‘We will not just sit by & let Gov’t be the boss’- BVI Christian Council
This is one of the many concerns of the BVI Christian Council of the Virgin Islands, according to its President, Bishop John I. Cline, who said the now resuscitated body has requested a meeting with the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Mr Cline, who appeared as a guest on Honestly Speaking with Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline on ZBVI 780 AM on February 20, 2018, said the Council will be meeting with the Recovery Team on Thursday, February 22, 2018, to lend their voice to the discussion on the recovery.
According to the outspoken clergyman, the Council would like to see accountability by Government in the recovery phase.
God unto themselves
He added that better is needed from Government as it seems they have forgotten who they are working for.
“It seems that when we have a majority government, as we do now, they become a God unto themselves. They become rulers unto themselves and they have quickly forgotten who they work for, who hired them.”
Mr Cline, the former Chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority Board, said politicians must understand that they are not the boss, “that we are the ones who decided they should be in power with our votes and we are the ones who will decide whether they go back or not, but they quickly forget that and use this mandate, this great margin of Opposition versus Government, to ignore the very people who sent them there and even treat them just minimally.
“We will not sit by and accept that,” Bishop Cline said.
It was stated that the BVI Christian Council was resuscitated sometime in December and Bishop Cline was asked to lead for a year.
And while the members are eager to meet with the Recovery Team, the Council has also requested a meeting with Government.
It said the Council has written a letter to Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) to express its willingness to work with him and to discuss some of its concerns with the spiritual and religious aspects of the country.
“We look forward to a response, we have not gotten a response as yet from the Government in terms of meeting with them.”
He said in that forum the Council hopes to express some of the sentiments of the people they lead, adding that their approach is not to be antagonistic but to be truthful.
Not meek & mild
“Not because you call us Christian or religious mean we are quiet and meek and mild. We have a voice and our voice will be counted.”
About BVI Christian Council
The BVI Christian Council, according to Bishop Cline, is a body of Christian churches in the VI, which he terms as a watchdog of the community and the conscience of the nation.
The body is made up of the Methodist, Catholic and Anglican churches, the New Testament Church of God International Worship Centre, the Church of God of Prophecy, New Life Baptist Church and the Moravian church in the VI.
“We have pulled together these group of pastors who have endeavoured to make an impact and make a change in the social, political and spiritual landscape of the VI.
“The Churches on board are engaged and they are not afraid to speak truth to power,” Bishop Cline stated.
18 Responses to “‘We will not just sit by & let Gov’t be the boss’- BVI Christian Council”
Ungrateful backside Like nothing pleases you people. What the hell did you do? What was your voice saying and doing? Just hush your tail. People like you make me so sick. You dont do anything but criticize those who try, even if they aren't successful. Look, dont get me started. We all know that the NDP government ain made from sh8t. They just talk it. So you still going to sit down and wait for them to do what, talk more sh8t? Please. Maybe you should use some of that energy you using to bray like a jack*$$, you can use it to help someone in need in some way knowing (as you said) that the government has forgotten, who has them there and what they supposed to be doing while they there...
You can help by working to help the police solve the crime problems...that is what the black and catholic churches do in the inner cities across the U.S....they do so by THE CHURCH INVESTING MONEY in community programs and not waiting on the government. That is what you all ate suppose to do with the tires that ate brought into the store house.
Where was this group when government employees were being victimized??