The renowned President of the LoveWorld Incorporated, aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has questioned some church leaders for agreeing to shut down their churches without seeking for time to pray and consult with their members from the government.
Oyakhilome said such leaders do not exemplify true Christianity, and it was the major reason the country hadn’t seen ‘the hand of God”.
The Edo-born Pastor berated why COVID-19 patients were shut out from the church, claiming the House of God should be a place where people come for healing.
Oyakhilome who made this revelation in a telecast to his members said there will be a classification of churches based on the level of compliance to the COVID-19 pandemic directives.
In his words, some churches would be stigmatised because of their non-compliance to the COVID-19 rules.
“COVID-19 complaint churches will mean churches that people who are infected with COVID-19 cannot come there. Is the church of Jesus Christ not a place of healing? So, those of you who love to run around government officials to get your validation, come and get COVID-19 compliant registration for your church. That is the last day Jesus will be in that church. But that is coming.
“In different cities, ministers of God gathered together and shut down the congregations of the Lord. How many said, let us pray; give us time to pray? They consulted you; they consulted you in different nations and states. How many of you said, let us pray? Instead, you said o yes.
“Because they said there would be compensation for the period of the lockdown. What compensation can be enough to replace the praise and worship of the congregation? I hope you have enjoyed the time so far, only you in the cathedral did online transmission. Hope you enjoyed it so far? But thank you very much for what you did to the House of God.”
The cleric also queried the veiled motives for the planned vaccination against the pandemic.
“What they are using to test, do you know what it is? Do you know why it can show positive and negative? Do you know? A virus they told us they are still studying, why don’t they study it first? They are still studying it and they already have a vaccine that could be ready in July for a virus they are still studying,” the pastor said.
