Ayo Oritsejafor, former president
of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has described a trending video
of him soliciting donation at a church programme as mischievous and misleading.
In a statement on Tuesday, the
senior pastor of Word of Life Bible Church in Warri, Delta, said he is too
blessed to manipulate people.
In the video which went viral on
social media, Oritsejafor was seen asking members of a church in the US to pay
$5000 for mantle, adding that the congregation would not miss God if they do
so.
The pastor, however, said he
never sold handkerchiefs to members of the church, while mantles were freely
given to those who volunteered pledges or support for some specific mission
works.
“My attention was drawn to a
short video clip of my recent ministration at Morris Cerullo ministry, San
Diego, California, in the United States trending on the social media. The said
sales of “handkerchiefs” story is untrue,” the statement read.
“I didn’t sell handkerchief to
anybody. The mantles were freely given to those who volunteered pledges or
support for some specific mission works in the ministry. The trending clip is
misconstrued for mischievous purposes, a development that has become a norm on
the social media.
“The negative portrayal of my
ministration is unfortunate and misleading. The habit of portraying church
activities in bad light just to ridicule men of God is a weapon the devil is
deploying to discourage devout believers and to mislead committed Christians
from supporting God’s work. It is a sign of the end-time.
“Every special offering raised in
any Bible believing church is NOT meant for personal use of the ministers but
certainly to meet some specific needs of the church or ministry and her charity
outreach.
“At the level God has placed me,
I’m way too passionate about the salvation of souls than to exploit the same
souls I was commissioned to lead to Christ. I boast in the Lord that I’m too
blessed and content to manipulate people. I don’t do it and will never do such.
Therefore, the global audience, Nigerians in particular, should disregard any
misconstrued, twisted information about my pulpit assignment.
“I hereby advise every concerned
person to watch the full version of the ministration before passing judgment.
Nobody should allow himself/herself to be fooled by the manipulation of many
things on the internet aimed at discrediting their targets.”
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This man called Oritshajafor is a thief and unrepentant man
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