Methodist Church accused of patriarchy

SAfm — The Women in Ministry Consultation of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa says it can no longer be business as usual in the church with men continuing to practice patriarchy. The women have addressed the media in Bruma in the East rand. They marched to the Methodist Connexional Office this morning saying women are still treated as lesser beings by men in the church and that this is reflected in the senior leadership. This march follows comments by one of the Methodist Church leaders, Reverend Vukile Mehana in a recording which has since gone viral. Minister Libuseng Lebaka-Ketshabile says Mehana is yet to apologise to the women of the church directly, a week after he issued an apology on social media.