Adeboye, Kumuyi, Oyedepo, Others Dare Muslim Leaders To Do Their Worst, Order All Christian Students Not To Attend Arabic Study Classes [Must Read]

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Churches Have The Worst Leadership - Pastor Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, revealed that churches today, lack good leadership. He made this known on Wednesday in Ikeja, Lagos, during the Third Annual Birthday Public Lecture organised by the church to commemorate his 75th birthday, In his words: “Leadership is at the core of our problem in this nation. Some people sit in their room and comment on newspaper articles, but have you removed the log in your eyes? “If there is anywhere leadership should be recommended, it should be from the church. But it is unfortunate that the worst leadership is from the church. We should go and check ourselves. Are we in true leadership or we are in falsehood? Because this has been the groaning of my heart for many years and I pray about it fervently. “I challenge the leaders in this church that what the Bible says about elders, I have not seen it. But things are changing and I want us to be part of that change. “The problem of corruption which we have in this nation would not have been there if everybody is contented with what he or she has. But people love to do more than they have. They want to show off to their children, and the children also when they get to school or are with their colleagues, are not satisfied because they were not brought up to be satisfied.” Pastor Femi Atoyebi, a guest speaker at the event, spoke on the theme, ‘Excellent Leadership in Pluralistic and Ethno-religious Society like Nigeria,’ and lamented the decline in societal values and loss of respect for leadership and the constitution. He said, “As long as there is no procedure in place to enforce the law against whoever breaches it, there will continue to be impunity. Even if it is the President, if we have people that can stand up to him, then we will move forward. “I have always advocated a system where we have an independent attorney general. We can have an attorney general that stands for an election and canvasses for votes, promising to defend the constitution and enforce the law. If a president or governor makes a law that is not right, he goes to court to challenge it. “But as long as the President fills the office of the attorney general and that of minister of justice, things cannot move forward. And to do this, you will have to approach the National Assembly “to rewrite the constitution, which is impossible at this point.''

Adeboye, Kumuyi, Oyedepo, Others Dare Muslim Leaders To Do Their Worst, Order All Christian Students Not To Attend Arabic Study Classes [Must Read]

The General Overseers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, Bishop Mike Okonkwo; Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo; Deeper Life Church, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi; among others, have ordered Christian students across the country, not to attend Arabic Studies classes.

This comes amid reports that the subject has been made compulsory in all schools.

Vanguard reports that Rev. (Dr.) Mercy Ezekiel, the National Coordinator of Christian Pentecostal Mission, CPM, Pastor Wale Oke; and the General Overseer of the Thronegrace Mission, Pastor Emmanuel Nuhu Kure; were also present at the meeting where the decision was reached.

They also called for immediate reversal of the revised Basic Education Curriculum, insisting that Christian Religious Studies, CRS, should stand on its own, and not be part of an omnibus subject, known as Religion and National Values.

They explained that the Federal Government has no right to force any Nigerian student at any level, to study Arabic Studies.

Articulating the position of the Fellowship, Omobude, who is also the PFN National President, Oyedepo, Okonkwo, and Wale Oke, urged Christian students in any part of the country, to resist such imposition, stressing that: “We are aware of orchestrated plans to subtly use this policy, as a means of forceful religious indoctrination, and we maintain our stand against it.”

Oyedepo added: “Government has no right to force subjects on any Nigerian child, neither does it have the authority to drop Christian Religious Studies at the Senior Secondary School level, while asking him/her to continue to read Islamic Studies, which he/she cannot do at University level.”