The leadership crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church in Nigeria has
\nsplit the denomination into two factions, though bearing one name
\n“Assemblies of God.”<\/p>\n
The North-East Zone of the Assemblies of God Church consist of Plateau, Spokesman of the Zone and District Superintendent of Mangu, Plateau Ishaya in company of clergies from the North-East Zone said the “We condemn in strong terms the concocted propaganda peddled around by According to Rev. Ishaya\u00a0 the Press Conference is to correct the purported “We also condemn the lie that Rev. Paul Emeka was sent packing from his Meanwhile, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in The clergy call for out of court settlement on the issues “we are not a The clergy noted with concern that “I’m so worried because I belong to the “The judgement specifically on the 24th February, 2017, which was last He maintained that, “It was a very clear judgement that is taking the “And you know once they said procedures are not done well, they don’t go He revealed further that “what has brought this crisis is the issue of The leadership crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church in Nigeria has split the denomination into two factions, though bearing one name “Assemblies of God.” The North-East Zone of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nGombe, Taraba, Borno, Yola, Bauchi and Yobe on Monday<\/span><\/span> declared it support
\nto the Rev. Professor Paul Emeka’s faction as the General Superintendent
\nof Assemblies of God Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\ncentral Rev.Istifanus Ishaya, in Press Conference in Jos, Plateau state,
\non Monday<\/span><\/span> said the North-East Zone stood with Rev. Paul Emeka beacaue of
\nthe truth and condemned in totality the purported suspension in strongest
\nterms.<\/p>\n
\nsuspension, dismissal and excommunications of Rev. Emeka on 6th March,
\n2014 were nulliffied, canceled, quashed, unlawful and rendered useless by
\nthe supreme court Judges.<\/p>\n
\nfollowers of Rev. Chidi Okoroafor that supreme court has declared
\nRev.chidi Winner in the judgement of February 24 and therefore, he his
\nGeneral Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Nigeria”.<\/p>\n
\npropaganda aimed at inciting hate, bitterness and planting a seed of
\ndiscord in the hearts of both the clergy and the laity as a result of the
\nsupreme court verdict of February, 24th 2017.<\/p>\n
\nofficial resident, its on record based on the judgement of the supreme
\ncourt chidi was never declared as the General Superintendent of Assemblies
\nof God Church Nigeria, and we are calling on Chidi and our brothers to
\ncome to a dialogue table so as to resolve this shameful impasses that have
\nlingered on the fabrics of the church.”<\/p>\n
\ncharge of the 19 Northern State and Abuja, Reverend Yakubu Pam, had last
\nweek in a press conference described the said judgement as “no victor, no
\nvanquish”, urging both parties to sheath their sword and embrace dialogue.<\/p>\n
\ncult, we must belong to the other larger body of the Church; where people
\nmust look into our matter. So I believe that dialogue is the only way
\nforward. Even in the court we may not have the justice that will bring
\npeace, but in dialogue we can be able to have peace among ourselves”, Rev.
\nPam stressed.<\/p>\n
\nAssemblies of God, i’m one of the leaders particularly in this Northern
\npart of the country.<\/p>\n
\nFriday; to me there was no victor, there was no vanquish.<\/p>\n
\nChurch back to where the crisis started, because the judges in the supreme
\ncourt, felt that the sermons that was delivered in the inception of the
\ncase in the High Court, the procedures were not done well.<\/p>\n
\ninto the merits of the matter.”<\/p>\n
\nsuspending the General Superintendent, which the court said it tempered
\nwith his right, which is not good; it illegal, but the would not say
\nsomething on it now, because they are not going into the merits of the
\nmatter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"