Govt can’t dictate for church when to close programme – Pastor Giwa

Pastor Adewale Giwa of Awaiting the Second Coming of Christ Ministry, has challenged the religion to aftermath up from its slumber earlier the devil takes over.

Giwa made the remark portion lamenting that a authorities that lacks the fearfulness of God is dictating to the religion erstwhile to adjacent its programme.

His remark came aft the Commissioner of Police successful Ondo State advised spiritual centres to suspend nighttime worship owed to the incessant information challenges successful the state.

The constabulary brag successful the authorities anchored his telephone connected the caller abduction of six worshippers astatine a Celestial religion successful the Uso community, Owo Local Government Area of the state.

Pastor Giwa, portion addressing his members successful Akure, said: “Once you are filled with the beatified tone fearfulness disappears; contiguous a authorities that does not fearfulness God volition dictate to the religion what clip to adjacent programme and the religion would foolishly hold to it.

“Where is the Holy Spirit that rested upon Daniel to proceed to commune to God, adjacent erstwhile King Darius signed a decree prohibiting prayer?

“Where is the Holy Spirit that rested upon Peter and John contiguous successful the church?

“The Jewish council, different known arsenic sanhedrin had instructed them not to proclaim the gospel, but they w...