Oyakhilome slams pastors for shutting down churches over COVID-19

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The President of the LoveWorld Incorporated, aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has berated some church leaders for complying with the government order on ban on gatherings without asking th

e government for time to pray and consult with their congregation.

Oyakhilome also questioned why COVID-19 patients were shut out from churches, saying the House of God should be a place of healing. He said while some would be tagged COVID-19 compliant churches, others would be tagged for not abiding by the rules. “In different cities, ministers of God gathered together and shut down the congregations of the Lord. How many said, let us pray; give us time to pray? They consulted you; they consulted you in different nations and states. How many of you said, let us pray? Instead, you said oh yes.

 

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To those criticising Pastor based on this misguided headline, you are all true definition of the what illiteracy means. Your tiny brains didnt signal you to search for the video and listen to what Pastor Chris said before talking? Ignorance in rampage mtcheew

This man again, you can open your own church now. This people are using the situation of the country to butter their own bread. The country is full of pastors, imam and the country is getting poor to the extent of borrowing from religious less country China. My people eyes open

Hymmmmm,

Show me one pastor or miracle worker using his anointing oil as a hand sanitizer now in this pandemic.

Jaymi450 please say something

Let him go and open his own

Amen Andrew,you lack wisdom! Tyrrany ko,tyrranically ni. Mitcheew!

Yo_itzPboy Y’all should free this man Abeg... is he the only MOG in this life? For those of u talking about tithes and offering, Go and do ur research. Pst Chris doesn’t need a church building to receive funds, He has one of the best digital Platforms for Church ministry.

A Christian that doesn't obey the directive of the Government is not a Christian. God placed them their.

Ogbeni Pastor... Your framework on 5G and corona Virus is not yet solved oh... I pity ur followers... Na their money you need. Stop attacking ur cohorts... They have sympathy on their followers

No more offerings and tithes that's the real reason for this. Covid 19 will expose them further.

Is Christ Embassy open though?

I don't really know why he is sounded this way?

If I may ask why only church is shut down and Muslim are going to there own praying place

The hustle is real! What beats me is how supposedly educated folks believe the crapola most religious leaders churn out!!

U na go carry religion wey no be una own for head... people wey get the religion don lockdown, person wey dem borrow the religion dey complain!!

Offering and tithes ain't coming in like it used to.

I am beginning to doubt the geniuety of this man

Your caption is captivating but does not represent the complete words from him. Advise people to listen to him again and carefully to know what he said and why he said so. PstChrisOnline

He is right but should lead by example

There are a lot of speculations about COVID 19 and it's very confusing. What I think is right to do at this time is: follow guidelines and the facts presented by science. ThinkForYourself

With the comments I'm seeing here I'm disappointed in some of you.... Always read into the story not just headlines!

Eya

Till he is slammed into police custody again.

Hmmmm So good phonetics is not equal to sense? And Daddy GO is also not equal to sense?

The man is feeling d heat. Business is not forthcoming. Why can u blame UK govt that closed down ur church in UK? U can only raise ur rant when it comes to Nigeria

Some of us got pastor wrong, pls n pls let's be sure b4 we judge anyone thanks. Iñconclusion d pastor was right

Fake news! He never did. Is there any BLW churches gathering?

When they call him for public hearing he will deny he didn't say so. As far I am concerned what is shutdown is the church buildings and not the church because human beings are the church and can hold services in their homes.

It is wrong for govt to closed down churches but churches must obey the govt orders.

Ok ooh

This man self.....can he just stop doing this to his career?

the federal government is looking for buildings for isolation centers... very easy....make churches isolation centers....pastors are happy government is happy...simple

Scrap.

This man is doing too much tbh

shimawhalle_G Our pastor in the Lord 🤣🤣🤣

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No be this man 'shut' his wife over dollars? Make I hear woard abeg

Interesting

Does anyone still take this one seriously Bunch of jokers.

churches are not suppose to be closed in the period of this pandemic what chemistry can not do mystery might do I think it is time to allow the men of God in Nigeria flex their muscles people like : DrPaulEnenche DavidOyedepoMin SamZugaOfficial APOSTLESULEMAN

He should donate his church to be used as isolation center...

kindly listen to the full 2hrs 30mins program, dont just pick a line and make a story of it. Has it become this bad for that you now pick lines and fabricate it into news like a common soft sell magazine? Shame on . FakeNews

The media is a DISEASE!

