Professor Dapo Asaju, former Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University and keynote speaker at the launch of the biography of the General Overseer of Deeper Life Church, Pastor W.F Kumuyi, titled, “W.F Kumuyi: Defender of the faith”, has challenged Pastor Kumuyi and his counterpart, Pastor A.E Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, to speak out on the debilitating insecurity and myriads of other problems strangling Nigeria before the situation becomes irredeemable.
Copiously citing as examples, great men of God like Elijah, Samuel, Amos, Prophet Nathan and others in the bible who were not content to preach God’s word only while their countries burnt, Prof Asaju spoke directly to Kumuyi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who sat there in the hall at the Eko Hotels & Suites, venue of the book launch last Friday, September 17, 2021. He said: “I am challenging Pastor Dr. W.F Kumuyi and Pastor E.A Adeboye. These two men lead the largest congregation, and they are standing today because of integrity, discipline and holiness, not because of prosperity gospel. These are the two people today who have the strongest voices. I am calling upon them to please unite with other people; bring in everybody under CAN, PFN and let us address the Nigerian Question.
“Baba Kumuyi is 80 already. Baba Adeboye is 79 going to 80. God will give them long life. But at the appointed time, the Lord God will ask them to rest and retire. Where are the Kumuyis and the Adeboyes of tomorrow? Question of succession. That is what Baba needs to build up right now.”
Prof Asaju continued: “Church leaders are mandated to be watchmen over society by blowing their trumpets when problems are happening. It is not enough for us to keep quiet and pastor our churches and have large congregations. When crisis come, everybody will be a victim. All ministers of God must speak out now. As things are going upside down in Nigeria, you are comfortable here, but people are not comfortable in Benue, Southern Kaduna, etc. All our church leaders must speak out. I looking forward to Baba addressing a World Press Conference, with Baba Adeboye seated beside him. Let them call people and say, “Enough is Enough!”. They need to lead other people to convene a high-powered meeting with the President.
“The Vice President (Prof. Yemi Osinbajo) is here representing the highest authority in this country. The Federal Government is therefore here. Only Baba Kumuyi and Baba Adeboye will have the capacity to bring the Federal Government to attend the biography launch like this. Let Baba and all other leaders and primates and prelates of the church sit down with the government of this country and say, let us sit down at the roundtable and let us guide you as prophets and let us get out of this problem.”
The erudite and courageous professor further said: “There is a quagmire. People are hopeless, people cannot travel, people live in fear, people are losing faith in God, people are going to other religions. This must not be. Baba, you need to do this for us as a watchman over the society. You need to meet with them. You need to call for a meeting of the former heads of state of this country; call the former judges and let everyone sit down in the legislative arms and let us look at this country and solve the problem. We don’t know the answer, but God will reveal the answer to you, Baba, in the name of Jesus. If Baba Kumuyi says, “let everybody come, I want to meet with you,” they will listen to you sir. Your voice is what we are looking for. And God will help you to be that voice in Jesus’ name. Brethren, the Church must be the light. We must not do what others do. We must have integrity wherever we are. We are all agents of God.”
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