THE Founder of Believers Love World, popularly known as Christ Embassy, has described religious leaders yet to reopen their churches, even after the all-clear by the Federal Government, as unbelievers.
Oyakhilome, who spoke while addressing members of his church on Wednesday, noted that pastors in this category had denied the faith and were never believers.
Some General Overseers of churches had informed their church members that activities would not resume yet, even after the Federal Government lifted the ban on religious activities, saying they would continue to monitor events until they considered it safe to resume activities.
The popular ones among the church leaders include Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Citadel Global Community Church; Pastor Sam Adeyemi (Daystar Christian Centre); Pastor Paul Adefarasin (House on the Rock); and Pastor Poju Oyemade (Covenant Christian Centre), among others.
Criticising their decisions to keep their churches shut, Oyakhilome said, “If you refuse to open the church for fear of being infected, you were never a believer. This is a great concern because there were churches that were thought to be churches until recently.
“We find a lot of ministers who were thought to be advocates of the gospel advocating for shutting down the churches because they cannot guarantee safety.”
He added, “It is pressure like this that reveals what is a church and what is not. Do they really believe in God? The same God of the patriarchs in the Bible?
“When you get to that point where you are afraid of opening churches for fear of being infected, you have denied the faith. You never believed.”
