THE REDEEMED CHURCH AND GOD ON PARALLEL PATHS
A proverb in Nigeria says, "When a plantain is spoiling, we say no, it is only ripping well" An unripe plantain is rich and contains several nutrients, and when it begins to ripe, it looses its nutrients and could cause health damages, but then it becomes finer, and sweeter; it becomes more presentable and attractive. The same thing is applicable with RCCG and many churches today. But focus on RCCG and the statement of their GO that he is richer in material and wealth than Bill Gate. The founder of this church, Rev. Akindayomin, a man of holiness and righteousness, God called him and gave him a covenant church.

Then the church was unpopular because of its strict stand on holiness and righteousness. They were called "Gospel church" those who preached holiness and stood for it. They were not after materials stuffs, their sisters dressed godly, all of them were content with little and sharing with all. I would not have joined them because of their standard of holiness since I was not saved then. That was the RCCG I knew when I was in Ilesha, Osun state in 1989 to early 90s.

But today, RCCG is more popular, richer and everywhere, in fact, they are proud of their parishes in every corner of Nigeria and many other countries, they are the fastest and still growing church, beautiful auditoriums everywhere. In Abuja here where I live, RCCG is like the richest church. But where are their godly virtues of old? They have exchanged their spiritual riches for materials and financial riches, they boast of financial riches while they are spiritually miserable. I lived in Redemption camp for full 6 months in 2010, and with what I saw in the dept of RCCG - the corruption, sexual immorality, unfaithfulness, etc. among the core leaders to the least members, I can categorically say this church is spiritually poor. A church where a music director wanted to sleep with a sister choir before permitting her to sing praise and worship at the Holy Ghost night? And God cannot open the eyes of the GO to discern or detect sins among people close to him and rebuke it openly as Apostle Peter did in Acts chapter 5, the GO can only discern blessings and upcoming prosperity?

The Bible standard has gone elsewhere because of crave for population. If you are a member, worker or leader in RCCG, how many messages or books of Rev. Akindayomin do you have or have you read or listen to? Maybe none! RCCG is the only church where materials and works of the immediate past GO is evacuated almost completely. As if the books and messages of their founder who also was the immediate past leader were totally removed. None of his books or messages are promoted or reprinted, at least for every member to have access to the teachings and messages of the founder of their church. This present GO and admins will never do that, you know why? Their lifestyles, prayers and preachings are opposite the messages and standard of Rev. Akindayomin, so they CAN NEVER PROMOTE THE MESSAGES OR BOOKS of Pa Akindayomin in their present spiritual condition. If God should open the eyes of Pa Akindayomin in heaven to see the church he left on earth, he will be weeping now, so also heaven is weeping on RCCG. But you are celebrating RCCG as a successful church, popular and powerful even to Aso villa here in Abuja.

The case of Pa Akindayomin and Pastor Adeboye is like the case of David and Solomon in the Bible. David fought the good fight of Faith, so also did Pa Akindayomin - we know how Pa Akindayomin started and how he ended well. But Solomon did not fighting, rather many buildings, from building Temple of God, to his personal buildings, to several idols, even to Chemosh - incessant building project is one of the signs of backsliding in any church. Solomon had many things, many wives, many riches, etc. just as there are many buildings today in RCCG.

You must be happy of being a member or leader of RCCG, because there is freedom, prosperity and promises and better life. No stress of holiness, no discipline of indecent dress, no restitution, everything is bureaucracy, and as long you can comply with the rules and regulations, you have no limit. But that will lead to where? If you were not in RCCG about 20 years ago, everything I'm saying may be strange to you - that is, if you don't know the RCCG of old, you will not see anything wrong with RCCG of this age, in fact you will be shouting for joy like the new generation of the Jews who did not see the former Temple in Jerusalem, while the elders were weeping for the new Temple. Ezra 3:12

This is not the covenant church God used His servant Rev. Akindayomin to found, this is not the same church I knew in 1990, this is not the church of the Bible. Today, I will find it hard to join RCCG, not because of their high standard of holiness again, but because of their low and poor standard of holiness.

" Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—
and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your unclothedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.Therefore be zealous and repent." Revelation 3:17-19

Religious wailers over to you....

At op, am not a member of RCCG but u have to take caution and be careful of the statement that comes out from ur mouth.

"incessant building project is one of the
signs of backsliding"
Op I concur. These days most churches if not all are so engrossed in building projects and beautifying the "physical buildings"than winning souls and preaching holiness. They are after populations and not winning souls for Christ. I am tired of hearing sermons on just material or physical prosperity. Gone are those days when you go to church and the sermon pricks your heart, you see this world as nothing. May God help his church.

After Lekki 98 - a new RCCG was born.

We are praying for the church in Nigeria and not just RCCG that the Lord will cleanse it of wolfs in sheep clothing - many who of which are "ordained" leaders in the church. All they have is works - " in your name we founded churches, we bought jets, we prayed for a barren woman..." but the Lord will say unto them " I NEVER know you."

The deception of the devil to christian leaders today is that the crowd you pull is a measure of your spiritual standing. And they are fighting one another to pull the biggest crowd. And telling the people what they want to hear is the most potent weapon. That's what most of our churhces have been reduced to now.

The case of RCCG is indeed sad. I fellowship with an RCCG church for 2 years and the conclusion I can draw from their sunday school is this " If you want to get big blessings from God make sure you pay your tithe and give enough money to your pastor." Seriously it is that terrible! Even when the topic is about holiness a reference will be made to "giving". Money to them is a measure of your faith. It is sad. And more sad is this poison they give young believers to drink - who also grow to become pastors/teachers teaching the same vile to others.

Good inspirational write up, op.Majority of the church of nowadays are in the world unlike in the past that we used to say that 'the world is in the church'.delibrately the church has gone astray from her purpose and thi is not only perculiar with the RCCG but all except the few.
The love of world and all in it is at the centre of this mess and I do say that the message of prosperity is the harbinger of that deceit.
I do say that I need nobody to tell me that my God will bless me.

MESSAGE ON PROSPERITY IS FAULTY.

Seun lalasticlala

If this gets to the front page, the OP is in deep shitz

firefox4th:
Good inspirational write up, op.Majority of the church of nowadays are in the world unlike in the past that we used to say that 'the world is in the church'.delibrately the church has gone astray from her purpose and thi is not only perculiar with the RCCG but all except the few.
The love of world and all in it is at the centre of this mess and I do say that the message of prosperity is the harbinger of that deceit.
I do say that I need nobody to tell me that my God will bless me.

MESSAGE ON PROSPERITY IS FAULTY.

The present day message on prosperity is faulty. I learnt Kenneth Haggin before he slept called top World Gospel leaders to correct issues of prosperity message. It has become a tool against the Church. I heard of a Church where a Senior Pastor beheaded a Church auditor just to conceal crime. 2nd thess 2 says a lot about the end time Church. It talks about the man of perdition (Spirit of lawlessness). We should keep praying for an awakening

Nostalgia aint what it used to be