We bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) have received with a great shock the news on the incidents of burning of Christian churches in Mbagala area. Gathered at our annual Round Table of the Lutheran Mission Cooperation (LMC) in Moshi which brings together ELCT and all partners, mission organizations and churches from Europe and America, we have cut short the meeting so that we may be able to come here at Mbagala. We have come for three major purposes:
Sisi maaskofu wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT), tumepokea kwa mshtuko mkubwa taarifa za matukio ya uchomaji wa makanisa katika eneo hili la Mbagala. Tumekuwa katika mkutano wetu wa Mwaka wa Lutheran Mission Cooperation (LMC) huko Moshi pamoja na vyama vyote vya Kimissioni vya Ulaya na Marekani. Tumelazimika kukatisha mkutano huo ili kufika hapa Mbagala. Tumekuja kwa madhumuni makubwa matatu: