hummerwise:
Pix of the church dividing or sumthn will happen

hummerwise:
Pix of the church dividing or sumthn will happen

superneutral:
[s]Attempts by Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners
Chapel, Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, to make
members of his congregation pray for President
Goodluck Jonathan to win the 14 February
Presidential election backfired on Sunday when some
members refused to stand up from their seats to pray
for Jonathan.
Bishop Oyedepo had asked members to stand up to
pray for Jonathan who came to the church for prayers
to win the election, but some members of the
congregation who were not happy with Jonathan’s
performance refused to stand up. They remained
seated and refused to pray for Jonathan.
This did not however stop the prosperity preacher
from praying for Jonathan.
Worshippers and clergymen got more than they
expected with the visit of President Goodluck
Jonathan to the headquarters of the church, located
in Ota, Ogun State, western Nigeria on Sunday, when
the church was hit with condemnations and criticisms
from Nigerians.
President Jonathan, with some of his aides, the Chief
of Staff to the President, Jones Arogbofa and the
Executive Secretary, Christian Pilgrim Board, Mr.
Kennedy Okpara, worshipped at the church during its
third service after they arrived the church premises in
a helicopter.
A few minutes after his departure, however, the
internet went buzzing with the news of his visit as
bloggers latched on to whatever they could gather.
Many of them ended up misquoting and misinforming
the public thus resulting in the outrage that greeted
the President’s visit.
Nigerians were provoked by the statement falsely
credited to the General Overseer of the church, Bishop
David Oyedepo, saying he would open the gates of
hell upon anyone who opposed Jonathan’s re-
election.
Some of the bloggers even claimed that he warned his
church members against voting for the candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu
Buhari, and that anyone who went against this
remains a candidate of hell.
The bloggers’ false interpretation of Oyedepo’s
admonition irked Nigerians who saw this as an affront
on their mentality and wondered if Oyedepo was God
or if he actually had the keys to hell.
While some Nigerians said they were shocked that
Oyedepo could make such a comment, others went
comic calling him a man of “small gods.”
Unfortunately, however, many of these bloggers and
news writers were not in the church during the
President’s visit, but they all attributed their news to
sources within the church.
Our correspondent who attended the third service of
the church which was also attended by the President,
his aides and politicians in the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, from Lagos and Ogun states, reports that
the drama however began from the church.
Before his preaching during the service, Bishop
Oyedepo had given President Jonathan the
opportunity to address the congregation.
Spending very few minutes, Jonathan, who said he did
not want to say much so that Nigerians would not
think he only attended the church to campaign, urged
the members to pray for the country ahead of the
general elections.
He said his call for prayers was necessitated by the
various predictions by leaders and clergymen about
the elections and their outcome.
“There are various predictions concerning the election,
but I trust God to take control of the situation,”
Jonathan said.
He also commended Bishop Oyedepo for his
commitment to God’s work and to education, adding
that only through education of its citizens would a
country develop and progress.
“I commend Bishop Oyedepo for his commitment to
the work of God and education, without education we
can’t achieve much,” he added.
While some of the church members were excited to see
Jonathan, others grumbled, saying he had suddenly
turned to the Winners Chapel after he discovered that
he is no longer welcomed at the Redeemed Christian
Church of God since a senior pastor of the church,
Prof Yemi Osinbajo, is now the running mate to Buhari
who is contesting against Jonathan in the election.
Some also whispered that the pastors in the country
were not helping matters as they are not acting like
prophets and leaders in the Bible who spoke truth to
people in power.
After his speech, the Bishop asked that the church
members stand up and pray for the President.
He asked that since God always answered prayers of
the church members, they should pray for God to give
the President the wisdom and strength to rule the
country and the unusual grace to lead the nation.
Our correspondent noted that while many stood up
and prayed fervently, some sat down, while some used
the opportunity to pray for themselves.

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http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/01/26/oyedepos-church-divided-over-prayer-for-gej/

http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/27/bishop-oyedepos-church-divided-over-prayer-president-jonathan

superneutral:

Our correspondent noted that while many stood up
and prayed fervently, some sat down, while some used
the opportunity to pray for themselves.


http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/01/26/oyedepos-church-divided-over-prayer-for-gej/

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