Fighting Corruption for Sustainable Development: Role of the Church

Wairimu Thiong'o

Abstract: Corruption is a disease that plagues every sector of society. The church is tasked with the responsibility of inculcating morality and guiding moral behavior. Not surprising then that there are many calls to have the church take a firm stand on corruption. Over the years the go-to solution has been to ignore corruption and wish it away. This is no longer tenable seeing that the pandemic is on the increase plaguing nearly every institution and government. Religion provides the language through which ethics can be spoken and ethical behavior natured. This paper seeks to demystify the role of the church in fighting corruption.

Keywords: Corruption, Church, Morality, Leadership, Sustainable Development