I don't believe pastor Chris said this tho. I think he was quoted out of context. Yeah

Tithe don low.

Sir it was God who shut the door against everyone without exemption and it was so!

Is his church open?

Offering and tithes really hitting hard!

Christianity is not bad but religion is Christ said to the Samaritan woman that a time will come when you don't need to go to Jerusalem or the mountains to worship God & then all will worship God in spirit and and in truth. We don't need any church to be effective as Christians

Why slam Pastors, Pastor? You should be slamming the Corona Virus and the Lagos State Govt. Infact, sue them.

His money don dey finish. Ndo

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Tithe money they sweet sha.

We all know the guy is sick

With the recent happening we have seen that most of these G.O's are nothing but liers thieves who are after tithes and offerings to enrich themselves. .they will agree be cos they dine and wine with these devil's called politicians. ..may God help us...

Where is indabosky pahose in all of this?

But the Bible said we should obey constituted authorities, which in actual sense, is what they're doing...why the slam?

Nobody stopped him from carrying on his own service

This is just lame

He should practice what he preaches: come to one of the Christ Embassy parishes, hold a Chinese flu healing service & ask patients & parishioners to exchange the kiss of fellowship.

This is critical

If the government dealt with this man now .. they will call it persecution , I thought high of this man before , now I understand , I'm to say is he really speaking from his senses , is it too late to pray . Isn't Good everywhere mtcheew

The church was never locked down it was the building that was locked, God only moved the church to our homes.

Give to Caesar what is Caesar, and give to good what is God. May your faith in the living God set you free

Big Thief, if I catch u

On the last day there will crying and gnashing of teeth the bible said. Pastor Chris God bless you richly for always standing for the truth of the Word of God in this dying times

Because of this I've lost the little respect I had for Oyakhilome. I least expected this from him. What's his difference from those Mallams that say Covid 19 does not exist? All his learning looks so hollow.

They're all concerned about the revenues that comes in. Their account is red so i understand

I thought the bible says we should obey constituted authority or is it just my Bible,

Lol - the comments under this post shows who we are as a nation

What do you mean?

This shouldn't be coming from a man of God like oyakhilome, cos all very known oversear complained to the order.. Why is it coming now

Let's pray for our leaders for the wisdom they need at this trying period. And help them to stay focused on the fight against Corona virus.

Please RT

Olamix28 Please read the full article .

The church is not the building The church is not the building The church is not the building The church is not the building

Hmm

Wow!!! Open your eyes before you choose your church.

His own churchs no close?

U want d spreading of this virus to b Rapid 🙄🙄

NaijaFlyingDr May be the man is going broke

Pastor Chris is right. His always saying fact wither you like it or not.

He doesn't know how to go house to house to do coronavirus healing abi?

Not sure about that

Him plus the rest they re all fake

The church is not a building, rather the church are individual worshippers. As long our heart as believers is not yet lockdown then, the church is still moving.

Set awon agba yahoo

I tell una since say this man no well. He’s the greediest of them all 🤔

Fake news

Too many lost souls in this country.

For a pastor to make such comment shows how gullible and unpredictable he is. He should dare the authorities by opening his own church,then he would come back and explain what Romans chapter 13:1 says.

But we are yet to see him curing any patient!

He should go to the isolation centers and put his ultrahyped anointing to work by healing the Covid19 patients and stop inciting pastors against the government. After all, the disciples after the upper room experience went out to do things which included HEALING THE SICK.

The church of Christ is shutdown,but the market is wide open, government of fools

Criminals!!!!

Why then did you close your churches nationwide? You should lead by example.

There are so many unanswered questions towards the Coronavirus outbreak in different quarters. God only you can see the unseen.

I hereby recommend that all COVID-19 patients in the isolation/quarantine centres be taken to his assembly on Sunday for a healing service with Pastor Oyaks himself in attendance.

He is brainless ni

Chris is one of the false prophet, we expect you to heal covid19 patients ,we awaits you

If u think ur Pastor loves u...then ure dead...

He should open his own na

I won't waste my time reading this.

Hmmmmmm!!! It is not really good to close church as a result covid-19 !!! God have mercy on us for doing that!!! But we need to be law abiding too!!!!!

Well, with all he said, the only take home was about the vaccine. The virus is said to be studied. Usually, it takes not less than 18 months to bring out a vaccine which is after extensive tests & trials. But a vaccine is said be out. Be careful folks! Its not advisable. Beware!

