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The founder and lead pastor of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome berated church leaders for complying with federal government’s decision to lock down churches due to coronavirus pandemic.
The president of Love World Incorporated, who also complied with the directive, in a telecast to his members, said such leaders were not true Christians as they did not ask the government for time to pray and consult with their congregation.
Oyakhilome said their swift compliance with the directive is the reason Nigeria is yet to “see the hand of God.”
He said that the men of God that were invited by the government to discuss the closure of churches were not truly for Christ, adding that they should have asked for time to invite other pastors for prayer against the pandemic before consenting to closures of churches but prayer never came to their minds because they were not truly prayerful.
“As ministers of God, you are called for such a meeting and you couldn’t say give us a few days, then you call all the ministers and say this is what we just heard from a government representative, we need to pray.
“Then you would have seen the hand of God. But you were not thinking about the Father’s house. Do you know what it means to shut down the congregation of the lord? Do you know what it means? It never meant anything to you,” he said.
The Christ Embassy lead pastor also alleged that church leaders were compliant due to compensation which they were promised by the government.
“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,” he said.
Oyakhilome has been involved lately in numerous controversies.
According to Premium Times, three weeks ago when he claimed the 5G network and not coronavirus was what was killing people.
In the video, Mr Oyakhilome also stated that the lockdown was to enable the federal government to install 5G in Abuja and Lagos.
He told his members in a sermon that 5G was part of the new world order where some figures of authority in the world were trying to build a religion, economy, and government for the entire universe.
But the three clerics, Poju Oyemade, Sam Adeyemi, and Matthew Ashimolowo, debunked Mr Oyakhilome’s claims at separate fora.
Mr Oyakhilome would later backtrack on his claim that the introduction of 5G network was responsible for the coronavirus pandemic.
