{"id":55383,"date":"2017-01-10T04:40:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T03:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55383"},"modified":"2017-01-10T06:42:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T05:42:38","slug":"stop-meddling-church-affairs-adeboye-tells-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/stop-meddling-church-affairs-adeboye-tells-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop meddling in church affairs, Adeboye tells Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned the Federal Government to stop meddling in church matters.<\/div>\n<p>Speaking at the 2017 Ministers\u2019 Annual Thanksgiving, on Saturday, at the Redemption Camp, Kilometre 46, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mowe, Ogun State, Adeboye expressed worries over deliberate anti-Christian laws being churned out by the Federal Government to interfere in church affairs.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government has been showing increasing interest in church affairs. Unfortunately, for us in RCCG, it might not be very helpful,\u201d Adeboye said.<\/p>\n<p>He further accused the government of not allowing the church (RCCG) to continue with its stipulated lifetime 100 per cent salaries to its pensioners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, when I decided on what will be the pension of our pastors, what I decided is not done anywhere in the world. That somebody will retire and continue to earn full salaries all his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, I started, but government stepped in and made a law that we should be contributing to pension fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to obey and we started doing that. The result is that pastors don\u2019t get as much as they were getting under our own previous arrangement. But, what can we do? We have to obey the law,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, Adeboye disclosed that other fresh laws had been enacted by the government to ruffle the feathers of the church in the country, with a particularly targeted at the RCCG.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cNow there are fresh laws. We have a rough idea of what the law is about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people believe that RCCG is becoming too influential and we\u2019re going to be more influential. When you get home, tell members to join a political party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin a party and become a card-carrying member of any party. Just join any party. We shall decide issues right from the ward level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are not active at ward level, you\u2019ll do what they plan and say at the top. Enrol in any party of your choice and have a card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen holding meetings at ward level to choose delegates, be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Muslim in Ibadan said years ago that he didn\u2019t know what\u2019s wrong with Christians; that we help them to occupy political positions and refused to capitalise on our population. That\u2019s going to change from now,\u201d Adeboye stated.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned the Federal Government to stop meddling in church matters. 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