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Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:03pm On Jul 06, 2019
Will Europe's Third-Largest Church Punish Pastor for Multiple Affairs?
Sunday Adelaja loses leaders at Kiev's Embassy of God for not heeding their discipline.
JEREMY WEBER MAY 17, 2016 8:00 AM Will Europe's Third-Largest Church Punish Pastor for Multiple Affairs?


The controversial founder of one of Europe's largest Protestant churches is battling some in his church leadership over his reaction to multiple affairs.

Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian pastor who leads the charismatic Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, has admitted to having affairs with parishioners. The confession came one month after he posted a video on his blog titled "Sexual Sin Is Not Enough to Take You to Hell."

The female parishioners revealed the affairs to other area pastors, who then took the information public, according to the Council of Bishops of Christian Evangelical Churches of Ukraine. (English version here.) The leaders warned Ukrainian Christians about Adelaja, also noting previous allegations that he bilked investors of $100 million in a Ponzi scheme called King's Capital.

Earlier, a website called ZimEye claimed to have exposed Adelaja by having an undercover reporter pose as a "prophet" and secretly record a February phone call with the pastor. The elders of Embassy of God publicly dismissed the report as a prank.

"If you have listened to the audio recording which was fraudulently obtained, you will notice that Pastor Sunday never once admitted to any wrong doing as the caller was suggesting in his prophetic utterances," stated the elders. "It was the prophet that was rather putting words into Pastor Sunday’s mouth. If Pastor Sunday had anything to hide he would not have taken the call with his wife present."

The elders—which include Adelaja's wife Bose and three others—noted that Adelaja has already acknowledged that he "has had several sexual challenges and has by God's grace being able to overcome them."

"Pastor Sunday has always shared with the world that he is in a position to help minister to the world only because he himself has had his own share of trials including sexual trials, problems and victories," stated the elders.

Then last month, Adelaja confessed to the affairs at a meeting of more than 200 pastors. He was "defrocked" and removed from preaching (among other leadership duties) after confessing to "fornication," according to the Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (ROSHVE).

"Although we have had a long time to notice warning signs in the life and ministry of this man, what we talked about and to him personally and publicly in official statements of the Union, we did not want until the last moment to believe that there are such serious sins in his life," the Spiritual Board of ROSHVE wrote. They questioned whether Adelaja's affairs might have been covered up by those close to him.

"We have serious questions to the ministers, who were and are members of the Council of the Apostles and the elders of the church 'Embassy of God,' to the closest aides and deputies [of Adelaja], about their actions (or rather—of the criminal inaction) in this situation," the board wrote. "After all, the timely and rigorous exposure could prevent this tragedy!"

In a Russian-language press release on March 24, ROSHVE stated that Adelaja would enter a season of "recovery."

An Embassy of God administrator told CT that the church has not issued a public statement because it is "regarded as an inside matter." The administrator said Adelaja has voluntarily "decided to step down" for six months due to the recent accusations and the ongoing "strenuous lawsuit" over King's Capital.

He was also planning to move from Ukraine to Nigeria. "He needs this time to recuperate and prepare," said the administrator.

The six months would also be "enough time" for some critics within the church to "cool down and find answers."

But Adelaja's Facebook and blog have remained active, and neither they nor the church's website mentions the sabbatical.

Several of those close to him have accused him of thwarting attempts to help or discipline.

"I am not a professional psychiatrist, nor profess to be one, but you never addressed the sins you committed against those innocent women, many of which are married," wrote Ulysses Tuff, founder and pastor at The Way, The Truth, and The Life Christian Center in Georgia, to Adelaja in a letter obtained by CT. He has been Adelaja’s mentor since 1995.

"If I had to use words to describe and give a very general perspective about you, I would choose such words as hallucination of grandeur, narcissistic, or sociopathic behavior," Tuff continued.

