even to purchase this building they wanted the money to be added.”
The church leadership was also accused of engaging in assault, with a member revealing that one such case of assault had been reported at the Molemn police station
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