Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder and chief of the Worldwide God’s Approach Church, has issued a stern warning to his congregants, urging them to not attend or search prayers from different church buildings.
Throughout a sermon delivered on Sunday, 13 April, Bishop Obinim made it clear that he wouldn’t tolerate any loyal member of his congregation—known as “Abroso” members—visiting different ministries for religious assist. In accordance with him, such actions may end in critical religious repercussions.
I don’t need to see any Abroso member going to a different church for prayers, he declared in a extensively circulated video. “If a customer comes and later leaves, that’s acceptable. But when a loyal member leaves for one more church, there will probably be a religious downside between us. What precisely are you going there to search for?
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He additional burdened the gravity of this “religious downside,” suggesting it may manifest within the type of religious assaults.
If I catch any Abroso member attending one other church, I’ll have a religious difficulty with you. Ask any elder what it means to have a religious downside with somebody. I don’t perceive why you retain going there. Is it for marriage? Monetary assist? Or medical causes?
Bishop Obinim, who’s well-known in Ghana for his claims of performing miracles and his typically controversial non secular declarations, acknowledged that the one acceptable cause for searching for assist outdoors his church was within the case of medical emergencies.
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The sermon has sparked renewed dialogue in regards to the limits of religious authority and spiritual freedom amongst churchgoers in Ghana.
