Day: 7 October 2021

HAVING SEX WITH A BEAST, TREE, OR PIG NOT ABOUT RIGHTS – CHURCH OF PENTECOST BACKS ANTI-LGBTQ+ BILL

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Ghana – Source: GhanaWeb The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has presented a document to Parliament, containing the signatures of 15,000 of its members in support of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill currently before the House. According to him, this is only a fraction of its members who support the move by the legislative body to make it an illegal practice for persons who support the gay community to continue to push their agendas to be regularized. Speaking to GhanaWeb at Parliament House in Accra after they presented to the parliamentarians,…

ALL SAINTS SCHOOL CHAPLAIN HARPS ON NEED TO ADD MORAL VALUES TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM

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Nigeria – Source: Tribune The need to add moral values to the school curriculum was the key message passed by the management and staff of All Saints Church School, Ibadan, during a press conference to kick off a week-long celebration marking the 60th Founders Day celebration, of the school. The management of the school, led by the school, chaplain who is also the minister in charge of the All Saints Church, Jericho, Ibadan, Venerable Oladipo Ajomale, and the head teacher, Mrs. Victoria Olaniyan, stated that in the society today, few…

ALL 3,196,605 MEMBERS OF PENTECOST CHRUCH SUPPORT ANTI-LGBTQ+ BILL – CHAIRMAN

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Ghana – Source: GhanaWeb Chairman of Pentecost Church of Ghana, Apostle Opoku Onyinah has said the flock he leads is fully in support of the anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex, LGBTQ+; bill currently before Parliament. He disclosed this to journalists in Parliament on October 6, 2021; when the Church along with other Christian groups presented memoranda to lawmakers. According to him, members of the church account for 10.38% of the Ghanaian population, which percentage translates to 3,196,605 people, adding that they, en bloc, support the bill to be passed. “The Church…

MEMBERS PAY FINAL RESPECT AS FOURSQUARE CHURCH EX-GENERAL OVERSEER, REV. WILSON BADEJO IS LAID TO REST

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Nigeria – Source: Eagle Online Members of the Foursquare Gospel Church have paid glowing tributes to its former General Overseer, Pastor Wilson Badejo, who died in August. This started at the Evening of Tributes heralding Badejo’s final funeral rites, which was held on Wednesday in Lagos. The worshippers eulogised the late G.O. for his good works and earthly prayers to win more souls for God. The worshippers also said the late preacher’s saintly fragrance would continue to act as bait for more soul winnings after his demise. The News Agency…

LAGOS GOVT PARTNERS NGO TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES

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Nigeria – Source: ThisDay The Lagos State Government has announced its partnership with Freedom Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in order to launch initiatives that is aimed at rehabilitating and empowering communities in Lagos state. The initiatives include Ile Ayo, Ile Alafia, ile Ogo and Ile Ireti. The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu during the God Bless Nigeria Independence day rally themed: ‘Agege No Shaking’, held recently in Lagos revealed that the initiatives would be focused on providing medically assisted detoxification to individuals aged between 17 to 59. He said…

IN ‘THE JESUS MUSIC,’ ERWIN BROTHERS RECOUNT THE GLORY AND MESS OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC

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USA – Source: Washington Post (RNS) — The contemporary Christian music industry survived scandals, pushback from televangelists and the wholesale disruption of the record industry over the past 50 years and kept rolling along. Then last spring, COVID-19 brought it all to a halt. Artists who’d spent decades on the road were suddenly stuck at home, their tour buses unpacked, with no clear indication when they’d be able to get back to playing music in public. For Christian filmmakers Andrew and Jon Erwin, who began their careers making music videos,…

WE’LL CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOU IF YOU DON’T PASS ANTI-LGBTQI BILL – PENTECOST CHURCH TO MPS

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Ghana – Source: Citinewsroom The Church of Pentecost has vowed to campaign vigorously against parliamentarians should they not see to it that the anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Bill is passed into law with immediate effect. The Church believes the Members of Parliament (MPs) owe Ghanaians the moral duty to pass laws in the interest of the majority, hence, the Proper Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill brought before the house must be treated with the urgency it deserves. Speaking on Eyewitness News, General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost,…