Rifnote
The international headquarters of the Celestial Church of Christ has broken its silence on a report by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, FIJ, alleging corrupt practices among its prophets and false prophecies.
In a short video seen by Rifnote on Tuesday, the Shepherd of the church, Venerable Superior Evangelist Olatosho Oshoffa, described the report as misleading and targeted at casting aspersion on the integrity of the church.
Oshoffa urged members of the public to disregard the report, describing it as a web of lies against the Holy Spirit. He further challenged FIJ to provide evidence of how he paid any prophet in the church and got scammed.
His words:”We don’t condone corruption. The young man was not forced to come here. He walked in here for a purpose. He came with a mission to probably destroy the image of the church, which is unfortunate because the Bible says any lie against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. He was asked if he was satisfied, and he answered in the affirmative. If he was asked to bring money by any prophet, then we can say he was scammed.I will not blame my prophets, they are not scammers. He bought it with his money. How was he scammed?
”If any prophet called him and informed him to send money to his account, he should inform the world. Anyone can come with any mission.If you have come to the church for investigation, congratulations. Whatever reason you come to the church is what you will get. But believe me, no one tarnishes the image of the church without getting rewarded. Wherever you are, seek forgiveness, you lied against the Holy Spirit.”
Recall that in a report titled “PROPHETS OF THEIR POCKETS (I): At Celestial Church of Christ Headquarters, There Are Over 100 Prophet-Scammers”, the founder of the online news medium, Fisayo Soyombo, had described how he made semi-permanent alterations to his looks, visited four churches and four mosques/Islamic centers, pretending to be gay and in need of spiritual redemption.
The journalist further alleged that he received ten fake prophecies and was made to part with hundreds of thousands of naira in cash and food at the aforesaid church.
