Pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries in the Oregun area of Lagos State , Reverend Chris Okotie, says online church service , which has become the order of the day due to the COVID- 19 pandemic , is unscriptural .
He argued that Christians must physically gather together to be able to truly worship God .
Okotie, in a sermon titled, ‘The COVID- 19 Mystery ’, maintained that the novel disease is a satanic conspiracy to challenge the power of God by keeping Christians out of the church .
Okotie said , “ We are dealing with one of the most sinister conspiracies in human history . What we call the online church is absolutely untrue, because for you to be in church , you have to be ecclesia , which is translated from the Greek word, ec, which is out, and the word caleo, called out .

“ You cannot gather unto God until you are called out. That’ s why Israel was called out of the world . So , this thing, this phenomenon that we are talking about , the Internet and cyber churches , is totally unscriptural .

“ God knows where you are; if He was not interested in the assembly , you don ’ t need to come to church ; you can pray in your house . I pray in my house. You praise in your house . I praise in my house. He can see all of us. He doesn’ t need computers. But that denies Him who He is ; so, we must – that ’s why the bible puts that verse as an imperative – you must not forsake the assembly of yourselves together. ”
Okotie had recently opposed government ’ s COVID- 19 social distancing guidelines for churches , describing the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria as “ modern - day Pharisees bereft of any authority to speak on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ .”

source: https://punchng.com/online-church-service-unbiblical-says-okotie/

Online church service is a sin, but paying tithes and offerings online is welcomed. God help man.

dinoplus:
Online church service is a sin, but paying tithes and offerings online is welcomed. God help man.

Were did he say online church is a sin ?

Yeah online worship is very unscriptural therefore we must cry to God to totally erase this virus from humanity
am glad he concentrated on the virus as d cause unlike some who will say it's d government fighting against d church or trying to bring in d mark of d beast

samwash:


Were did he say online church is a sin ?

anything that goes against the word of god is a sin indirectly thats what the pastor means