The Pastors didn't shut down the Churches of their own volition but in submission to the government of the day. It is Biblical. Read Romans 13:1-2. Doing otherwise would be tantamount to disobedience to God himself.

This man needs to be censored.

This man will get more people killed with his religious fanaticism.

Imagine the stupidity of some pastors well it's cool Nigeria sees it for themselves

Its like his church is going bankrupt since no more offering

Pastor Chris should start the war for reopening of churches. His church should open for Sunday and other activities.

Have said it, alll this pastor are deceitful. Why will he say such? It is because they don't receive much from their members anymore.

Scientific study requires testing and trials for efficacy. Asymptomatic Covid19 person goes to church to infect others even though, he doesn't show symptoms. Deadly advice contrary to social distancing. Its all hogwash & snake oil prayer remedy BS. Death toll 100 per day soon.

Yes, the man knows that it's affecting his economy. Poor him!

Depleting account due to lack of tithes

I wonder why churches worldwide closed their churches too. Brainwashed Christians in the comment trying to justify their pastor as usual.

When you ask churches to disobey governments orders either right or wrong, pls what does the bible say about obeying people in power and rule of law: Roman's 13:1-2

Them go arrest this man last last

Southern alimagri

This guy is gradually gaining my love. people need start asking questions and stop believing everything said by this media guys. do you know that in America if an hospital record a covid 19 patient or death they get between 35,000-37,000 dollars...

All COVID-19 positive people should head to Christ Embassy HQ at Oregun

I dont understand what he meant, churches should be consulted first and secondly what he meant by compliance form? My advice is, he should spend more time on his people rather than commenting on global issues. Because he might loose his pedigrees

Sorry Sir, pastor oyakhilome, we understand how much you have lost during this period. We all know that church is a business oriented that brings income to pastors every Sunday.

President MBuhari please make a scapegoat of this man. Enough of the desecration of the pulpit in the name of religious advocacy.

For obeying constituted authority ? The bible made it clear to all believers to always obey the constituted authority.

All he said is trash

Mad man

Make baba no jam agbako.

Do you people want a man of God to starve. Open those damned churches now. You will open bank and not churches. Which one is more important ni. Some pastors sha.

The way religion don blind una for this country If the man should commit murder Y'all would still say he is a man of God, he is misquoted or misunderstood Even the people wey introduce these religions to us no carry am for head the way una carry am.

Shocking🙁!!! Covid has exposed a lot. Those that have eyes let them see and those that have ears let them hear.

But Twitter doesn't have free mode now, some comments here are wack.

I stand with Pastor Chris today and forever, My man of God till Jesus come

Seriously I've read it. If is true this man said all these things I'm sorry to say he doesn't earn my respect anymore. How can an educated pastor be saying this? If he's so passionate about people he should go the Isolation centre and heal them. Why must it be in his church?

Please what is He?..

Pastor Oyakhilome should understand that all authority on this earth is under one authority and that is the political authority ( the govt of the land) Even Jesus Christ subjected himself to that authority. I guess u are missing ur weekly offrings...

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Because he wasn't able to make money from the pocket of his church members.

Is his church open?

beyondkhaleb Punch dun carry am reach here

He should open his own church, Sunday is almost here.

Dear Punch, you have the video, why not play the video for your news viewers to see for themselves.

Churches can never remain the same after this virus saga! It is either people feel they can serve God anywhere or more people attend church services. The former 70% likely, the latter, lol

Some Nigerians will just read head lines and start talking Bangladesh... Have u people talking crap gone to make enquiries on whether or not any Christ Embassy churches are opened? All meetings of the said church holds online 24/7...

5G pastor

Repent man of God you call yourself, have the fear of God for once

Beware of Dogs... Don't yourself entangled with civilian affairs

Pastor Chris is right .

The patients must come to the church to get healing?

Please before u start making dumb comments read the whole story. May we not be a generation of illiterates

This one don turn church to Business center

Spiritual matters! I don't know much, but the little I know is that the bible tells us that our body is the temple of the holy spirit. And we should obey the constituted authority according to ROM 13v1.

Pls what about him? Do you really know the bible?

