A Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Pastor has expressed concern over the high number of church members with debts due to over borrowing.

West Zambia Conference (WZC) president, Pastor Munukayumbwa Situmbaeto, urged church members to desist from borrowing money as it has affected their lives.

Pastor Situmbaeto stated that most members are even failing to return tithe or support church programs financially due to lack of finances as their pay slips are filled with loans.

He was speaking during a Sabbath worship service in Kaoma District, saying that God planned SDA church members to be great and become heads just like Israel was in the beginning but that the current situation is opposite.

“There is nothing that you get because you have over borrowed, why have you over borrowed, why are our workers like that? Some people are failing to return tithe, because the pay slip is very bad, why is your pay slip bad, who is responsible for that, why have you gotten into problems like that?” he wondered.