African Divine Church proves they don’t need DP Ruto’s millions

Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday interacted with followers of African Divine Church, ADC to unveil the church’s Savings and Credit Co-Operative, Sacco.

Little is known about ADC that has not been captured in the fanfare of donations from politicians with questionable characters.

As the debate on whether politicians should contribute towards church harambees or not, ADC has come out to show churches the route to self-sustenance.

ADC was founded during the colonial period in 1948 and is headquartered at Hamisi Sub-county, Vihiga County. It has branches in neighbouring Uganda and Tanzania.

The church is under the leadership of Archbishop John Chabuga Saiya who took office after his father’s death in 2005. Leadership in this church is hereditary.

ADC split from Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada in 1947 due to leadership wrangles

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According to the church’s website, the name “African Divine Church” was picked from the book of John 15:1-17 in 1950 concerning the true vine.

This is because ADC is compared to the vine tree that grows and bears fruits. Similarly, ADC is meant to grow geographically and bear fruits numerically.

The official ADC dressing is having three colours:

  1. White – the light of Christ.
  2. Red – the blood of Jesus.
  3. Green – the world in which we live.

Just like they ‘entertained’ the 2nd in command on Tuesday, ADC was privileged to perform during the 49th Madaraka Day celebration on 1st June 2012.

Dressed in their official church attire, they sung, danced, clapped hands and beat drums. They thrilled the crowd.

ADC is an independent church that conserves the history of its founders and that of the successors by erecting mausoleums in their honour.

The church has established several programmes to uplift the economic standards of its members.

Most notably, ADC runs a 3500 member SACCO, The Community Savings and Loans Organization (COSALO) through which the youth, orphans, women and widows have merry-go-rounds to get money which is lent out on interest.

Should churches have their independent SACCOs?

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