Churches closure: PFN, others ask President
Biya to reverse order
2013-08-17 00:43:10
Christian leaders in Nigeria have joined their
Cameroonian counterparts to condemn the recent
clampdown on Pentecostal churches in Cameroun.
President Paul Biya had ordered the closure of 50
churches, many of which originated from Nigeria.
Pastors in Bamenda and Douala had on Wednesday
marched against the government's order.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman,
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Lagos chapter,
Apostle Alex Bamgbola, asked Biya to reverse the
order or face God's wrath.
He said closing the churches down was tantamount
to closing his life and career if he failed to reverse
the order.
Bamgbola said, "Since I read about the development
in the dailies, I have been praying for Biya. I ask him
to reverse the order or be ready to face the anger of
God.
"Quote me, Biya cannot get away with this just like
the biblical King Nebuchadnezzar."
A former General Overseer, Foursquare Gospel
Church, Nigeria, Rev. Wilson Badejo, said since the
churches were formally registered to operate, Biya
should have gone through the proper channel to
correct whatever wrong he had noticed.
Badejo said, "It is wrong for him to summarily order
the closure of churches. That is the spiritual
heartbeat of the country. They are harmless
institutions. I call on him to reverse the order."
Badejo said the Christian community in the country
should have a dialogue with Biya before taking any
action against him.
Corroborating his view, the founder of Evangelical
Ministries, Bishop Stephen Ogedengbe, said Biya
was heading towards wrath by closing down the
house of God.
He said except he reversed the action, he should
prepare for the implication of his action.
"We are seeing the manifestations of the end times.
African leaders are playing God. Biya should not only
look at the negative incident he referred to for
shutting the churches, what about the many good
things that people have benefitted from the
churches?
"I just want him to know that this will not stand.
Churches in Nigeria are already praying against the
move," he said.
Biya had declared the Pentecostal churches as illegal
and posing security threats.
He cited the collapse and death of a nine-year-old
girl during a prayer session in a Pentecostal church
in Bamenda as a further reason for his action.


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