Still on the Nigerian Pastors and Jet Issue, the National Vice President of the
Pentecostal Fellowship Nigeria (PFN), Southwest, Bishop Olu Oke, has reacted by blasting the critics of Nigerian Pastors.
| Bishop Oke and Wife |
According to him, “what these critics have seen
would be nothing compared to the many more jets that would be procured in the
nearest future.They have seen a few jets. They ain’t seen
nothing yet! More of us will yet buy and maintain our jets because, by the
mercy of God, we have been given the wisdom to do so.”
“And we are willing to teach the nation, if
they will listen to us, rather than throw stones.
“More Pentecostal jets are on the way, and we
owe no apology about that.
“Come along with us, and you too will soon
become a solution, a job provider, a pioneer, and no more a part of our
national rot, corruption and inefficiency,” the Bishop told critics via an article on a National Daily.
He recalled that while the Pentecostalism was
just growing in the country, people called them various derogatory names
including ‘poor church rats,’ and ‘mushroom churches,’ but these same people
have taken to criticising the pastors now that they are reaping from their
labour.
“They (the jets) are just tools to do the
work that God has given us in a more effective manner.
“How can Enoch Adeboye who has churches in
over 160 nations of the earth cope with his pastoral and apostolic
responsibilities without some private jets! He does not need just one. He needs some!”
“How can an Ayo Oritsejafor, who has to
minister around the globe, pastor a very large congregation in Warri, and still
attend to critical national matters in Abuja cope if he has to keep waiting at
the airports, in a system where nothing is predictable?
“Our critics should please note that more of
us are following the trail of the likes of Adeboye, whose wealth and affluence
has never stopped him from being a true shepherd of the poor and downtrodden,
in true humility, simplicity and godly sincerity, a shinning example of true
Pentecostalism and charismatic wisdom.”
“Our critics do not understand the way of
God, that when someone sows, he or she must reap; that those who sow in tears
shall reap with joy,” he said, adding that he was sure their critics
would have denied them the joy of reaping from their labour if such critics had
the powers.
