Editor’s note: The news of the appointment of
Pastor Joseph Obayemi as the national
overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God was greeted with surprise until
clarification that he remained the general
overseer of the church.
In this opinion by Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, he
compared the situation to what happened in
Gambia where President Yahya Jammeh
conceded defeat to Adama Barrow of Gambia
in the presidential election only to rescind his
decision later.
The Adeboye/Jammeh saga
The emerging trends of events in The
Redeemed Christian Church of God in the
past 24 hours, is beginning to give cause for
serious concern.
Opinion: Pastor Adeboye must not behave like
Jammeh of Gambia
Very recently, election hold in The
Gambia and the opposition was declared the
winner. The incumbent President called to
congratulate the winner and conceded
defeat. But before the President-elect could
be sworn in, President Jamel recanted and
has now thrown the West African nation into
crisis.
On Saturday, January 7, 2017, Pastor Enoch
Adeboye, told all ministers gathered at the
Annual Ministers Conference, that the
Church now has a new General Overseer, but
before the end of the day, information
emerged that Pastor Adeboye had only
stepped down as General Overseer for
Nigeria and would still continue to function
as General Overseer of RCCG Worldwide.
When it was pointed out that the
Constitution of RCCG does not recognize that
title, then we were informed that Pastor
Adeboye will now be known as Global
Missioner and Spiritual Leader of the Church.
When the illegality of that title was revealed,
then we have now been told that Pastor
Adeboye will now retain his title as General
Overseer, while Pastor Obayemi is National
Overseer.
What the constitution says
I have taken the pains to check the
Constitution of the church and I can see
signs of some confusion brewing, if not
carefully handled.
In all my time that I've known Pastor
Adeboye, integrity has been his watchword
and the trends emerging from the
inconsistent pronouncements from the
church since yesterday, do not support the
personality of our dear Daddy GO, and he
himself has to act quickly to douse the
tension being generated.
From a church of just about 40 parishes in
1981 when Pastor Adeboye took over as
General Overseer, the RCCG is now present in
about 192 countries all over the world. RCCG
has become one of the most influential
churches worldwide and we cannot afford to
give the impression that Daddy GO is
unwilling to retire or hand over to somebody
else. That is certainly not the Pastor Adeboye
that we all know.
In his succession plan, Pastor Adeboye has
done what no pastor has done before and he
should follow it through and mentor the
people that God has led him to chose as his
successors.
We his followers are pained with the
development but as things are now, there is
little we can do about it.
The Codes of the Financial Reporting Council
are not new. They were implemented
seamlessly for Banks when their Managing
Directors who had been in office for ten
years were asked to hand over. This has now
been extended to non-profit organizations
like churches and there is nothing strange
about this.
These codes were contested at the Federal
High Court and the court decided against us.
They are meant to achieve transparency in
these organizations.
I therefore humbly appeal to Daddy GO to
follow through his plan and avoid the
temptations of The Gambia.
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