Shepherd Douglas PhD 🇬🇧 🇿🇦 :
Man of God, please, let us apply wisdom before turning a reasonable safety precaution into a religious controversy.
The President did not ban preaching on buses. The directive, as you have described it, is that preachers can preach while buses are parked at lorry stations, but should refrain once the bus is moving so the driver can concentrate on the road.
Now, tell me, where exactly is the persecution of Christianity in this arrangement? Does the Gospel lose its power because a preacher waits until the bus is parked before preaching? Or has evangelism suddenly become impossible because we must consider the safety of passengers?
A moving bus is not a church auditorium. The driver has lives in his hands, and anything that unnecessarily distracts that driver deserves serious consideration. Saving souls should never mean disregarding the safety of the very souls we are trying to save.
As a man of God, you should be helping people understand the distinction between restricting the Gospel and regulating an activity for public safety. Instead, you are creating an impression that Christianity is under attack when the issue, as presented, is about driver concentration.
Please, let us not manufacture religious persecution where the real issue is road safety. The Gospel needs wisdom in its presentation, not unnecessary controversy in its defence.
You can disagree with a policy, but at least represent it accurately before you attack it. Misrepresenting a decision and then mobilising outrage against your own misrepresentation is not spiritual boldness; it is intellectual carelessness.
2026-10-11 15:39:42