Mr Museveni over the weekend advised religious leaders not to preach to only those who go to church but find ways of reaching out to those who stay home.
This was said during the closure of a seven-day conference commemorating the 80th anniversary of East African Revival’s arrival in Ankole.
The conference gathered Christians from several parts of Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, UK and Burundi.
“Just like the revival changed things here, the church should now mentor the youth because they are the future. Teach them hard work, discourage vices like corruption and immorality,” he said.
The East African Revival is a renewal movement within Evangelical churches in East Africa and it begun during the late 1920s and 1930s.
The revival began at a Church Missionary Society mission station in the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi in 1929, and spread to: Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya during the 1930s and 1940s.
The president urged religious leaders to use their influence in the fight against destruction of wetlands by encouraging their congregations to work towards its preservation.
“Christianity talks about subduing and managing the earth. I appeal to the church to help protect the environment in line with this,” he remarked.
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