₦airaland Forum

Welcome, Guest: RegisterLoginWith GoogleTrendingRecentNew

Stats: 3,328,083 members, 8,434,011 topics. Date: Friday, 26 June 2026 at 05:39 AM

Toggle theme

Thundafire's Posts

Nairaland ForumThundafire's ProfileThundafire's Posts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 (of 222 pages)

EducationRe: LASU Vice Chancellor Receives Riot From Students As Birthday Gift (photos/video) by thundafire: 9:51pm On Oct 19, 2017
Buhari syndrome felt everywhere
PoliticsRe: See Reasons Why Buhari Will Be Sent Packing In 2019 By His Close Associates by thundafire: 9:05pm On Oct 19, 2017
They will still praise buhari and blame GEJ for his reelection
PoliticsRe: Scandal:How Abba Kyari And Jalal Arabi Undermined The State House Medical Centre by thundafire: 8:57pm On Oct 19, 2017
Who are dey patients please oooooo
Christianity EtcRe: Temple Of The Most High God Ogun: Satan Is ‘Brother’, Worshippers Served Alcohol by thundafire: 12:07pm On Oct 15, 2017
Nah Ogun state again
Christianity EtcRe: Temple Of The Most High God Ogun: Satan Is ‘Brother’, Worshippers Served Alcohol by thundafire: 12:04pm On Oct 15, 2017
Desyner:
Ogun ‘church’ Where Satan Is A ‘brother’ And Worshippers Are Served Alcohol

Without doubt, churches have denominations and patterns of worship differ, but when you stumble on one, where weird activities are the order of the day and alcohol, animal sacrifices and biblical villains like Nebuchadnezzar, Ahab and even Satan are deified, then you’ve just encountered worship redefined. Tabitha Pearl writes.

A Christian worship centre or church is a place where you expect everything but the absurd and the weird. But this was precisely what this reporter beheld few weeks back when she went snooping at “As God said, It Must Be Done, The temple of the Most High God,’ located in Oke-Aro in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

A mere N100 bus ride from the popular Agege/Pen Cinema Bus-Stop, took this reporter to As God Said Street – the street is named after the church. A short commercial motorcycle ride took this reporter to the church’s doorstep.

The temple is flanked on one side by what used to be a mosque and the other by a Celestial Church of Christ, which, strangely, wasn’t holding any service this Sunday. This reporter was however to soon discover during the nearly 10-hour-long service, that the mosque and the Celestial church had to evacuate their locations because of the new “Sheriff” in town.

The first thing that catches your attention as you walk into the church premises, depending on your keenness of sight, would either be the rather heavy use of the colours red and white; or the slaughter slab on the far right corner, though carefully concealed by the gigantic red gate. Beside the slab this fateful Sunday was a black goat waiting to be slaughtered and served to worshippers. Makes some sense though. If worshippers have to stay in church up to 10 hours or more, it just might be normal to consider feeding them.

Inside the temple, the love for red is even more pronounced. The floor has a fading red colour, which tells you it had originally been painted with glossy red paint; even the choir and a few members bear a touches of red on their dresses. No usher is seen ushering people in; there actually is no need for one, as the sitting arrangement is glaring enough, even to a first timer. Male worshippers sit to the right while female worshippers sit to the left.

Another thing you cannot miss as you walk into the temple is the altar. It is divided into two sections: a very high one, probably the holy of holies, reserved for the Most High, should he come visiting; and then a lower one, possibly where the seer, fondly called Papa, preaches from, whenever he returns from a visit to the Most High, which he claims he does often.

“I still communed with the Most High last month. I sit and discuss with Him often. I know his form. Who says we can’t see God?” he boasted amidst wild cheers from his followers.

On the higher altar is a massive chair, the type you find in kings’ palaces. That’s probably where the Most High sits when he visits. On the lower altar is a replica of that same seat, possibly for the Papa. On the far left of the lower altar is a seat like the earlier ones, only smaller in size. This is where the wife of the seer sits during service, albeit only on the invitation of her husband.

