Don’t Campaign On Pulpit, Adeboye Warns Redeemed Pastors

The General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God,
RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare
Adeboye, has again warned all the
pastors in the church not to use the
altar of the church to campaign for
any politician.
This will be the third time Pastor
Adeboye would be issuing the
warning to the pastors of the church
with headquarters in Nigeria and
hundreds of branches globally.
He had issued a similar warning
when an audio cassette authored by
one Pastor Bosun, who claimed to
be ordained in the RCCG, went viral.
In the controversial video Pastor
Bosun advised Christians not to vote
for the candidates of a particular
political party in the forthcoming
elections.
However, Pastor Adeboye swiftly
disassociated the Redeemed Church
from the contents of the cassette
which generated discontent among
politicians and political parties.
Pastor Adeboye told his pastors then
that the church should not be used
for any political activity.
He said he was not saying the
pastors should not partake in
politics, but that the church should
not be turned to campaign ground.
A few days ago, the authorities of
the church sent another text
message to all the pastors of the
church reminding them of the
earlier warning.
The content of Pastor Adeboye’s
message read: ‘The General Overseer
had reiterated that on no account
MUST the altar and the parish of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God
be used for political campaign.
Anyone caught will face the
consequence. You are warned.”
The latest warning may not be
unconnected with the recent
development where the APC
presidential candidate, General
Muhammadu Buhari, picked one of
the senior pastors of the church,
Pastor Yemi Osinbajo, who is a
Provincial Pastor, as his running
mate.
Since Osinbajo emerged as General
Buhari’s running mate, the
pendulum has changed in the
political circle.
Buhari, who had hitherto attracted
hostility from Christendom because
of his perceived religious stance, has
been enjoying tremendous support
from Christians because of Osinbajo.
Source:- PM News