Bishop of Catholic Diocese of
Oyo, Most Reverend (Dr) Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, has reacted to the
position of Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie on comment by General
Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, that RCCG
will have as many branches as possible.
Okogie had noted that there is no
Godliness in the decision, saying “such churches in most cases are more like
business houses”.
“For example, I heard that one of
my colleagues, (Pastor Enoch) Adeboye, said that he would love to build
churches everywhere so as to make it easy for worshipers to walk to them.
“But for me, that is a useless
statement. How can you say you will build churches everywhere?”
He added: “In order to bring us
together and to get sanity back into this country, the fear of God must be
number one. Nigerians of today don’t care a hoot about God.
Reacting, Badejo said Okogie was
right, lamenting that the church has lost focus.
“One of our leaders, Anthony
Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie, just addressed the issue (multiple branches). Many of
these churches are business centres and shops”, he told Tribune.
“Why do you need five churches on
a street? Is it right or wrong? Your guess is as good as mine.
“But we have not done enough
research on this matter that has shifted the attention of Christians from
working hard to achieve a goal that is Christian from that to just praying and
seeing visions.
“The church has a role to play to
make a positive difference. We must restate our commitment to getting our
messages into the mainstream of public discourse, so that the Christian
religion would not be rubbished in the mud as it is at the moment.”
Meanwhile, Badejo has given reason
why Muslims have a right to Islamise Nigeria.
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