Church defends explicit poster

A city church has defended its use of an explicit poster that caused uproar on social media at the weekend.

Pastor Mureithi Wanjau of Mavuno Church claims that his church is simply confronting issues affecting the youth.

The poster which was placed on the church’s Teenz Konnekt Twitter page was criticised for being too explicit.

It shows a man embracing a girl whose legs are raised and bears the names of controversial songs plus the title of an erotic novel that contains scenes of sex.

It appeared in an announcement of an event the church hosted on Sunday evening for the youth to speak about sex.

And Pastor Wanjau argued they could only get them talking if they use their language  and the titles of music they are used to.

But Twitter ‘police’ took it to mean the church had turned into secular sex talk centre. OneComedy central tweeted: “#Mavuno church, seriously!!!! next tutaskia u will be holding a kesha at club…”Another, Idler Mata, accused Mavuno of behaving like an organisation other than a church.“Mavuno is an organisation not a church!!! Those kind of posters are not depicting anything to do with a church… ”Then there were photographic spoofs. One El Chapo posted a picture of a naked man carrying a cross, running. He said: “Me: Ruuning to Mavuno Church.” Other pictures showed fictitious ushers of the church in dresses with long slits and bras only.The idea of the announcement though received support from a number of people.

The emergence of evangelical churches has meant that churches which compete to attract the youth have incorporated modern music, language and other social trends to avoid looking boring. Many of the churches even have their pastors preach using power point, and have teams that prepare DVDs and blogs for sermons.

Adapted from: Daily Nation