TAKEAWAYS

• Frank Gashumba questioned why many 25-year-olds are choosing to become born again, saying they have little to repent for.
• He argued that people who have committed greater wrongs should be the ones seeking salvation before young people.
• His comments, made during a Radio 4 interview with Adam Kungu, have sparked debate about faith, repentance, and salvation.

Businessman and social commentator Frank Gashumba has questioned why many young people are choosing to become born again, arguing that they have not lived long enough to accumulate the kind of sins that require such a decision.

Speaking during a recent interview on Radio 4 with Adam Kungu, Gashumba wondered why someone in their mid-twenties would feel the need to get saved.

“As a 25-year-old, why are you getting saved? What sins do you have?” he asked.

Gashumba went on to say that even at his age, he does not consider becoming born again because, in his view, he has not committed enough sins to warrant it.

“If people who have stolen so much from this country aren’t saved, who am I to get saved?” he remarked.

He compared the weight of his own mistakes to those of people he believes have committed far greater wrongs, saying that while his sins could fit in a wheelbarrow, others would need an entire Sino truck to carry theirs.

According to him, society is full of people consumed by envy, theft, jealousy, and other forms of wrongdoing, and these are the individuals he believes should be seeking salvation rather than young people who are just beginning their adult lives.

He also reflected on the condition of people’s hearts, suggesting that outward appearances can be misleading.

“If God openly checked our hearts, you’d be shocked. People you don’t expect to go to heaven would be the ones joining Him,” he said.