Christ’s love and the church in Africa amidst Covid - 19 pandemic

Abstract

Africans are known for their traditional commitment to harmonious relationships at all levels of existence; a harmonious universe in which life is lived meaningfully. Unfortunately, African memory is one painfully scared as a result of deep divisions, gross injustice and severe conflicts. Added to the list today is the global Covid – 19 havoc which has not only complicated but also compounded the already existing problems in the continent. As world leaders are working to contain the pandemic and its havoc on human society, ascertaining the role of the Church in the entire scheme becomes pertinent. Amidst the pandemic, how is the Church responding to her universal mission and mandate? How is the Church witnessing and living out this mission in the pandemic? It is on this basis that the paper investigates the role of the Church in Africa as a source of communion, hope and strength in this period of crisis.