Mosques/Churches shouldn't be locked forever. As FG eases relaxation of lockdown, both mosques /churches should also benefit from it even if it will be under stringent conditions

This man prefer to endanger the life his gullible members. It goes to show that, if they remove offering and tithe from church, all these Yahoo pastors we go hungry. Just how many weeks, he is crying. That aside his church did not give any covid-19 palliative

Are you holding

My people perish for lack of knowledge. If you know this virus and how to kill it, will you still be afraid? The answer is no. Now it's everyone's duty to investigate what this virus actually is. How many churches have labs or doctors in the field looking for solutions

Until the FG makes a scapegoat of one of this touch not my anointed god of men, then that toga of madness will still be making them behave above the law. But MBuhari and not FG is obviously afraid of the backlash of Islamisation agenda that may come with the move.

This man is an Attention seeking swine

This pastor is speaking in rubbish

Hehehe. Tell me something🤔🤔

Assumed religious leader Mtcheww. he hasn't heard that even the Bible says we should obey governmental authorities.

Media🤦

Jerusalem on lockdown ... The churches of Jerusalem invite the faithful to participate in services through social networks or on television

Pastor Chris,pls keep quite.

This one no Hard na! Make e Open him own if dem born am Well. 😭😂😂

When last did he opened his own Embassy?

edwardbode I used to adore this man... Damn

Ure a mumu man,go and open the churches now who church and mosque help. Scammers

There are multiple bibles verses teaching obedient to authority. Disobedience is a serious matter, and if you want to go all out to disobey do it alone stop seeking tagalong. Romans 13vs1 - 7 explains better

Lol... Even Christ obeyed the Roman authorities... He paid taxes and all. Like this for a follow back.

umo_akan This man just wants to be relevant. Biko let Indaboski reign in peace 🤣

This man is broke already

Fake man of God.

Church are not supposed to be buildings but you and me that make up church. Because when Jesus was on earth He wasn't referring to buildings but Man's Heart.

Pastors can't heal this one oo

Effect on tithe and offering.. hypocrite doing assive they love God..no be everybody that call me name,will enter the kingdom of God..

Just because he is man of God doesn't mean that he will not abide by the rules of the state

If nah wen Jesus dey look for disciples u no go make d list.

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He has some valid points. The virus is still under study but a vaccine is underway. It doesn’t make sense.

When he spoke about 5G, you were condenming him. Now your Senate have suspended it. Your speaker is forcing the vaccine bill. This same told you few weeks ago.

Corona no dey fear face, before you will carryout, this your Kano state, style of believe think twice

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If them born your papa well,open your church. By the time Sanwo olu finish with u,if u see angel u go call am masquerade.

You're either a Catholic or an unbeliever.get soul saving information at

Which one of the churches The worshippers OR the worship centres OnlyOneIsChurch

There are multiple bibles verses teaching obedient to authority. Preaching disobedience says a lot. Romans 13vs 1 - 7 explains better

Business men in d name of pastor's whom this Lockdown has affected payment of tithes and offerings are gradually running mad

Probably standard of living is dropping rapidly for so many pastors

Why Chris made some valid points eg studying a virus and yet they already had d vaccine and that he was outspoken,it's important to note that Chris is not a pastor because he lacks apostolic connection act 1:20 & he's not a Christian as a reject d true faith

Ma guy, you have connections. Link up with NCDC, go to the isolation centres, heal the covid-19 patients. You will become a trusted source for cure and perhaps only your church can be opened. Not stay in your office & point fingers.

Pastor, distance is not a barrier for healing with the power of Jesus... Pray where you are so that they may be healed...

Atrest this man.

This man want to tend again

Their are patients in isolation, he should go lay hands on them already

Pastor Chris is missing the usual contributions, and tithes. Go to UK and America to preach this nonsense.

Wetin dey do this man self

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I'm not surprised. He's the same dude that conceived the doctrinal conspiracy that 5G is somehow connected to the antichrist. Are his UK or SA churches open for worship? If he's offering, I'm sure NCDCgov would happily set up a Covid-19 healing centre in his church

This period most newsline de put fake news with much twisting

We now know & sure the kind of Christ you worship non of you came up with testimony , shame!enough to straighten your multitude of followers

, smh for una o! I can see that you don’t know where to draw the lines... You’ll soon reap the fruit of all your acts against men of God.. fakenews

Fraudsters trying to cover his 5G dream by calling out others Did his own church open?

Romans 13:1 ...let every person be subject to the governing authority...😀😀 the shutdown was to reduce the spread of Covid-19...which has claimed many lives..😀

You are free to go and open your church na.

I think pastor Chris was misunderstood or his statement was misquoted.

Even the Death plague in the Bible, God instructed his people on safety measures to take, he told them to mark their doors with blood, he didn't tell them to goto church or keep praying to me I will save it.. oh! GOSH!

