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| Walther left early for America, to evade arrest warrants for kidnapping. However, his future mother-in-law went to the hoosegow for his crime. She got out and sued the authorities. |
Therefore be on your guard, there are many lecturers who want to teach faith and conscience, and know less about them than a common blockhead---Moral Schizophenia.:
By WAHOME THUKU
Police are looking for the head of Evangelical Lutheran Church after a warrant of arrest was issued against him for contempt of court.
Bishop Walter Obare Omwansa was being sought at the church headquarters on Luther Plaza along Nyerere Road in Nairobi.
The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kisii District had ordered the bishop not to proceed with elections of church officials pending a suit filed by some leaders.
The civil suit was filed last year by three clergymen against the church trustees and eight other persons, including Bishop Obare.
The court heard that the church head had proceeded with the elections even after being served with the order.
A warrant was issued on February 20 and sent to Nyamira CID headquarters. The area CID boss wrote to his Nairobi Central Division counterpart to assist in the arrest.
"If arrested, please detain him and inform this command for collection," the Nyamira DCIO requested.
Bishop accused of selling church assets
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| Bishop Obare and John Nunnes
Bishop sought for contempt of court
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Published on 07/03/2012
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By Paul Gitau
A row is simmering between the Evangelical Lutheran Church Malindi Parish and its head office over church assets worth millions of shillings.
Malindi Parish leaders are accusing the head office, under Bishop Zacharia Wachira, of selling and privatising parish assets without their knowledge.
In a signed memorandum to Coast PC Ernest Munyi, 20 church elders claim the head office has sold the parish house to a businessman, who is running a private school.
The group also alleged that the head office was also leasing out the Lutheran Guest House.
Right channel
The elders claimed the assets were established by donors to raise income for the parish and expressed disappointment that all the income has been going to the head office.
But Bishop Wachira dismissed the claims, saying documents for the church assets had not disappeared, but were at the head office.
He asked the parish elders to follow the right channel to air their grievances instead of rushing to the media.
"If they have no faith in me there are channels, which include the General Assembly and Executive Council that they could have used to air their concerns," he noted.
Wachira said privatisation of the church guesthouse was just a proposal, which had not even been implemented.
He confirmed the parish house had been given to a private businessman, as the parish was not using it.
Malindi parish elders also accused the head office of claiming ownership of the two facilities, which were lying in a prime area.
Mysterious circumstances (cw-page break)
They said the ownership documents were lost under mysterious circumstances and parish members read mischief in it. Some alleged the bishop had used them to secure personal loans from the banks.
The elders appealed to the PC and CID officers to intervene as the building tension was threatening to wreck the church.
Church followers in the district have threatened to hold a demonstration, saying they have no faith in the head office.
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Mar 8, 2012 – Posted by The Kenyan DAILY POST ... private school is being run from after being sold to a businessman in the town. The Malindi group also accuses the head office of leasing out the LutheranGuest House also in the parish.
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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Evading Arrest Like Walther - Obare a Synod Confer...":
The Africa synod sounds like the ever-growing bureaucracy of the synodical conference. Money was given to the HQ to dispense to the seminaries, but then they bought/built nice HQ buildings (Purple Palace and WELS two HQ bldgs) and populated those HQ buildings with highly paid staff members who don't do much that's transparent enough for laymen to see. Then the seminaries barely get any money from the synod.
Quote: The elders claimed the assets were established by donors to raise income for the parish and expressed disappointment that all the income has been going to the head office.
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