As at the last count, there are more than 15 claimants to the pastoral seat of the church. Everyone of them are certain that the 'Holy Spirit' led them to claim the revered position of the spiritual head of the church. How true is this claim? This is definitely a story for another day.
This post looks at the unification statements of the 3 most popular pastors in our church in the year 2017 and if the statements are been matched with action for the real intention of unifying the church or they are mere rhetorics.
Without doubt the trio of Reverend Beni Omoge, Reverend Bennet Adeogun and Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa are the pastors with the largest number of followers in the church.
While Omoge is the successor of Reverend Paul Maforikan and he is the leader of the Nigerian Diocese with a firm support base in Osun State, Ondo State, Ekiti State and the South South region. Mobiyina is the son of the founding pastor of the church. He controls the core structure of the church which are in Ketu, Makoko and Imeko. This makes him the most accepted claimant to the pastoral seat among Celestians.
Adeogun undoubtedly do not compete with Omoge and Oshoffa for the Nigerian region. He is the leader of the church, where the church was birthed, the Benin Republic. He has little or no opposition to his claim in the West African country. He has a firm hold in most french speaking countries where the church has a presence.
In the year 2017, these 3 respected Reverends made pronouncements which gave hope to the church becoming one.
First among them is Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa. He made his unification statement while delivering his sermon at the Sunday Service held at the Agange Convention in Benin Republic. Oshoffa prayed for the unification of the church, saying " God please unite your church."
In a recent press conference, Omoge on his part, said one of his aim is to unite the church so that there will be no more disparity.
In a meeting with the youth of the Church in Benin Republic, Adeogun said "Unity will be done, whether we like it or not. The destiny of the Church is to be one and indivisible and that it will be."
Celestians can't wait for the church to become one. We are all tired of the division in our midst. We need to have one shepherd that will lead this Godly fold. The time is now for our fathers to take the bull by the horns and ensure that an effective unification strategy begin now.
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This had been one great deal of uncomfortable adherence by which we have been going on as true Celestians. The glory of God. The glory of Celestial is one. Like it or not, the word of God will surely come to past. The word of God according to Isaiah 65:17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind". Hebrews 12:27
ReplyDeleteThe words, "Once more," signify the removal of what can be shaken--that is, created things--so that the unshakable may remain. I rest my case
All hands on deck. Let those benefitting from the discurd be fished out every thing will come to normal. But without dealing with those sacofanse we will keep expecting eith much preciouse time. Finally i hope and pray THAT GOD OF CELESTIAL COME TO OUR AID IN TIME. Only that it will be disastrouse for the evil ones perpetrating this discurd because of their selfish interest.
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