Right above the higher altar or holy of holies, is a line-up of some relics, the sort you’re only likely to find in a herbalist’s shrine. The most conspicuous of these would be an elaborate form of a skull, placed in the middle of two crossed bone-shaped pieces of woods – pretty much like the familiar skull and bones image, used to depict danger and death. There is also something like a big calabash, placed in the middle, leaving a first-timer wondering if this is a shine or a temple where God is worshipped.

Sunday Nation’s visit coincided with the 6th Anniversary Celebration of the worship centre. It was with great excitement that the seer, Blessed Dike-Oji-Ofo Chukwu announced to the dance-intoxicated congregation that, “Today, we are celebrating our sixth year of moving to this temple.”

This announcement was followed by an excited cheer from the worshippers.

The service, which was said to have begun at 8:30 am, ran for hours unending, with more than half the time spent singing and dancing, and – wait for this – spraying those perceived by the seer to have danced best with money. Interestingly, the children seemed to be more favoured in the money rain, above the adults. In order to be sure if this was the general mode of worship or just a one-off thing to commemorate the anniversary celebration, our reporter sought the opinion of a female congregant.


Source
drinking cold bottle of stout haba Humans even me where just commit I feel sorry for myself how much more been in His Holy Presence and insult and desecrating his house
PoliticsRe: Nneoma Rochas Okorocha & Jacob Zuma's Wife Pictured In Government House, Owerri by thundafire: 10:37pm On Oct 14, 2017
Wives of 2 great thieves of African decent
CrimeRe: Man Released By Ritualists After 2 Years In Ibadan Because He Wasn't Useful by thundafire: 4:48pm On Oct 14, 2017
Mrkumareze:
When next you travel to *********
2 dey land where tiger attacked their faces plus be careful
PoliticsRe: Senators Seeking To Topple State Governors by thundafire: 7:52am On Oct 14, 2017
To continue from where dey stop and add Immunity badge
SportsRe: Germany Has 4 Diff Teams For The World Cup! by thundafire: 6:46am On Oct 14, 2017
Naija got b........r team than them cs na grp stage we know our faith
RomanceRe: Lala Army Don Bring Your Food by thundafire: 6:49pm On Oct 13, 2017
RomanceRe: Lala Army Don Bring Your Food by thundafire: 6:47pm On Oct 13, 2017
Lala favorite meal molested by Python dance crew oya FP
CrimeRe: Why Military Is Yet To Rescue Kidnapped UNIMAID Staff, Police Women, Others– DHQ by thundafire: 7:42pm On Oct 10, 2017
2019 campaign slogan
PoliticsRe: Time To Ban Hate Inspired Monikers On Nairaland by thundafire: 9:42am On Oct 10, 2017
Front page lala
PoliticsRe: Aisha Buhari Exposes Aso Rock Clinic Management: "No Single Syringe There" by thundafire: 7:47am On Oct 10, 2017
itchie:
How many billions was budgeted for this aso clinic this year? Anti corruption indeed!!! When the government stinks of corruption at every turn. APC and Buhari are the highest scam ever pulled off. They succeeded in scamming 170 million people
Guinness record
TravelRe: See Eleven (11) Things You Will Experience On Your Trip To Markudi, Nigeria by thundafire: 7:41am On Oct 10, 2017
U missed Ortom pains felt
AgricultureRe: Photos Of A Big Python Killed In A Farm by thundafire: 7:36am On Oct 10, 2017
Tolexander:
So it is so easy to kill this python like this?

I thought we were told when we were young that python has a ring that can make one so wealthy.
abi u sef remember cs dey say it keeps the ring on the floor to swallow and it can be very bright uses that to hunt Africa with lies folklore
SportsRe: Augustine Mulenga's Daughter Died As He Was Playing During Nigeria-Zambia Match by thundafire: 7:31am On Oct 10, 2017
dbynonetwork:
Fear Nigerians..... Dem Don carry her take appease the world cup gods...



