COVID-19: Oyakhilome slams pastors for consenting to closure of churches

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A popular pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, has berated Nigerian pastors that complied with the government’s ban on large gatherings because of coronavirus.

, popularly known as Christ Embassy, said such leaders were not true Christians as they did not ask the government for time to pray and consult with their congregation.

According to him, their swift compliance with the directive is the reason Nigeria is yet to “see the hand of God.”“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.

He said pastors 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. He added that pastors that have been sending warnings to their members to stay out of the church are not truly of Christ, reminding them that no amount of compensation they receive from the government can replace the praise and worship of God.

Mr Oyakhilome, who told his congregation he had a lot to tell them, said churches would soon be asked to set up testing centres because people would not be going for testing.Mr Oyakhilome made news headlines three weeks ago when he claimed the 5G network and not coronavirus was what was killing people.

 

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What stops him from coming up with a business plan for Atmosphere for Miracles online. Hustle don burst!

You are quoting him out of context jor

Kindly go ahead and open your church na

This man is a clown.

Oyahkilome please Slam coronavirus out of Nigeria,and leave helpless pastors alone.

Yes as it means loss of income not minding members safety.

Who or what is the church sef , a building or what?

This is a man and ministry that benefited from TV evangelism, how does not physically present in the church affect him negatively?.

Lekeys5 Account don dey dry wetin u expect 😂

He should try an open his church to see/test the power of government. 5g pastor!

Pls wat shud they have done?revolts against the govt

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