A former pastor has exposed variety of things he experienced during his years as a pastor and why he decided to distance himself and his family from religion.
Al Akhigbe said he was "a pastor for quite 15 years". He said he had to go away because the church was "so blatant within the perpetration of evil" and it "was discomforting to him".
He said that inspite of the priviledges and money that came with being a pastor, he left because "as important as money is, it's never really defined his life."
He said that while he was in church, he noticed tons of evil happening which the church leaders tried to justify it. He went on to ask the 'daddy GO' as "G-hoe".
He wrote: "As I grew in pastoral ranks, I discovered, to my amazement, that God was just a facade. Everything we did, we did for the G-hoe. the other thing, we did for greed. And my bible condemns this stuff ."
He went on to mention that the church is simply a business and most of the people who claim they were " called" are just peple who called themselves.
He wrote:
I made up my mind an extended time ago, to distance myself and my family from religion. Moreso, religious leaders like pastors. i do not care what anyone thinks. it is a choice I even have made.
i do not hate anyone. But, i do not accord that ecclesiastical air to anyone. Because, most of them, if not all, are fake. i used to be myself a pastor for quite 15 years. So, I know. I even have my ordination certificate, several awards for meritorious services, made impact both locally and internationally.
But, I saw the deceit, shenanigan, jujuism, scam, abuse, etc and was turned off. I became a lone voice within the wilderness crying against them. Probably, that was the rationale they decided to eliminate me.
Agreed, no human or association or group is ideal . But, to be so blatant within the perpetration of evil was discomforting to me. I didn't care about the privileges. As important as money is, it's never really defined my life. Maybe I'm weird, i do not know.
i used to be within the world and knew the way to do tons of bad things. How could I be within the church as a Christian and that we were perfecting the act of doing even worse evil?
once I believe something, i think with my spirit, soul and body. My zeal for the items of God (as i assumed they were), made me grow and have become a church leader. As I grew in pastoral ranks, I discovered, to my amazement, that God was just a facade. Everything we did, we did for the G-hoe. the other thing, we did for greed. And my bible condemns this stuff .
You needed to possess known me once I was in church. This post is public and anyone that knew me can come and dispute it if I'm lying. i used to be always fighting what was against the people. Sometimes, during meetings, I'll argue with the top pastor, using scriptures. which i are going to be told that revelation was progressive and that God talked on to the person with the vision. Meaning: the bible doesn't have this information about this direction of the church.
I'll have a number of my colleagues sent to undertake and counsel me. My question was always, how can we are saying we're children of God and be engaging in acts that were worse than those of the unbelievers? They'll tell me that there are different levels of grace.
If I tell people i ended pastoring, they'll be like, "how is that possible? Were you not called before?"
Called? People actually believe that nonsense ''call'' thing? Smh.
catch on into your head now, church may be a business. even as people thought and decided to settle on fashion as their line of business, so also people decided to travel into church as their line of business. it is the most lucrative business in Nigeria after politics.
They'll start it and tell you God called them. it is a LIE. They called themselves or their pastors that called themselves, selected them to assist spread their tentacles.
That's why I laugh when people say, a church features a board. which type of board may be a board that's selected by the pastor and CEO to act on his behalf and as a semblance of public organisation? does one people reason at all?
Someone wakes up at some point and tells you, God called him. You believed. Busola wakes up at some point and decided to narrate the story of how a pastor raped her, you refused to believe. You're posing for the evidence. Which evidence did your pastor offer you that made you think God called him?
the large bible that he carries?
Anybody can purchase an enormous bible.
Quite frankly, it is a feat to be ready to pull out of a church congregation. It's even a greater feat to resign from a pastoral profession.
it isn't easy isolating from folks that became family and friends. But, I had to try to to it for my conscience sake.
i could not stand the systematic impoverishment of individuals anymore.
i could not bear to ascertain the perpetuation of falsehood.
i could not bear to ascertain women abused.
i could not bear to ascertain dirty politics...dirtier than that of APC and PDP put together.
I resigned and pulled out. And since then, about 5 years ago, I've never been more asleep with myself. I hope to require out time to write down a book on this very soon. it'll be a biography. Names of individuals , places and events are going to be mentioned.
I had wanted Pastor Anita to write down it herself. Let the planet hear her own side of the story. But, i assume they succeeded in gagging her with legal technicalities and she or he won't be ready to .
Well, she isn't me. There ain't no stopping me if I set my mind to try to to something. i do not mind stepping on and hurting toes.
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