"Yet, you said that according to 1 Cor. 2:2-10, everything you are going through is connected to your Apostleship," he wrote. "Not Paul, nor any of the apostles in preparation for apostleship were found to have defiled 20, 30, or more women (this number of women was what you said on my first night meeting with you, you also said there could be more, you don’t remember). It is damaging to the integrity and laws of scriptural interpretation, how you have twisted the scripture to paint a picture of your sainthood and my life as one that was so grievous."

Tuff said he was officially withdrawing himself as Adelaja's "spiritual father."

"It's true you have mastered the technique (voice control, communication skills, strategic planning, etc.), but what you have failed to recognize, like many others, is that what makes or breaks ministers is not teachings, but what goes on within your soul," he wrote.

Tuff declined further comment to CT.

Anatoly Belonozhko, who is a bishop at the Embassy of God, the director of its missionary centre, and the leader of the "spiritual church administration," announced his withdrawal from the Embassy of God last month.

"For 22 years of service at the Embassy of God, I went through a lot of different tests, and have always remained close to Pastor Sunday, pastors, ministers, and churches," he wrote. "I also stayed with Pastor Sunday in this last time, despite his fall, which strongly contradicts the Christian and my personal values."

But as the church elders began to "heal and restore" the church and Adelaja after he stepped down from leadership, Adelaja "in writing categorically rejected our help, humiliating us and saying that we have no power to tell him what to do and how to do it and that he knows how and what to do."

Adelaja accused the elders of being "intoxicated by power" and told them to let "me do what I need to do," according to Belonozhko.

"I talked to Pastor Sunday [after the affairs were revealed to church leadership in December], trying to help, remaining in the church in the most difficult time for all of us to save and restore the church and souls of men," he wrote. "But as I understand it—the pastor does not need my help. I clearly understand that my service in the Embassy of God has come to an end."

Last month, 11 evangelical leaders declared that since the church has not removed Adelaja from control, they are complicit in his sin. Sunday, the church, and any religious communities that remain in his sphere of influence "cannot be regarded as churches," since they "have turned away from the truth of the gospel," the leaders said.

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Adelaja's independent charismatic church, which he founded in 1994, is tied for the third-largest Protestant church in Europe, according to Leadership Network. He is considered one of the best examples of Nigeria’s exporting of fervent charismatic faith.

Adelaja left Nigeria for the USSR when he was 19 and newly born-again, according to his Facebook bio: "After communism persecution, he started a church in Kiev at age 27. By the age 33, the church was the biggest in the history of Europe, passing 15,000 members in year 2000."

The church just celebrated its 22nd anniversary.

"With all the attacks that I have and with all the criticism, I know that I will not be here forever," Adelaja told CT in a 2008 interview. Later that year, charismatic leaders in Ukraine accused him of operating King's Capital as a Ponzi scheme.

CT interviewed Adelaja for a 2008 cover story on Ukraine, which examined how Eastern Europe's most missional church was rethinking tradition and the Great Commission.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/may/will-embassy-of-god-punish-sunday-adelaja-multiple-affairs.html

Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by MrBrownJay1(m): 5:29pm On Jul 06, 2019
another bastard in robe twisting the word of his holy book to cover his demonic deeds...

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by AngelicBeing: 8:04pm On Jul 06, 2019
Chai, sex, sex, sex is a bitter sting that brings people down easily if not done within the confines of marriage, Kumuyi will be so sad to read this because I think Sunday Adelaja was a deeper lifer or he gave his life to Christ via deeper life Church, how are the mighty fallen, sex, money and fame are things people should watch out for in the heavenly race, as a believer you will contend with the flesh till your last day on earth but you should via the Grace of God crucify/ discipline or mortify the deeds of the flesh so that you can live a life that pleases God, and if you are a minister of the gospel and have sex as your weakness, it is better to avoid setting up a church to avoid fúçkiñg your members and bringing shame to yourself and the body of Christ sad

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:11pm On Jul 09, 2019
AngelicBeing:


