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The faith of the new president will challenge Malawi’s leadership styles

“ I feel like Lazarus, I have come back from death. There is no place for fear because I will be your president,” Malawi‘s new president, Lazarus Chakwera, told BBC after his inauguration. This came after the Constitutional Court annulled the May 2019 elections due to the fraud in the victory of his rival and former President of the country, Peter Mutharika. Christians are excited to have a highly respected man of God as the head of state. The election of Chakwera, a theologian, President of the Malawi Assemblies of God for 24 years, who has also served as pastor, has generated great expectations among the Christians of the African country. “Christians dream for a better country and an improved leadership. We expect to see and experience the birth of a new nation, and are excited to have a highly respected man of God as the head of state,” Matilda Matabwa, current Secretary General of the Malawian

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