Yomieluv: jesus's pix?who has seen Jesus before,muchless snap him.do u tink that white babbie u see everywhere is really Jesus?that is what the white imposed on Africa..anytin white is gud,and anytin black represents Evil..as for post,i cant say!

OilSubsidy: So FXKing2012 can be objective for once in his life. I use to think that everything is 'touch not my annoited' with you. Thank God for Nairaland!

toorich: @OP, you can as well snap Jesus or the Holy spirit and give us his picture to use because any other drawing will be idolatory.

i bet someone like you will rather use "Dove" to represent the God that created you. i think thats not only idolatory but an insult to represent God with an animal.

you should learn the meaning of words before you use them. using the picture of a MOG on banners doesnt mean they present themselves to you to worship them as God, it simple means this is the vessel through which God is going to bless you because he is anionted for the purpose. God uses him for your sake, if God is going to bless you He wont appear physical but thats why he anoints some MEN specially for the purpose. they point you to salvation from Jesus, fellowhip with God and help you grow in spiritual things.

you hear of Apostle paul, peter, john and the likes, God use these early saints to bless you with the Bible you use. you should have said it was idolatory to use the names of men as books of the HOLY bible.

wake you and get religion out of your mind.

FXKing2012: I have been wondering why some churches always use the picture of the founding pastor of the church on all church posters and banners. Why do I have to go to Christ Embassy church or Winners Chapel and find the picture of Pastor Chris or Bishop Oyedepo on the banner? Is this wrong and is it idolatry? Why not replace those pictures with that of Jesus since we are not there to serve or worship the pastor.
Also, is it idolatry to turn your hair into curls simply because the pastor does the same?

Let us know your thoughtS.

P.S: This is not an invitation to bash any church or MOG.

okeykennedy: U pple have started again..y not leave church tins,it is tins of d spirit..u can't use ur flawed human knowledge n logic 2 judge it..av noticed dis as some pples occupation..stop it!!ur attracting curses 2 ur selves..gon b d last time am gon say dis..

Jay5000: Interesting read....

http://www.holy-catholic.org/arian/romanisation-of-catholicism.html#romanisation

Guitarlife: hey ma, I am thoroughly disappointed at your response.
I have seen you comment here severally and have also grown to revere you as not only knowkedgeable but spiritually matured but you disappoint me with this you just wrote.
The poster is asking an important question that touches on the hearty of christianity.
By the way, this 'do not touch my annointed ' slang is now rather boring. The splitting of the veil that separated the holy of holies at the death of JESUS signifies that we are all anointed.
So please stop quoting heretic analogies. You are as graced as any Bishop.
Pay careful attention to this passage of the bible in Galatians 2:12-13.
Paul clearly rebuked peter for his hypocrisy. Peter was the leader of the disciples and even had his name rubberstamped by jesus as the foundation for his church but paul, a man who just got converted and had no history whatsoever did rebuke with a bid to correct peter who walked with Jesus, had supper, prayed with him.
The reason is that we are all priests now so please stop spewing rubbish by saying MOG's should not be scrutinised infact, they are no better than the new convert. That is the dynamic's of the grace we enjoy in christ.
He has totally extinguished the levitical order therefore nobody should be subjucated to another under the guise of priest cos, we are all priest's now we are a royal priesthood a holy nation 1 peter 2:9.
And to the OP, the use of picture's on bill board's should be evaluated against john 3:30.
If Jesus must increase while we decrease then, how can we implement this when we keep flooding our street's with life size and giant size posters of mere heathen's?
Some poster's are twice or more as large as the people whoose picture they bear.
When Jesus performed a miracle he asked the recipient's not to announce it.
So many churche's today buying airtime only to advertise the 'miracle's' performed during a revival. When did miracle's become the gospel.
we are such a stubborn bunch we feel we can help God huh? No wonder thing's are even worse than they were in the 70's when more people were unsaved.
The great commision is to preach the good news which is Jesus died for your sin's and he is willing to save you if you give your life to him and then baptise in the name of the father son and holy spirit .
Some will even organise business seminar for christian entrepreneur's SMH.
In conclusion, the reason for displaying such pictures is the need to create a powerful brand which propel's the product being sold. Conversely, it is more of a business strategy leaving me to wonder how the church has suddenly become a public liabilty company whoose financial report is the main concern driving any action or inaction.

musKeeto: Dont touch the Lords annointed... you have been warned..
Did you call the Pastor into the meanistry? Did he ask you for money to pay for the billboards?
Why cant you mind your business?

so MEN OF GOD should not have billboards? but businesses should have? Comedians should put their pictures on billboards too? Nonsense... just say you have a problem with Christianity...

this sttooopidd nairaland and their anti christian threads, God will judge all of u..
shebi na because Xtians no dey throw bomb?

i no blame all of una


I feel the power of God is moving on this forum that's why all the demons in the atheists, agnostics and the other yeye names are beginning to fight hard.. GOD SHALL SAVE NAIRALAND and indeed SEUN shall be won to the glory of the LORd... halleluia....

From billboard, you people will say that churches should not have website. THe gates of hell shall not prevail BEEEECCCCAUUUUSEEEEE THE CHURCH IS, AND WILL KEEP MARCHING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You want biblical proof?

Everywhere Jesus went, people followed him. When he talked to the woman who had married four husbands, she told people about him. THAT WAS ADVERT... if there were handbills and posters and billboards in those days, JESUS would have used themm.... MIND YOUR BUSINESSS..

deandavid: c'mon pple think with ur brain, wch color do u tink jesus was? He was from bethlehem in judea, people from there are white, therefore jesus must be WHITE. Stop fooling around, moreover even if there werent cameras 2000 yrs ago, there should be artist. D pictures of jesus u c 2day might nt be accurate abt jesus, bt should b close to wat jesus looked liked.since everybody then grew long beards, hair and all that. Its jst a description. Moreover as a catholic, i believe the cloth veronica used to wipe jesus's face imprinted his face on it, and i also believe jesus appeared to a saint that drew his face, and that picture is still in the catholic church till 2day. To the op's qtn, i dnt knw if it is idolatry, bt i ll prefer the pictures of jesus and saint to pictures of men of God.

moroh:
Sarcasm Undiluted

Justosaus: @OP: there are many pressing issues u can post about, if u're so idle that it's men & churches of God u've decided to start attacking (and/or invite attacks against). Like an earlier poster said, what brings an unbeliever to church is not necessarily what makes him stay. Banners are to advertise the church, not the pastor. There're so many different albeit confusing church names nowadays, e.g, Spirit & Life Bible Church, Spirit of Life Bible Church, Spirit Is Life Bilble Church etc. But if i were to see a banner with a distinct logo & photo (any photo, as long as it distinguishes d church from others), it would make locating a particular church or its branch a lot easier. People don't go into a church to worship the picture they see on the banner, they go in to worship the LORD JESUS, except u mean to tell me u've heard the name of Pastor Chris, or whichever pastor made u open this thread, being worshipped! I think we should spend more time trying to study God's word for ourselves instead of criticizing others over issues we don't know much about.