Cleric Cautions Christian Leaders On Utterances Against Leaders

The laminitis of Jesus Cares Crusader Ministries International (JCCMI), Bishop Joseph Ademola Afolabi, has cautioned Christian leaders crossed Nigeria against utilizing their ‘anointed tongues’ recklessly to talk negatively astir the nation’s leadership.

He emphasised that careless words could destruct and adjacent termination a nation.

Bishop Afolabi made the remarks connected Thursday portion declaring unfastened the Kaduna Global Leadership Conference 2025, stressing the powerfulness of words successful the hands of Christian leaders and urging them to usage this powerfulness positively for the betterment of the country.

The bishop’s ministry is collaborating with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to big the three-day enactment league successful Kaduna.

Addressing participants astatine the programme, Bishop Afolabi said, “You and I indispensable judge work for what Nigeria has go today. Our words tin kill! They tin destroy! As leaders, we should halt speaking antagonistic things astir our federation and amended our members to bash the same. Our words clasp the powerfulness of beingness and death, arsenic stated successful Proverbs 18:21 — ‘Death and beingness are successful the powerfulness of the tongue: and they that emotion it shall devour the effect thereof.’”

He further urged Christian leaders to usage their words to reconstruct the federation alternatively than propulsion it down, calling connected them to discourage stigmatisation and humiliation of the federation connected societal media.

“Let america pray, spot successful God and look guardant to the restoration of our nation,” helium said.
Bishop Afolabi stressed the value of maintaining imaginativeness arsenic a leader, explaining that “vision is the person of each leader, helping them to support absorption and enactment the course.” He warned that followers go susceptible to the force erstwhile leaders suffer focus.

On theological matters, the bishop advised leaders to beryllium cautious of erroneous assumptions, particularly successful these challenging times.

“Our absorption should beryllium connected eternal truths alternatively than temporal matters. Sometimes, we clasp onto incorrect views owed to a constricted knowing of God’s sovereignty.

When we marque mistakes, we should admit them,” helium stated.

Quoting a celebrated saying, Bishop Afolabi noted that, “The idiosyncratic who ne'er makes a mistake ne'er makes anything. The lone existent mistake is the 1 from which we larn nothing.” He urged participants to re-examine their positions alternatively of arguing erstwhile challenged, pointing retired that galore person shifted absorption from eternal truths to earthly concerns.

He highlighted the request to realign priorities during the league and urged attendees to halt equating occurrence solely with money. “Without sacrifice, nary 1 tin marque it to the end,” helium added.

The bishop besides advised Christians to prosecute advancement and debar relation with sinners and politicians bent connected destroying the nation. “Great men and women of God, what is our corporate imaginativeness for Nigeria? Are you playing your relation to rebuild the federation for our children’s future, oregon you are siding with sinners and politicians to destruct it done incorrect perceptions, ideology, and theology?” helium querieed.

Bishop Afolabi condemned alleged quality rights activists who disparage Nigeria’s leaders, describing them arsenic enemies of the federation misleading the youth.

In his closing address, Bishop Afolabi urged patience and attentiveness among religion members, noting that leaders themselves thin to beryllium impatient during programmes.

It would beryllium recalled that Bishop Afolabi was successful Kaduna past September for a akin programme.