The Christian Affiliation of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned a viral testimony of a Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries member who claimed “an angel” offered solutions to her throughout an examination.
Within the undated video, the congregant claimed throughout her promotional examination, an previous man appeared to her and gave her solutions to some questions.
“Brethren, no one knew this query. So, all I did was to lift the query paper and declare to it: ‘I’m a Chosen! I’m a selected!! I’m a selected!!! This query, who’re you? The place is the God of my pastor energy?’,” she requested.
“Then, all of a sudden, an previous man appeared by my right-hand aspect in white attire. He informed me, ‘My daughter, start to jot down.’ And I started to jot down.”
According to Punch, Stephen Adegbite, CAN chairman in Lagos, described the testimony as “fabrications”.
Adegbite additionally criticised the church for permitting such testimonies whereas emphasising the significance of verifying claims.
He burdened that not all testimonies are appropriate for public consumption and urged church buildings to scrutinise members’ tales earlier than permitting them to testify.
Adegbite mentioned CAN plans to satisfy on September 28 to deal with the considerations.
“She is entitled to her opinion as she is the proprietor of her mouth. However for anybody to say such, we should confirm that. We should see the individuals within the corridor, they usually should testify towards her that that was by no means the state of affairs,” he mentioned.
“However it ordinarily, that may be a silly speak, and no one ought to settle for that. There are testimonies you don’t permit to be given within the church. And that’s the reason earlier than individuals give their testimonies, it is best to invite them and know what they need to speak about.
“Whether it is one thing that’s good for public consumption, it is best to permit it to go. But when you realize that the story they’re telling can solely be informed to monkeys, it is best to ask the individual to go and face the monkeys and say that, not within the church. So, that kind of testimony must be served to the monkeys and to not human beings.”
Efforts by TheCable Life-style to get Daniel Okon, CAN president, to touch upon the matter have confirmed abortive.
There was rising skepticism surrounding testimonies from the church after social media customers shared previous clips of congregants recounting their miraculous experiences.
In a single video, an aged girl claimed she was attacked by 4 armed robbers however miraculously gained management of their weapons.
Equally, a person testified that he survived a kidnapping, machete assaults, and gunshots “with out sustaining any accidents.”
One other man alleged {that a} lion rescued him from kidnappers by lifting him into the air and guiding him to security.
Dee One, the comic, earlier warned critics to not incur the wrath of Lazarus Muoka, the church’s common overseer.
IK Ogbonna, the actor, additionally known as on the Christian Affiliation of Nigeria (CAN) to sort out the difficulty of “pretend miracles” in church buildings.
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