Chai, sex, sex, sex is a bitter sting that brings people down easily if not done within the confines of marriage, Kumuyi will be so sad to read this because I think Sunday Adelaja was a deeper lifer or he gave his life to Christ via deeper life Church, how are the mighty fallen, sex, money and fame are things people should watch out for in the heavenly race, as a believer you will contend with the flesh till your last day on earth but you should via the Grace of God crucify/ discipline or mortify the deeds of the flesh so that you can live a life that pleases God, and if you are a minister of the gospel and have sex as your weakness, it is better to avoid setting up a church to avoid fúçkiñg your members and bringing shame to yourself and the body of Christ sad

It is true that Sunday Adelaja claimed to have been saved through the television ministry before he travelled to the USSR but along the line he missed it. I believe that the Lord must have given him a long rope to pull himself back but he became stiff necked. There are 4 things that bring men of God down from grace to grass and these are Women, Wine, Wealth and Worship. The moment you begin to receive the worship that is meant for God alone to yourself then you are as good as a gonna. Ask King Herod about that. undecided

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by AngelicBeing: 7:48pm On Jul 09, 2019
OLAADEGBU:


It is true that Sunday Adelaja claimed to have been saved through the television ministry before he travelled to the USSR but along the line he missed it. I believe that the Lord must have given him a long rope to pull himself back but he became stiff necked. There are 4 things that bring men of God down from grace to grace and these are Women, Wine, Wealth and Worship. The moment you begin to receive the worship that is meant for God alone to yourself then you are as good as a gonna. Ask King Herod about that. undecided
Nawao, he should just step down, if I am the one, shame and guilty conscience will not allow me to face my congregation, like seriously, how can I sleep with lots of women in the church and still climb the pulpit and speak against adultery and fornication, mehn, l cant, I might even fall down from the podium because of guilt especially when the whole church is aware, the Christian race is littered with temptations but once you say God has called you to be a minister, that is an added responsibility and the world and the church expect you to be like a mirror to guide the society, I feel for the guy though, but for him to have slept with more than 20 women, nawao sad

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:53pm On Jul 11, 2019
AngelicBeing:


Nawao, he should just step down, if I am the one, shame and guilty conscience will not allow me to face my congregation, like seriously, how can I sleep with lots of women in the church and still climb the pulpit and speak against adultery and fornication, mehn, l cant, I might even fall down from the podium because of guilt especially when the whole church is aware, the Christian race is littered with temptations but once you say God has called you to be a minister, that is an added responsibility and the world and the church expect you to be like a mirror to guide the society, I feel for the guy though, but for him to have slept with more than 20 women, nawao sad


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on2N9du_H9U

See how Sunday Adelaja tries to justify sexual sin in his heretical teaching. This explains why these Baal priests are often caught with their pants down.
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Nobody: 12:07pm On Jul 12, 2019
And one will think he a serious Pastor when he was talking and criticizing other Nigerian pastors.

Let him humbly seek the face and mercy of God

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:40pm On Jul 12, 2019
FreelanceRebel:


And one will think he a serious Pastor when he was talking and criticizing other Nigerian pastors.

Let him humbly seek the face and mercy of God


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj2TRdvbaDk

See here how he answers a follow-up question to the one asked in the first videoclip. He tries to excuse the action of sin as not being as serious as the intention of sexual sin as if lust does not start from the heart. He says sexual sin is not enough to take you to hell. This explains why he got involved in sexual scandals as reported in the OP.

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:11pm On Jul 15, 2019
Excerpts from the OP:

Earlier, a website called ZimEye claimed to have exposed Adelaja by having an undercover reporter pose as a "prophet" and secretly record a February phone call with the pastor. The elders of Embassy of God publicly dismissed the report as a prank.

"If you have listened to the audio recording which was fraudulently obtained, you will notice that Pastor Sunday never once admitted to any wrong doing as the caller was suggesting in his prophetic utterances," stated the elders. "It was the prophet that was rather putting words into Pastor Sunday's mouth. If Pastor Sunday had anything to hide he would not have taken the call with his wife present."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCqWTEScWcY

Here is the audio recording of the phone call with Sunday Adelaja. Listen to it and decide whether he admits to sexually assaulting several women or that words were put into his mouth.
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:36pm On Jul 16, 2019
"Pastor Adelaja's Sex Scandals, Women Leave Your Home Without Their Virginity" - Lady

https://updatemedailyblog..com/2018/04/pastor-adelajas-sex-scandals-women.html
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by MuttleyLaff: 2:38pm On Jul 16, 2019
What has this man done to you, hmm?
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Nobody: 3:23pm On Jul 16, 2019
MuttleyLaff:
What has this man done to you, hmm?

