Bishop Emiaso says the church is sick, needs divine healing

By Owho Warri

The presiding bishop and head of mission, Gospel Church of Christ (GCC) worldwide, Bishop Eric Emiaso has charged Christians to be Christlike and resist every form of evil in the face of many challenges that has characterizes the nation, especially as the country is going through many turbulent times, rather, Christians should continue to pray and have absolute faith in God and in His word.
Bishop Emiaso stated this during the annual convention of the 51 years old church and one year anniversary of his inauguration as the presiding bishop, held at the headquarters in Lagos.

He urged Christians to be practical and responsible with obedience to the word of God through the Holy Spirit, as the only key to experience desired flourishing in Christ. He emphasized that flourishing in Christ is a divine provisional need to live a successful life and it is encompassing, covering every area of life.
While lamenting on the lives and destinies that are stagnant that are not flourishing as they should, due to many factors, especially disobedient and rebellion to the word of God, he challenged Christians to anchor their lives and services on the word of God and not social activities that has no impact on their spiritual growth and development.

Bishop Emiaso, whose goal is to win more souls, for Christ, had encouraged women development in the church and decry recent developments, where some pastors are reportedly involved in rapping, adultery, fraud and other vices that diminish the office and calling of a pastor. He attributed them to satanic agents who masquerade into the ministry through the window and back doors without proper spiritual upbringing, but with the motive and intention of misleading people in the ministry.
“Ministry or ministerial works are not career, they are callings with divine induction, but many see it the other way round and abuse it, the church is sick, fills with unrighteous characters that have no purpose of being in the ministry than for personal satisfaction and it will require divine intervention of Jesus Christ, the owner of the church to heal the church” he noted.
Speaking on Nigeria, he said, “In a few month, Nigesria will be celebrating 59 years of independence and the reason we are still in self afflicted bondage as a nation is because of manmade hindrances that has plague our national growth and development. No doubt, the flourishing of Nigeria is spiritual and you cannot treat spiritual matters with physical, until Nigeria as a nation go back to God, we will continue in all manners of situation”.
He noted that children of God should not be deceived by noise making self acclaimed prophets, who prophecise falsehood to deceive gullible Nigerians and enriched themselves for self edification and political gratification.

While shedding more light on the church convention, Bishop Emiaso said, the essence of the convention has Bishop Andy Ogbu, Apostle Leslie Nsame from Cameroon and Bishop Sam Oniekoro with others as guest speakers, is largely to congregate members of the church across the country with other participants to empower, encourage and expose them to the knowledge of further exercising their divine right to flourishing in Christ spiritually, physically and otherwise in every endeavours of life and ministry.
Other activities during the 4 day convention include ordination of ministers and retirement of Bishop Anthony Emeghara and Rev. Dr. Duke Atima, who have served the church meritoriously in many capacities.