The General
Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch
Adejare Adeboye, has again warned all the pastors in the church not to
use the altar of the church to campaign for any politician.
This will be the
third time Pastor Adeboye would be issuing the warning to the pastors
of the church with headquarters in Nigeria and hundreds of branches
globally.
He had issued a
similar warning when an audio cassette authored by one Pastor Bosun, who
claimed to be ordained in the RCCG, went viral.
In the
controversial video Pastor Bosun advised Christians not to vote for the
candidates of a particular political party in the forthcoming elections.
However, Pastor
Adeboye swiftly disassociated the Redeemed Church from the contents of
the cassette which generated discontent among politicians and political
parties.
Pastor Adeboye told his pastors then that the church should not be used for any political activity.
He said he was
not saying the pastors should not partake in politics, but that the
church should not be turned to campaign ground.
A few days ago,
the authorities of the church sent another text message to all the
pastors of the church reminding them of the earlier warning.
The content of
Pastor Adeboye’s message read: ‘The General Overseer had reiterated that
on no account MUST the altar and the parish of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God be used for political campaign. Anyone caught will face
the consequence. You are warned.”
The latest
warning may not be unconnected with the recent development where the APC
presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, picked one of the
senior pastors of the church, Pastor Yemi Osinbajo, who is a Provincial
Pastor, as his running mate.
Since Osinbajo emerged as General Buhari’s running mate, the pendulum has changed in the political circle.
Buhari, who had
hitherto attracted hostility from Christendom because of his perceived
religious stance, has been enjoying tremendous support from Christians
because of Osinbajo.
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