When some have outgrown sexual attraction, they can blame younger and charming personalities.
No wonder a well known Pastor refused to ordain any of his followers as younger Pastors, so that they don't become the attraction for female lust seeker!
So when death catch up with him, the whole thing will automatically become a family business venture! cheesy

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:43am On Jul 17, 2019
MuttleyLaff:


What has this man done to you, hmm?

I can't stand wolves in sheep's skin, especially when they are unrepentant predators. They are the ones giving Christians a bad name.

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by MuttleyLaff: 12:21pm On Jul 17, 2019
OLAADEGBU:
I can't stand wolves in sheep's skin, especially when they are unrepentant predators. They are the ones giving Christians a bad name.
Hmm, have you incontrovertible evidence that he is a predator and/or that he is unrepentant?. Has his wife, on the record, stood by or against him on what I see to be allegations, erhn? I thought he sees your GO as his spiritual father, hmm. Softly, softly, ooo. Price to pay for shaking the table, erhn.
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:45pm On Jul 17, 2019
AngelicBeing:


Nawao, he should just step down, if I am the one, shame and guilty conscience will not allow me to face my congregation, like seriously, how can I sleep with lots of women in the church and still climb the pulpit and speak against adultery and fornication, mehn, l cant, I might even fall down from the podium because of guilt especially when the whole church is aware, the Christian race is littered with temptations but once you say God has called you to be a minister, that is an added responsibility and the world and the church expect you to be like a mirror to guide the society, I feel for the guy though, but for him to have slept with more than 20 women, nawao sad

That's because you not only have a conscience but the Spirit of God is still residing inside you. You have hit the nail on the head on the bolded above. I am rather feeling for the many girls and women who have been damaged and some have even committed suicide while this predator has the effrontery to be interviewing other vulnerable females who have suffered the same fate. cry
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:50pm On Jul 17, 2019
Maximus69:


When some have outgrown sexual attraction, they can blame younger and charming personalities.
No wonder a well known Pastor refused to ordain any of his followers as younger Pastors, so that they don't become the attraction for female lust seeker!
So when death catch up with him, the whole thing will automatically become a family business venture! cheesy

See who is talking. undecided Your attention is needed in this thread --> https://www.nairaland.com/5306648/video-recording-2-jw-elders#up

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:26pm On Jul 19, 2019
MuttleyLaff:


Hmm, have you incontrovertible evidence that he is a predator and/or that he is unrepentant?. Has his wife, on the record, stood by or against him on what I see to be allegations, erhn? I thought he sees your GO as his spiritual father, hmm. Softly, softly, ooo. Price to pay for shaking the table, erhn.

I will rather believe the victims' allegations since he has not charged them to court for defamation and besides that I have noticed the pattern of sexual assault perpetuated by these so-called men of God, are similar. The cases of the victims of TB Joshua, Biodun Fatoyinbo, Timothy Omotoso et al comes to mind. Sunday Adelaja's doctrine on sexual sins further buttresses my point that he is a dangerous sexual predator preying on his vulnerable and unsuspecting congregation. It is one thing for him to say some GO's are his spiritual fathers and its another thing for him to listen to their counsel. Let me post again what one of his spiritual father wrote to him in the excerpt below:

"I am not a professional psychiatrist, nor profess to be one, but you never addressed the sins you committed against those innocent women, many of which are married," wrote Ulysses Tuff, founder and pastor at The Way, The Truth, and The Life Christian Center in Georgia, to Adelaja in a letter obtained by CT. He has been Adelaja's mentor since 1995.

"If I had to use words to describe and give a very general perspective about you, I would choose such words as hallucination of grandeur, narcissistic, or sociopathic behavior," Tuff continued.

