The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A Adeboye, has pleaded with youths in his church to desist from uploading his message to them on the social media, and spare him the torrents of backlash such upload can attract from millions of social media users, he equally begged not to be quoted whenever he gives word of admonition.
This is coming after the man of God was widely upbraided over his counsel to young men and women concerning marital life.
You will recall that some months ago, in a video, Pastor Adeboye warned women where he advised the women folk at the meeting that , “Don’t marry a man who has no job. Before God gave Adam Eve, he gave him a job.”
He further said in the video that, ‘This is the garden, keep it.’ So when anybody comes to you and say, ‘Sister, thus saith the Lord, you are going to be the star in my firmament,’ ask him — ‘What is
your job?'”
In another video, he advised men, “Marry a prayer
warrior! Don’t marry any girl who cannot pray for one hour non-stop. Don’t marry a girl who is lazy! If she is lazy when she is single, what will happen if she is married?
Following this message, many social media users had
criticised him, with the likes of the daughter of Victor Omololu Olunloyo (a
former governor of Oyo State), Kemi Olunloyo, whose public criticism of people knows no bounds leading the pack, and hereby calling him a lunatic for his alleged unwise advice.
Among others who also gave their opinion about the video, was a former Nigerian Prophet and Evangelist
Minister at Windows of Heaven Revival Outreach,
London, United Kingdom, Folayan Osekita who faulted Adeboye’s warnings, saying people have their different stories when it comes to marriage.
But months after criticisms had trailed the video and some other messages of he’s, Daddy G.O, as
Adeboye is fondly called, has begged youths of the
church to stop uploading his videos or quoting him on social media.
Speaking during the church’s youth program plenary
session themed ‘vessels unto honour’ some days ago, the popular pastor pleaded with the participants to spare him the problem of social media by not uploading the program’s video on YouTube.
He said, “Spare me the problem.
“I’m not talking to you so that you can put me on
YouTube,” the pastor pleaded.