Yahoo yahoo miracle pastor. He missed out on tithe and offering big time 😁. Una pele o

I don't know where you guys get your news from

i undastand Bible more dan dis people. Lts use d case of Noah, wit all d powers God has, he told Noah 2 build an ark in order 2 be safe 4rm d destruction. GOD didn't tell him to stay in his houz and keep praying or go2 church..

Follow me and I will follow back immediately

Make he go open his own business center nw?y he dey disturb others?

Pastor Chris is a man of excellent repute that doesn't say things anyhow. Either he was misquoted or quoted out of context. I stand with Pastor Chris .

Talk is cheap. Let him use his God given liberty to speak as he wishes. He do know very well that he's not making any sense. Someone can be speaking British English and still be stupid though.

Open the church to heal the COVID-19 patient.....

He can donate one of his church for isolation center, may be from there he can heal as many as possible.

Make them arrest this man I beg him own done too much.

If you do your deep research, you'll know he's right concerning the testing kits, there are much going on that main stream media won't tell you, before you condemn him for speaking out, do your research don't just listen to fake news. May God save the world from evil doers

Fake News. Show your Evidence. Idiots. Una go hear am

This man sha wan die

Go to isolation centers and heal people, then the covid will be over and churches will reopen, it’s that simple.

Spot on sir

All of u saying trash about oyaklilome are not serious dont just read headlines without reading the full story asin the headline and the story are two different things. Pls you guys should consider posting headlines like this most Nigerians don't read d full story.

Titi_Kabongo And his bible tells him to obey the laws of the government.....but his fanatics with gullible and shallow mind will still argue with the bible, becoz of him. Nitwits

Is this man well?How many people has his miracle made them well.?

He'll only be making sense if his church branches in the USA and UK were opened for service... 😂😂😂

It's simple. Sorry pastor. Nigeria govt pls allow pastor church to be open then send covid 19 patients to attend.

What's wrong with this one? There's a difference between common sense and spirituality; is he telling us it was wrong to shut the church to save lives and also curb the spread of the virus.

Maybe his broke and he need money big fool

We sha should read the news and not be misled by the headline. Before you start insulting a pastor know wetin im talk first. Let's be reasonable

He said something like 'church is a place of healing' but he also forgot to add that Jesus WENT OUT to heal... why hasnt any of the pastors gone to the Quarantine centres to heal? Or maybe his rant is about something else? Hmm

This guy ehn. I just weak abeg

Pastor Chris is right tho. Churches have the power to stop the spread of COVID19 and move the kingdom forward. Churches should be exempted from the lockdown. But what do I know

Since your stopped gathering in your church has God not been answering your prayers?

'Everyone can never be preaching love. I'm not a man of preacher of love. I'm a war. I'm a fight. I'm indaboski. I'm the lion.'

Was he out of the country to hold services in his churches all the while?

This man should get a grip. The more he shows he’s foolishness the more he’s members begin to doubt him in their minds. It’s a sensitive phase we’re in.

He is free to open his church.

But is government order na.

Religion is toxic

Mad man....because your tithe and offering revenue done reduce

Pastopreneur

This is a case of “something must kill a man” Corona, anyone?

Can't this make keep shut

Religion is a scam!!!!!!!!

Woah

Practice what you preach. Pls lead by example. Open make others follow nau

This dullard has been throwing tantrums ever since the lockdown began just like a child whose biscuits were taken away from him.

Who does he think he is? God? 🙄🙄🙄

I follow back btw

The shutting down of churches is nothing but govt tyranny. Shutdown in any Nation has not save the spread of covid-19.

I feel for him, there's a fall in church revenue (tithe, offering, seed, Thanksgiving, building offering, partnership seed etc). All these pastorpreneur will not cease to amaze us. If you are confident why not go and lay hands on the patients at the isolation centres.

No Tithe. No Offering. Bad business for pastors

Many people will lose intrest in Church/Mosque after this convid19 is over.Few people will be going to church/Mosque.Everybody don learn small

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Here we go again

Pastor Chris, is your church in South Africa and UK open?

If he actually says this he can't be said to be man of God.

Won ti bere

This man needs a medal for the thrash he is saying 🤧

loss of revenue

Ok😩

He ought to be arrested and dealt with according to law in the interest of public health and morality. The law has no toleration for such medicrity.

Open yours now , hypocrite

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