At the ongoing bianuall conference of the Blantyre Synod, delegates elected Rev Maulana to the post of General Secretary and Rev Chilapula (Mrs) as Moderator of Blantyre Synod. The new Deputy General Secreatary is Rev Nyekanyeka and the Vice Moderator is Rev Andrew Kamponda.
Rev Maulana was previously Executive Director of the Chilema Lay Training Centre in Zomba while Rev Chilapula is the Moderator of Mount Pleasant congregation in Blantyre City Presbytery.
The posts of Moderator and Deputy General Secretary fell vacant earlier in the year following an incident where the then holders of th these posts jointly addressed a press conference distancing Blantyre Synod from a pastoral letter that had been issued by the Roman Catholic clergy critical of some aspects of the sitting government. At an extra-ordinary assembly of the Synod, delegates resolved that this action was deplorable and that the two should not continue in their offices.
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