Following the recent resignation of one of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Trinity Towers’ Senior pastors, Idowu Iluyomade, a church member, Funsho Olufemi, who resides in Lagos has expressed his displeasure towards the development.
Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Olufemi noted that the Iluyomades have done so much to build the church of God and to strengthen Christianity in Nigeria, hence they should be reconsidered.
He, however, cautioned the church to desist from politicking which he assumed forced Iluyomade out of RCCG. …CONTINUE READING
He stated, “I wish to make it crystal clear that this use and dump system did not start today. What happened to the Iluyomades is a culture in RCCG. The RCCG has long been rewarding its good and diligent members with frustration and punishment. Those who helped the church to grow are cast away like worthless orange peels.”
He buttressed, “I will give some indisputable examples among many. The first is the case of Pastor Tony Rapu, who pastor This Present House presently.
However, further checks, however, revealed that Pastor Tunde Bakare (now of the Citadel Global Community Church) pioneered the model Parish of the RCCG in 1988, before Pastor Rapu was seconded to assist him.
“But what happened? Once RCCG gained ground and became popular and influential, the church leadership went after him. They sent Pastor Rapu away to London to start a new parish. It was a calculated ploy to cut his soaring popularity. And from there, they tactically brought him back to Nigeria, left him without a parish, and finally forced him out of RCCG.”
The RCCG member remarked that past pastors had gone through the phase the Iloyomades are currently experiencing.
He noted, “I heard that Pastor Rapu’s successor Pastor Agu Irukwu is facing the same fate today. He is the son of the late insurance mogul, Prof. Joe Irukwu. Pastor Agu as he is popularly known, built Redeemed church into the second biggest and most influential church in London, so big that the current King of England, King Charles III worships there occasionally and even celebrated his birthday at the church. But how was Pastor Irukwu rewarded?
“He was allegedly forced to step aside last year and a young Pastor of Yoruba extraction was used to replace him. This made some members to start saying that it was because both Pastors, Rapu and Agu were Igbos and that Redeemed church under Pastor Adeboye is Yoruba in heart and mind.
“But if you perceived tribal sentiment in their ouster, what about Pastor Ituah Ighodalo? He is practically Yoruba even though hd hail from Edo state.
“Though, his mum is Yoruba and some say she was even related to the G.O. Once Ituah, a most likable Pastor turned Christ Church parish of RCCG at Gbagada into a celebrity and youthful parish, the RCCG hawks from the Camp came after him, as the Governing Council, doing a hatchet job, said he was divorced and so should not head a parish.”
Olufemi further stated, “Idowu Iluyomade whose leadership of City of David has made RCCG a truly global church, especially because of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) which cuts across many countries.
“How can a Pastor build a structure like Trinity Towers, RCCG’s best building in the world and the best way to appreciate his effort is to force him out of the church in a deceitful manner that seeks to humiliate him and his wife? With a lame reason that his wife had a birthday party after the death of a member of the church, although very sad, as an excuse to force them out.”
He queried, “Where is God in all these acts of man’s inhumanity to his fellow man? Why is RCCG looking so political, so devoid of soul and human feeling?”
He added, ”It is true that Herbert Wigwe’s death was tragic and painful. But nobody talks about the fact that the same Pastor Iluyomade-led COD held two special services in his honour, two services fully dedicated to the memory of Wigwe.
“Pastor Iluyomade and his wife wept endlessly over his passing. But all that we read was about how the late banker donated so much money to the ‘ungrateful church’
“The hard truth that must be told here is that Wigwe indeed raised a significant sum with his friends during fundraising for the Trinity Towers which he chaired.
“Now that they have taken over Trinity Towers, can they now leave the man and his wife at peace while they celebrate their unkind and temporal victory?
“Hence, the discontent in the church presently is sizzling. It is easy to see.
“The disillusionment in RCCG in general is worsening. People who love Pastor ID and his wife, other Pastors who have been oppressed and suppressed and their voices silent, are bracing up to challenge this cruel determination to humiliate Pastor Idowu Iluyomade and his wife, Pastor Siju Iluyomade because they see it as an opportunity to speak out. And there are many of them,” Olufemi averred.
This is just the opinion of the writer. How has transfer of a pastor from one parish to another be tagged victimisation. Many pastor8who use the name of the church to get members see all this as their achievement and hence tuned the parish to their personal church. No church will accept this type of action.
This commentator is hatch man for heaters of rccg. How on earth can you have a courage to host an elaborate birthday bash with an almost entire of your family in the morgue? What kind of celebration? The Church is a family so when a member is bereaved the entire Church ought to show concern. They have no body to blame but themselves.
I expected the pastor to faith in his God and proceed to the church were he transferred and proceed with the grace the Lord,he shouldn’t have resigned from the church as it is now people felt he left because of certain benefits he was getting from the church church, we are all building for someperons as far as we are serving under their supervision.
Nothing last forever. The seemingly hegemony of RCCG will not last forever. RCCG and other pentecostal churches are the reason why the church has become so cheap and so business mi ded. In small village where I live here in Itamarun Ibeju-lekki Lagos State Nigeria, we have four RCCG churches here alone. I keep asking myself do we need more churches in Nigeria or more factories? RCCG and other pentecostal have made every Dick and Harry pastors . No thanks to joblessness in our country. They hire them as missionaries,boay token to them and allow them to fetch for themselves while expanding the RCCG at the same time. In Christiandome today everyone is a pastor. God will help us o. I am sure this beloved Pat Iluyomades now ,just like Pst. Tony Raphu & Tunde Bakare will soon open a brand of his own. My the Lord help His church.
humans contesting God’s glory😮
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He should learn to take instructions. Without that, he cannot be in the fold. He was asked to suspend the wife’s birthday celebration at the time but he refused. Then he was transferred but he chose to resign. He cannot be acting outside the church. When you think that the church no longer matters and you start growing wings, they will let you know that you did not appoint yourself to the position.
Straight to the point
My concern is that why has the G.O Adeboye refused to retire, he should step down.
He has successfully erased the name of the founder from the church, not even an auditorium in the many higher institutions established by the church is named after the founder.
The founder is from Ondo town, nothing to immortalize his name, most institutions established by the church are situations in the town of Pastor Adeboye and his wife, his children are feeding fat on the Church.
The church is even constructing roads in the GO’s local government.
Pastor ldowu iluyomade is still a bona-fide member of RCCG. He worships at the Throne of Grace, Ebute Metta. Lagos. That is the National Headquarters of RCCG.
I am a member of the Church, I just fell it is time to correct this wrong reportage by the bloggers and social media misinformation carriers.
Pastor ID Iluyomade sits very close to me at RCCG THRONE OF GRACE, EBUTE METTA-NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS PERIOD. I think these busy bodies should look for something else to write about and leave Pastor iluyomade and his wife Pastor Siju alone.
I know some people might write something contrary to what l have written. If you are curious and want to verify what l have written above, RCCG Headquarters is at N0. 1-8 Redemption way Ebute Metta(East) Lagos. God bless THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD.
This commentator is hatch man for heaters of rccg. How on earth can you have a courage to host an elaborate birthday bash with an almost entire of your family in the morgue? What kind of celebration? The Church is a family so when a member is bereaved the entire Church ought to show concern. They have no body to blame but themselves.
Do you even understand what you’re saying ? From old testament to new testament, have you ever seen any Man of God that retired from the work of God ?