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Pastor E A Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God preaching at the ongoing 2018 Holy Ghost Congress at the km 46, Lagos-Ibadan expressway camp of the church Photos Lamidi Bamidele

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says the church has over 200,000 pastors in the country.

The revered cleric made this known on Friday during his sermon and anointing service at the monthly Holy Ghost service, with the theme “Shielded by Fire” at The Redemption City of God.

Adeboye, in his preaching, onished the congregation not to mock any individual who backslides, but to take it as a lesson so they do not fall into such temptation.

He stated this while responding to media reports about a former pastor in Ireland who was alleged to have committed atrocities, noting that he’s not ‘justifying the unjustifiable.’

His words: “Do you know the Bible says he who thinks he stands should take heed, lest he falls?

“Even you standing today be careful. I pray you will never fall.”

“You can say ‘but he was ordained as a pastor’. But have you heard about backsliding? Once hot for the Lord and along the line became cold. The Bible even said ‘he that thinketh that he stand…’

“I don’t want to give the impression that I am justifying the unjustifiable. The Lord prayed all night and chose 12 disciples. One of them turned out to be Judas Iscariot. One failure out of 12.

“If you consider the number of pastors in RCCG in Nigeria, alone. Don’t let me tell you the number. But let me tell you mathematically. The number of pastors in Nigeria alone today is more than 200 thousand.

“If we find one here, one there over there, well our Lord Jesus Christ, the one we are following chose 12 but one was the devil.”

Adeboye also lamented the increase in the pump price of fuel and the hike in the electricity tariff, stating that the country’s problem is no longer natural.

“As I was coming out of the prayer room, I heard the government has increased the price of fuel and electricity tariff had increased.

“If the price of fuel increases, it means the cost of transporting the food to the market will increase. It means the food will increase in price.

“I had this feeling that the rate this is happening is no longer natural.

“And then I heard a prophet had prophesied that things would only get better towards the end of 2025,” Adeboye added.

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They should be the highest in the country followed by winners chapel

South korea and Singapore don't have upto 2000 pastors combined , yet God has blessed them so much with human, resource and abundance. Nigeria that has time 100 don't enjoy anything.

Majority of whom are not born again. Don’t bother quoting me.

Everybody wey get small money for that church na pastor.

kettykin:
South korea and Singapore don't have upto 2000 pastors combined , yet God has blessed them so much with human, resource and abundance. Nigeria that has time 100 don't enjoy anything.

Whose fault, the Pastor's or Politicians

200k plus.... enough to change the country for good

Hope they are well catered for in of welfare

So what should we do with this information
We should worship your pastors😏

TouchNfollow:

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Congratulations you charlatan and parasite.
You're proud to proclaim that Nigeria has 200,000 RCCG parasites, I mean pastors.
How many Nigerians are under RCCG scholarships?

Yet there is:
No 24/7 electricity.
No security.
Wickedness multiplying exponentially everyday.
Nigerian youths are fleeing the country to anywhere but Nigeria.
In a certain country where there are few of "pastors", they feed the poor every week on their church premises.
Just come and eat food if you can't afford food.
No evidence these Nigerian churches ever dream of such philanthropy.
I keep saying it that if Jesus were to show up today in one of these Nigerian churches disguised, they would not allow him to preach even once, talk less of making him a "pastor".

That is a lot of money being generated from 200,000 pastors.

And how much tax do these 200,000 tax collectors remit to the federal government?

Really, 0.1% of Nigerians are pastors in RCCG?

Lol 😂

The fact that only RCCG has 200k pastors, if we add other churches plus the , this country is suppose to be free of criminality and corruption but we all know that all of them are frauds and hypocrites.

I no fit ever go back to religion, it has no collective benefit

No be small thing ooh!

200,000 free labourers. If na me, I go get 10 private jet.

Do you know what it means to have groups of free labourers working very hard for your business to succeed without pay and they are very dedicated and happy with the promise that God will bless them?

2special:
Whose fault, the Pastor's or Politicians

. Pastoral call in Nigeria needs prayers

Yet the rate of crime have been increasing.

Who exactly have they been preaching to?

Yea...one of them was Peter OBI polling boot agent at by polling centre at Lugbe Abuja.



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Peter really wanted to take the country back for the church that time

Those who enjoy criticizing the church, you can see the huge number one section of the church employs. What your politicians cannot do.

Entreprenuership!!!!

99.7% of that number are Yorubas, a friend of mine told the nepotism and tribalism going on in that church. That if you are Yoruba you would be allowed to be a pastor,the least you can be is assistant pastor.

Quodseverismete:
99.7% of that number are Yorubas, a friend of mine told the nepotism and tribalism going on in that church. That if you are Yoruba you would be allowed to be a pastor,the least you can be is assistant pastor.

And in your tribe church....How many pastors are not from the same tribe as the senior pastor ....

Go and check and give us the information.

Even Jesus Christ 12 disciples are all men of his tribe....

Check your fact before coming to disgrace yourself on pages of social media ...

kettykin:
South korea and Singapore don't have upto 2000 pastors combined , yet God has blessed them so much with human, resource and abundance. Nigeria that has time 100 don't enjoy anything.

pastors are not engineers.

If they are employees, that helps the govt with tax

How have they helped to build morals of selflessness,contentment,charity,comion,sharing,caring,meekness as Christ ordained?

Yet Nigeria is still backward, dark, undeveloped and largely wicked


Meanwhile Japan, South Korea, China, etc don't have 1/10th the number of these Nigerian pastors combined but they are far ahead and already into the future

They don't wake up every day and wait for God to make things work for them, God gave us brains so that we don't disturb him, but my African brothers and sisters would rather pray to God to make their countries better, then ho ahead and , elect and defend wicked leaders

Churches has contributed immensely to Nigeria economy. May tithes keep flowing in IJN! Halleluuuuuujah!

Where sin abounds, grace much more abounds.

If only Nigerian Christians live like Christ, Nigeria would not be the way it is.

kettykin:
South korea and Singapore don't have upto 2000 pastors combined , yet God has blessed them so much with human, resource and abundance. Nigeria that has time 100 don't enjoy anything.

Being a pastor is a job in Nigeria

This churches remit money to their headquarters or should I say head church every year.

There's a certain amount expected from them yearly and if they fail to meet up, they change the pastor...

Huge source of employment

KennethOkonkwo:
Yea...one of them was Peter OBI polling boot agent at by polling centre at Lugbe Abuja.



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Peter really wanted to take the country back for the church that time

Yoruba Muslim... keep disgracing your linage

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