"Yet, you said that according to 1 Cor. 2:2-10, everything you are going through is connected to your Apostleship," he wrote. "Not Paul, nor any of the apostles in preparation for apostleship were found to have defiled 20, 30, or more women (this number of women was what you said on my first night meeting with you, you also said there could be more, you don't remember). It is damaging to the integrity and laws of scriptural interpretation, how you have twisted the scripture to paint a picture of your sainthood and my life as one that was so grievous."

Tuff said he was officially withdrawing himself as Adelaja's "spiritual father."

"It's true you have mastered the technique (voice control, communication skills, strategic planning, etc.), but what you have failed to recognize, like many others, is that what makes or breaks ministers is not teachings, but what goes on within your soul," he wrote.

Tuff declined further comment to CT.

This is part of a letter Tuff wrote to him stating the reasons why he had to withdraw himself as Adelaja's spiritual father.
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:01am On Jul 21, 2019
Sunday Adelaja's Lovers: Exposure.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezv8JZA2QuY

Subtitles on the videoclip
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Meti99(m): 3:34am On Jul 21, 2019
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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Joagbaje(m): 5:46am On Jul 21, 2019
OLAADEGBU:
Will Europe's Third-Largest Church Punish Pastor for Multiple Affairs?
Sunday Adelaja loses leaders at Kiev's Embassy of God for not heeding their discipline.
JEREMY WEBER MAY 17, 2016 8:00 AM Will Europe's Third-Largest Church Punish Pastor for Multiple Affairs?


The controversial founder of one of Europe's largest Protestant churches is battling some in his church leadership over his reaction to multiple affairs.

Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian pastor who leads the charismatic Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, has admitted to having affairs with parishioners. The confession came one month after he posted a video on his blog titled "Sexual Sin Is Not Enough to Take You to Hell."

The female parishioners revealed the affairs to other area pastors, who then took the information public, according to the Council of Bishops of Christian Evangelical Churches of Ukraine. (English version here.) The leaders warned Ukrainian Christians about Adelaja, also noting previous allegations that he bilked investors of $100 million in a Ponzi scheme called King's Capital.

Earlier, a website called ZimEye claimed to have exposed Adelaja by having an undercover reporter pose as a "prophet" and secretly record a February phone call with the pastor. The elders of Embassy of God publicly dismissed the report as a prank.

"If you have listened to the audio recording which was fraudulently obtained, you will notice that Pastor Sunday never once admitted to any wrong doing as the caller was suggesting in his prophetic utterances," stated the elders. "It was the prophet that was rather putting words into Pastor Sunday’s mouth. If Pastor Sunday had anything to hide he would not have taken the call with his wife present."

The elders—which include Adelaja's wife Bose and three others—noted that Adelaja has already acknowledged that he "has had several sexual challenges and has by God's grace being able to overcome them."

"Pastor Sunday has always shared with the world that he is in a position to help minister to the world only because he himself has had his own share of trials including sexual trials, problems and victories," stated the elders.

Then last month, Adelaja confessed to the affairs at a meeting of more than 200 pastors. He was "defrocked" and removed from preaching (among other leadership duties) after confessing to "fornication," according to the Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith (ROSHVE).

"Although we have had a long time to notice warning signs in the life and ministry of this man, what we talked about and to him personally and publicly in official statements of the Union, we did not want until the last moment to believe that there are such serious sins in his life," the Spiritual Board of ROSHVE wrote. They questioned whether Adelaja's affairs might have been covered up by those close to him.

"We have serious questions to the ministers, who were and are members of the Council of the Apostles and the elders of the church 'Embassy of God,' to the closest aides and deputies [of Adelaja], about their actions (or rather—of the criminal inaction) in this situation," the board wrote. "After all, the timely and rigorous exposure could prevent this tragedy!"

In a Russian-language press release on March 24, ROSHVE stated that Adelaja would enter a season of "recovery."

