Monday 23 November 2015

Christian Elders are angry with Chris Okotie over Oristejafor

Senior Pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, famous for his controversial outbursts, may have gotten himself in trouble over his recent comments about the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN),  Ayo Oritsejafor.

Okotie had claimed that Oritsejafor gave former president, Goodluck Jonathan, a false prophecy, which led him to contest and lose the last presidential election.

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The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), in defence of Oritsejafor, released a statement signed by its chairman, Solomon Asemota.

The forum said Okotie’s alleged slander would be addressed through the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), where he will be required to defend his allegation.
“Since Rev. Okotie has not issued a retraction of the news report, it would be assumed that he made the statements credited to him.
“The Reverend gentleman shall be required, through the PFN bloc, to kindly inform the Nigerian Church “where and when” the President of CAN made the “false prophecy” he alluded to and why he believed such unedifying information should form part of the gospel from his pulpit.

“In view of the many challenges facing the Nigerian church, it has become necessary to appeal to Christians, particularly, the ministers of the gospel, to be circumspect about utterances concerning other Christians, in particular, the person and the office of the President of Christian Association of Nigeria.
“It would be necessary to remind Christians that CAN is the official institution representing Christian interests in Nigeria and any attempt by any Christian to ridicule or weaken CAN, is a disservice to the Lord and to His Church.
“The Bible makes it clear that there would necessarily be disagreements among us and God in His wisdom has outlined steps for Christians to manage and resolve conflicts. (Matt. 18: 15 – 17). Christians should desist from slanders and false accusations. “We did not so learn from Christ”. (Eph. 4: 20)

“Nigerian Christians should be reminded that the Nigerian Church has a lot of enemies bent on “eradicating” the Church in all of its “ramifications”. It is no longer a secret that these enemies use “operatives”, within and outside the Church to spread false reports, accusations and divisive statements to divide the church and weaken Christianity.
“Much of the contention in the Church has been traced to the nefarious activities of these “operatives”, many of whom pretend to be Christians. (2 Cor. 11: 13 – 15) Satan knows full well that a house that is divided cannot stand,” the statement said.
















Source: Kemi Filani blog

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