Woman Giving Testimony Slumps & Dies in the church

According to National Mirror, panic and pandemonium broke out at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Uzere, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State last Sunday, when a woman suddenly slumped and died while giving testimony before a packed congregation. The middle aged school teacher and a mother of three, whose name was given as Angela Ogba, hailed from Ozoro, headquarters of the local council.

According to an eye witness account, the woman was called to the pulpit by the pastor after signifying intention to testify to all present of what God has recently done for her. Some minutes into the testimony, it was noticed that she started gasping for breath as some people in the congregation rushed towards her to lend a helping hand.

But it was too late as she gave up the ghost immediately she slumped on the podium. The suddenness of the death threw many in the church into panic as they were seen wondering why someone who only minutes before was hale and hearty and had come to testify a God's good works would suddenly slump and die.

It would be recalled that late last year; an 80 year old father of Mr. Sam Ogrih, Commissioner, Delta State House of Assembly Service Commission was kidnapped in the same church said to have been built by the commissioner as a place of worship in honour of his father.

When National Mirror contacted the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of the area, CSP Chris Sorgbara said the incident is yet to be reported to his office.

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Pastor Adeboye Blast PROSPERITY Pastors

Worried at the dangerous trend of Pastors putting the love of money first before the reason they were called into Ministry – the work of God – the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of Church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, have condemned the ugly development, describing it as very unethical and unacceptable.

He said those Pastors who engage in such practices are mere businessmen who are using the house of God to achieve their selfish agenda. He urged those in this category to have a rethink and change their ways through prayers.

Below is the respected man of God’s position on the dangerous trend:

“Can you imagine that when some pastors are transferred to a local church in a remote part of the town or city, the first thing that occurs to them is: 'how many rich people will I find there?'

Most church leaders who claim to have the call of God, hardly ever feel called to minister to villagers but to those in the city. This clearly shows that for many, the motivation for ministry is not God but money. They are in business, not that of Christ but of self, using the name of Christ fraudulently. Are you such a leader? This is why we should pray more for our leaders”.

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Muslim Police Chief Shuts Redeemed Church Inside Police College

A Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP in charge of administration at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja Adams Audu has allegedly shut a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG inside the Police College, Ikeja GRA.

•The church that was locked-up by the Police chief

Worshippers who spoke on condition of anonymity told NEWSMEN that three months ago DCP Adams Audu, a Muslim ordered his security detail to lock up all the gates leading to the church christened ‘Solution Centre’ located along Joel Ogunaike Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos.

He did not disclose his reasons for locking the gates to the church but a police officer who did not want his name in print attributed it to security precautions in the light of the Boko Haram threat all over the country.

But worshippers disagree, saying that DCP Audu, a Muslim, might be uncomfortable with the Christians worshipping in the church.

NEWSMEN gathered that many police officers serving in the state command worship in the church on Sundays.

Contacted on phone, pastor of the church, Senior Pastor Ezekiel Ekpinkhio confirmed that the gates leading to the church had been shut, adding that he had written to the state Commissioner of Police over the incident.

“We wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Compol Yakubu Alkali over the matter a month ago, but there has been no response,” he stated.

When NEWSMEN visited DCP Audu in his office to get his reaction on the matter, he sent his aide to tell our reporter that he was too busy to comment on the issue.

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