Churches address high divorce rate

Churches in Zambia have called on citizens to act to lower the country's divorce rate. Infidelity, drunkenness, gender-based violence, difficulty conceiving, weight gain, and lack of access to marriage counselling were among key factors cited by the more than 20 000 couples who divorced last year. BBC News reports that more women than men initiated divorce, and the average age of divorcing couples was between 25 and 45. ‘Those statistics are disappointing and defeat the biblical principles on marriage which says “only death should do us part”,’ said Reverend David Masupa, president of the Independent Churches of Zambia.