“Be Made Church Shepherd”: Celestial Church Founder’s Son Disrupts Service Over N5m Donation

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Ketu, Lagos state - The son of the founder of Celestial Church of Christ, Acts of Apostle Parish, Ketu, Alapere, Lagos, Muyiwa Oluponna, disrupted service over N5 million donation.

It was gathered that Oluponna stormed the church and allegedly seized the microphone from the acting shepherd, Adetayo Adetola, in an attempt to install himself as the new shepherd of the church.

As reported by The Punch, Oluponna claimed to have the right to deliver sermons every second Sunday of the month.

The development forced the church to shut down for 40 days.

Narrating how the unfortunate incident occurred, Adetola said:

“Immediately he collected the microphone, he said the N5m given to the church by the headquarters for renovation does not belong to the church but to the family of Oluponna who founded the church.

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“He also demanded that money be given to the family, insisting that the church belongs to the family and not the community or the CCC authorities.

“He also demanded that he be made the church shepherd and be allowed to give sermons every second Sunday of the month. We all kept quiet until he finished.”

Celestial church leader condemns Portable, Pasuma's invitation

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Celestial Church leader, Olatosho Oshoffa, condemned the invitation of Portable and Pasuma to Praise Night in one of the church branches.

Oshoffa said he has spoken with the pastor in charge of the parish and he promised to make amend.

According to Oshoffa, the parish pastor said Portable and Pasuma would no longer feature at the Praise Night service.

Source: Legit.ng