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Church has lost sense of focus - Oyedepo
By Vision Reporter
RENOWNED Nigerian Bishop David Oyedepo has said that the wrangles among Pentecostal pastors in Uganda should stop.
Oyedepo, who is the founder of Winners Chapel, is in the country for a three-day conference at Hotel Africana.
He said that Christianity would disintegrate if religious leaders did not stop bickering.
“The Church has lost her sense of stewardship and the role of transforming society. It has started disintegrating,” Oyedepo said, urging pastors to get back to the Bible truth instead of fighting one another.
Quoting the Bible which says that Christians are the light of the world, Oyedepo said: “Anytime the Church stops shining, darkness will cover the earth.”
For a decade, disputes have engulfed Born-again Christian churches, with pastors accusing one another of dishonesty and ungodliness.
Today, prominent international evangelist Robert Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral is struggling to uphold his reputation as fellow pastors, led by Solomon Male, accuse him of misconduct.
Amid applause from thousands of believers who thronged the conference on Thursday evening, Oyedepo said it was not biblical to defame a servant of God.
He said no Born-again believer should claim seniority in Christianity, but all of them ought to progress towards what God wants the Church to attain.
Published on: Saturday, 16th May, 2009
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