An Embassy of God administrator told CT that the church has not issued a public statement because it is "regarded as an inside matter." The administrator said Adelaja has voluntarily "decided to step down" for six months due to the recent accusations and the ongoing "strenuous lawsuit" over King's Capital.

He was also planning to move from Ukraine to Nigeria. "He needs this time to recuperate and prepare," said the administrator.

The six months would also be "enough time" for some critics within the church to "cool down and find answers."

But Adelaja's Facebook and blog have remained active, and neither they nor the church's website mentions the sabbatical.

Several of those close to him have accused him of thwarting attempts to help or discipline.

"I am not a professional psychiatrist, nor profess to be one, but you never addressed the sins you committed against those innocent women, many of which are married," wrote Ulysses Tuff, founder and pastor at The Way, The Truth, and The Life Christian Center in Georgia, to Adelaja in a letter obtained by CT. He has been Adelaja’s mentor since 1995.

"If I had to use words to describe and give a very general perspective about you, I would choose such words as hallucination of grandeur, narcissistic, or sociopathic behavior," Tuff continued.

"Yet, you said that according to 1 Cor. 2:2-10, everything you are going through is connected to your Apostleship," he wrote. "Not Paul, nor any of the apostles in preparation for apostleship were found to have defiled 20, 30, or more women (this number of women was what you said on my first night meeting with you, you also said there could be more, you don’t remember). It is damaging to the integrity and laws of scriptural interpretation, how you have twisted the scripture to paint a picture of your sainthood and my life as one that was so grievous."

Tuff said he was officially withdrawing himself as Adelaja's "spiritual father."

"It's true you have mastered the technique (voice control, communication skills, strategic planning, etc.), but what you have failed to recognize, like many others, is that what makes or breaks ministers is not teachings, but what goes on within your soul," he wrote.

Tuff declined further comment to CT.

Anatoly Belonozhko, who is a bishop at the Embassy of God, the director of its missionary centre, and the leader of the "spiritual church administration," announced his withdrawal from the Embassy of God last month.

"For 22 years of service at the Embassy of God, I went through a lot of different tests, and have always remained close to Pastor Sunday, pastors, ministers, and churches," he wrote. "I also stayed with Pastor Sunday in this last time, despite his fall, which strongly contradicts the Christian and my personal values."

But as the church elders began to "heal and restore" the church and Adelaja after he stepped down from leadership, Adelaja "in writing categorically rejected our help, humiliating us and saying that we have no power to tell him what to do and how to do it and that he knows how and what to do."

Adelaja accused the elders of being "intoxicated by power" and told them to let "me do what I need to do," according to Belonozhko.

"I talked to Pastor Sunday [after the affairs were revealed to church leadership in December], trying to help, remaining in the church in the most difficult time for all of us to save and restore the church and souls of men," he wrote. "But as I understand it—the pastor does not need my help. I clearly understand that my service in the Embassy of God has come to an end."

Last month, 11 evangelical leaders declared that since the church has not removed Adelaja from control, they are complicit in his sin. Sunday, the church, and any religious communities that remain in his sphere of influence "cannot be regarded as churches," since they "have turned away from the truth of the gospel," the leaders said.

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Adelaja's independent charismatic church, which he founded in 1994, is tied for the third-largest Protestant church in Europe, according to Leadership Network. He is considered one of the best examples of Nigeria’s exporting of fervent charismatic faith.

Adelaja left Nigeria for the USSR when he was 19 and newly born-again, according to his Facebook bio: "After communism persecution, he started a church in Kiev at age 27. By the age 33, the church was the biggest in the history of Europe, passing 15,000 members in year 2000."

The church just celebrated its 22nd anniversary.

"With all the attacks that I have and with all the criticism, I know that I will not be here forever," Adelaja told CT in a 2008 interview. Later that year, charismatic leaders in Ukraine accused him of operating King's Capital as a Ponzi scheme.

CT interviewed Adelaja for a 2008 cover story on Ukraine, which examined how Eastern Europe's most missional church was rethinking tradition and the Great Commission.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/may/will-embassy-of-god-punish-sunday-adelaja-multiple-affairs.html


That means hes coming home soon. No wonder hes be busy attacking Nigerian Pastors.

