Pastors yet to reopen churches were never believers -Oyakhilome

President of the LoveWorld Incorporated ,
aka Christ Embassy , Pastor Chris
Oyakhilome, says pastors who are yet to
reopen their churches for physical services
after the lockdown occasioned by the
coronavirus pandemic were never
believers .

The Federal Government had , in March ,
ordered the closure of all public places ,
including worship centres across the
country, as part of measures to curb the
spread of the virus.

The Presidential Task Force on COVID- 19
later allowed the reopening of worship
centres in June , but some states in the
South- West region , among others , did not
permit the reopening of churches and
mosques till August.

However , some pastors have announced
that their churches won’t reopen because
it is still not safe to do so .

“ This is a great concern because there
were churches that were thought to be
churches until recently ,” Oyakhilome said
in a sermon this week titled , ‘Your
LoveWorld Specials – Season 2 Phase 4
Day 1 ’.

In the message aired via social media , the
cleric added , “ We find a lot of ministers
who were thought to be advocates of the
gospel advocating for shutting down the
churches . It is pressure like this that
reveals what is a church and what is not .
Do they really believe in God , the same
God of the patriarchs in the Bible?

“ I have laid hands on some of the most
infectious people on earth and had no
fear of being infected. The word of God
guarantees life in Christ . When you get to
that point where you are afraid of
opening churches for fear of being
infected , you Haven denied the faith . You
never believed.

“ You could be a preacher, but your fear
and unbelief have put you in bondage . If
Jesus is real and you have Him inside you,
shouldn ’t you be a healer of diseases?
Should you be afraid ?

“ The Bible says, ‘If they shall drink any
deadly thing , it shall not hurt them’. Don ’t
you believe that? Do you question the
validity of the words of Jesus?”

Oyakhilome also advised governments all
over the world to verify information from
global organisations amid the pandemic.