RIP to her
mumu
RomanceRe: Controversial Yet Powerful Photo Series Captures The Brutal Sexism Against Women by thundafire: 7:11pm On Oct 08, 2017
That guy hand long
CrimeRe: Lady Arrested For Chopping Off Her Neighbor’s Tongue In Lagos by thundafire: 6:30pm On Oct 08, 2017
Konji made dey idiot lost focus
CrimeRe: 3 Islamic Clerics Arrested For Possession Of Human Parts In Ogun by thundafire: 6:26pm On Oct 08, 2017
Nah dem dem with face as if lion attack dem
CrimeRe: UNILAG Student Rusticated For Twerking To The Statue Of The School Former Vc. by thundafire: 6:24pm On Oct 08, 2017
Take them to court what a nonsense abi dy statue name deity where nobody knoe
Car TalkRe: Ford Gives Saudi Women's Activist Her Dream Car As Car Makers Rush To Advtertise by thundafire: 11:09am On Oct 07, 2017
pinnket:
Nice gesture from Ford Company..




Lemme go and start my own protest too, that Firearms should be legalized in Nigeria for personal use, not just by Fulani herdesmen alone. Who knows what Kalashnikov company might give me undecided undecided
mad fellow
PoliticsRe: Oyo State Set To Have Cctvs On Its Streets by thundafire: 6:02pm On Oct 06, 2017
News or is that news hmm mm mm kai brown zinc Kingdom have come up developed countries don't announce where dey put cctv but we here will announce even tell where it's been installed
SportsRe: .. by thundafire: 5:55pm On Oct 06, 2017
Nigeria always praying for a miracle in all qualifications
CrimeRe: Nigerian Arrested For Kidney Fraud In India by thundafire: 5:48pm On Oct 06, 2017
Ekikor:
It had to be an Igbo man.. Doing all this nonsense with a Nigerian passport..
..
..

Our igbo brothers never miss an opportunity to spoil this country's image or what's left of it
Nigeria name is finished in their name then if dey get Biafra probably 60% will either be killed cause of drugs or imprisoned Biafra will be empty
CrimeRe: Nigerian Arrested For Kidney Fraud In India by thundafire: 5:46pm On Oct 06, 2017
The name always them
PoliticsRe: Supreme Court Judges Meet Buhari by thundafire: 4:21pm On Oct 06, 2017
Firefire:
AGENDA? Not KNOWN!

Imagine the type of leadership in Nigeria in 21st century?


We need Buhary to appear on Channels TV for a one-one talk on the state of the country and its economy. We need him to tell Nigerians his recovery strategy & the roadmap for his remaining days in office before his final retirement to tend to his cows.


We hope there would be a Q&A session for Nigerians to dial-in.

Buhary should please stop all this back door meeeings, its counterproductive. It's adding no value nor improving the life of Nigerians.
he can't go online and he doesn't know how the country is being run
CrimeRe: UNICAL Bursar, Protocol Officer In DSS Custody Over Plan To Kidnap VC Wife by thundafire: 4:19pm On Oct 06, 2017
VC wants his stooges cs either dis bursar not cooperating with him on his recent moves for revalidation of skool work force
PoliticsRe: Health Minister, Isaac Adewole Extends NHIS Secretary’s Suspension Indefinitely by thundafire: 9:42am On Oct 06, 2017
Because he exposed u guys tactics of 'Copy and paste' laws in which where the law was copied the health system works but here is redundant
EducationRe: Oyo To Demolish Dilapidated School Buildings by thundafire: 9:01am On Oct 06, 2017
That's what dey re good at education a mess
PoliticsRe: Patience Jonathan Spotted At A Wedding Recently Looking Beautiful by thundafire: 3:04pm On Oct 05, 2017
Reason y Magu is after her
HealthRe: Monkeypox: 5 Key Facts You Should Know About The Rare Disease by thundafire: 11:38am On Oct 05, 2017
Eating of every wild food is causing it to return but dey wouldn't listen and conserve it

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 (of 222 pages)