Yesterday, the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
RCCG, ended the days long activities marking the 74th
birthday of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a ceremony which
also coincided with the church’s 30th anniversary.
At the ministers’ conference that preceded the
celebrations, Pastor Adeboye surprised ambitious
ministers who have long been waiting for him to step
down so they can take over when he said “there is no
death in my eyes at all.” The revered pastor then advised
those who are impatient to kindly leave the church.
Some ministers had campaigned that he resign when he
turned 70, Vanguard reports, adding that his food was
once poisoned for this and a minister even used juju on
the famous General Overseer. But at 74, Adeboye says
he is not stepping down anytime soon.
“Anybody who wants to go in anger in future,
is hereby advised to leave now because you
may not like the one who would succeed me
and if you wait till then to leave, it may
adversely affect your destiny then,” Pastor
Adeboye told the ministers.
On claims by some ministers that it was the church’s
constitution for ministers to step down once they turn
70, the church denied this.
In his statement to the press, the Special Assistant to
the General Overseer on Administration and Personnel,
Pastor Johnson Odesola, said the critics were ignorant
of the constitution.
“Whereas the constitution provided that the
deputy and assistant general overseers are
appointed to retire at 70 and enjoy their
retirement benefits for life, there is no such
provision for the general overseer,” Pastor
Odesola said. “People have papers but they
don’t read them. We have a compendium
about the day to day running of the church
but people just don’t read. The people who
are agitating for the G.O.’s retirement
because he is over 70 years are ignorant and
the Bible says you don’t become foolish.”
Source: Vanguard
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