The church doesn’t acknowledge Bride Price because Bride Price means paying for something.
According to the Bible, man is created in the image of God nothing less. How do you reduce that image of God to something that is monetary? How do you value or equate God’s image to goats, chicken and cows? You cannot do that and think you are a Christian.
I believe any gifts exchanged at a marriage ceremony should be presented to the couple for their well being and not wasted for the pleasure of in-laws.
We have had cases where a young happy couple is denied a wedding because the boy and his relatives cannot afford the Bride Price they have been asked to pay. If any of us is going to act against a sacrament which is supposed to be holy because of money or Bride price, then we are not acting in a godly way.
Bride Price is opposed to Christian morals.
Father Paul Okoth,
St. Austin Church, Mbale

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