I thought he is you guys friend .
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:23pm On Jul 22, 2019
Joagbaje:


That means hes coming home soon. No wonder hes be busy attacking Nigerian Pastors.

I thought he is you guys friend .

My 'guy' is a friend to all. He has a large heart and can accommodate our differences. He is currently ministering to members of different churches on Wednesday as he is being invited. That Sunday Adelaja got converted through his television's ministry and invited him to minister in his church in Ukraine does mean that he is a partaker of this man's sins. He probably would have ministered to Adelaja just as the pastor Tuff in the OP did.
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Nobody: 4:31pm On Jul 22, 2019
FreelanceRebel:
And one will think he a serious Pastor when he was talking and criticizing other Nigerian pastors.

Let him humbly seek the face and mercy of God
He hasn't removed the stain in his cloth yet he call other persons bad. Unfortunately he has followers who believe in the act of bashing other preachers.
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:33pm On Jul 22, 2019
asuustrike1:


He hasn't removed the stain in his cloth yet he call other persons bad. Unfortunately he has followers who believe in the act of bashing other preachers.

Have you heard of the saying: "If you live in a glass house don't throw stones?" Sunday Adelaja is living in a glass house. cool
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Nobody: 4:48pm On Jul 22, 2019
OLAADEGBU:


Have you heard of the saying: "If you live in a glass house don't throw stones?" Sunday Adelaja is living is a glass house. undecided
Hmmmm!
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Joagbaje(m): 10:15pm On Jul 22, 2019
OLAADEGBU:


My 'guy' is a friend to all. He has a large heart and can accommodate our differences. He is currently ministering to members of different churches on Wednesday as he is being invited. That Sunday Adelaja got converted through his television's ministry and invited him to minister in his church in Ukraine does mean that he is a partaker of this man's sins. He probably would have ministered to Adelaja just as the pastor Tuff in the OP did.

Your pastor kumuyi has large heart and can minister in any church but pastor Chris goes to synagogue by invitation as well he becomes evil . As the saying goes " OLA DOUBLE STANDARD

* note I wouldn't disrespect pastor kumuyi buy calling him "your guy" as you try to paint it. I said "you guys are friends" meaning you all are friends

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:15pm On Jul 23, 2019
Joagbaje:


Your pastor kumuyi has large heart and can minister in any church but pastor Chris goes to synagogue by invitation as well he becomes evil . As the saying goes " OLA DOUBLE STANDARD

Was your pastor Chris just invited to minister at the Synagogue? Was it not true true that he not only paid tithes there but also learnt how to perform 'magic' like Joshua? undecided

Joagbaje:

* note I wouldn't disrespect pastor kumuyi buy calling him "your guy" as you try to paint it. I said "you guys are friends" meaning you all are friends

Wasn't it you that that said Sunday Adelaja is my 'guy's' friend? undecided
Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by Joagbaje(m): 2:58pm On Jul 23, 2019
OLAADEGBU:


Was your pastor Chris just invited to minister at the Synagogue? Was it not true true that he not only paid tithes there

Thats false information. Don't let men make you sin.


but also learnt how to perform 'magic' like Joshua? undecided

Pastor Chris had been used of God in working miracles right from secondary school.




Wasn't you that that said Sunday Adelaja is my 'guy's' friend? undecided

Didnt say so. He is you guys friend means " hes you people friend. Not "your guy friend

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Re: Will Embassy Of God Punish Sunday Adelaja For Multiple Sexual Affairs? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:14pm On Jul 23, 2019
Joagbaje:


Thats false information. Don't let men make you sin.




Pastor Chris had been used of God in working miracles right from secondary school.






Didnt say so. He is you guys friend means " hes you people friend. Not "your guy friend

There is a thread addressing how TB Joshua initiated Chris Oyakhilome, let's continue our conversation there. smiley

https://www.nairaland.com/5312694/how-t.b-joshua-initiated-chris#80555304

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