The much talked
about Redeemed Church’s
three kilometre-by-three kilometre Arena, still under construction, located on
Simawa Road, some distance from the outgoing one and half kilometre by one
kilometre arena, will be in use for its 63rd annual convention slated to hold
between 3 and 9 August. The
Redeemed Christian Church of God confirmed
the auditorium is expected to host 12 million persons.
Head of Media and Public
Relations, RCCG, Pastor Segun Adegbiji, was reported by therainbowonline.net as
telling journalists at the Redemption Camp that the new arena would host
plenary sessions of a few evenings of the week long programme on an
experimental basis. He was supported during the briefing by several other
ministers of the mission. According to Pastor
Adegbiji adequate arrangements have been put in place to host participants from
the 24 regions of the church spread across 188 countries of the world. He quoted the General
Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as warning unserious persons to
stay away from this year’s convention, which has a theme The All Sufficient God.
The church, according to
the report, also passed a strong message on the vexed question of same sex
marriage, which was recently endorsed by the American Supreme Court.
For the church, there can
be no compromise: it is one man, one wife; any other arrangement is out of the
table.“We don’t support it. There is no where in the Bible where God said
people of the same sex can get married. The stand of the church is very clear
and it states; one man, one wife,” pastor Adegbiji said.
Similarly, the church
clarified its position about Christians in politics, noting that it does not
bar individual members of the church from participating in politics but “we are
not accountable for their performance.
“We pray for those in power
as the Bible has enjoined us to do. That is our stand but we believe that by
the end of this year, Nigerians will have cause to say that all is well.”
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