The General Overseer of the Awakeners Chapel International, Dr. Pastor Peter Kayode, has revealed that some Pastors are recipients of very juicy and lucrative largesse from drug dealers, the Advanced Fee Fraudsters, otherwise known as 419, Sakawa boys and girls, human traffickers, prostitutes and occultist.
He noted that some of his colleague Pastors do not care to investigate the source or the background of people who make huge financial and other lucrative material donations to their churches they cannot resist the temptation of such juicy gifts, although the disposition of such donors easily give them up even to the most uninitiated minds as crooks and fraudsters.
“Unfortunately, some of us cannot overcome the juicy temptation of huge millions of Cedis donated. We don’t really care about the source of these wealth and donations. Some leaders have received numerous four wheel vehicles and palatial mansions as gifts at the expense of their biblical obligation”, Pastor Kayode revealed.
He buttressed his assertion with a case that occurred in his native country, Nigeria some years ago: “A popular man of God was arrested about 12 years ago by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Nigeria on the allegation of drug business. Facts which were made available later exonerated the Pastor, but the fact of the matter is that this Man of God had compromised his faith by praying for people suspected to be drug dealers who in return donated cars and money to him”.
Pastor Kayode narrated a similar episode to underscore the fact that some Pastors patronize such fraudsters because of the material gains that they receive from them.
“There was a scandal which engulfed another prominent church. A bank manager who was a member of the church donated huge amount pf money stolen from the bank for the purpose of television broadcast sponsorship. When this illegal deal was detected, and the bank manager was arrested by the police, he confessed donating an amount of GH25, 000 being part of the stolen money to his church”, Pastor Kayode recounted.
He also shared his personal experience with one of such fraudsters: “A gentleman walked straight to my office three years ago; looked straight into my eyes and said “Man of God, I know the church needs a lot of money to carry out the evangelical and other development projects. I am ready to donate $100,000 to the church out of the $300,000 that I am expecting from abroad. But Sir, could you please give me your bank account so that my business partner could remit the money into the account from USA”.
He however said with the gift of discernment and the discipline God has imparted on to him, he managed to read through the man’s mindset to realise that his gesture was ill motivated.
“Thank God for the gift of discernment and the discipline imparted into my life. My response and countenance towards this man was not pleasing to him and knowing well that I have realized he is a man that could not be trusted, he stopped worshiping with us. To years later, I read in a newspaper that he was arrested for 419 deals with his passport photograph posted on the front page of a newspaper”, Pastor Kayode explained, and asked Christians to learn some lessons from his and the other experiences that he has narrated.
Although Pastor Kayode conceded that the Ministry needs financial support to execute developmental projects, he advised that “we should not be fascinated by ill-gotten wealth and not to compromise our Christian principles of Honesty, Righteousness and Holiness”.
He rather advised his fellow Christians to believe in their hearts that God who established the Ministry would adequately provide all that is required to promote his work through legitimate means.
He quoted the scriptures (1 Timothy 6 verse 6-10) to buttress this point: “But Godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people eager for money have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs”.
He however noted that there are men of God who would not condone or encourage criminal activities among members, stressing that there are also true Christians who always support and donate generousness towards the promotion of the Gospel and other church projects as they have been admonished in the Holy Book.
These sets of people, Pastor Kayode believed have always received great reward from God for their services and their lives have reflected the Christ like attitude in their various endeavours in the society.
He believed the lust for money and quest for quick wealth through dubious means could be stopped through appropriate admonition, counseling, exposure, and rejection of ill-gotten wealth which are being lavished on the church as donations.
In the opinion of Pastor Kayode, men of God are expected to be endured with the gift of discernment which would enable them identify criminals and corrupt church members.
He asked the church to collaborate with the police authorities in checking crimes in the society, stressing that “we should not consider the material gains accruable to us through these suspected evil doers but should think about the common good of the nation for peaceful and crime free regime”
In his opinion it was through such collaboration that the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana in collaboration with Interpol arrested a man who had defrauded his employers several millions of Naira in Nigeria at a church and wondered how much of the stolen money had been donated to the said church.
He admonished his fellow workers in the vineyard to portray humility and simplicity in every area of their lives and advised them to avoid flamboyant lifestyle and ostentatious living because “we are the mirror of life. If our members cannot read the bible and understand it, they should be able to see Jesus Christ lifestyle in us and they would emulate us. We are supposed to be a good shepherd who cares about the spiritual growth and physical needs of their members”.
Dear Brother are Parents in Christ, Greetings to you in His Sacred Name. HAPPY GREETINGS We are conveying your good wishes in the name of Jesus Christ.. Greetings to you in His Sacred Name. Good greetings of to you. We are writing from our Banjara Tribal as the pastor?s team and our church believers and the poorest of the poor destitute, orphans, widows women?s, blind, polio, aged people, leprosy, physically handicapped, street children?s and other orphanage children?s disadvantaged of this area. We are safe, and hove are you. We hope that god will grant you happiness, health and wealth through out your life. Dear beloved brother in Christ, Greetings to both of you from (Pastor) P.Rama Murthy (Stephen) Naik Yerragonda Palem ( India ) in the name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. We are all doing well by the grace of almighty god and by your blessings also and we are also praying for your Ministries and Church, your family. We have not yet seen to each
other, but we are loving very much to each other since Philiphans 1:1 ? 7. Let me at the outset, introduce my self. I am Ramamurthy (Stephen) Naik (Pastor) residing at Yerragonda Palem, Prakasam District, South India . I decided to develop intimacy and friendship and do lord?s work. I praise the lord for giving me this opportunity. I thanking you for praying for me and treating me as your brother or friend or fellow worker. Inspired by your prayers, I am going forward in his work. I am praying for your. Our Church and our Pastors also remembers you in its daily prayers and fasting prayers. We belong to BANJARA TRIBE (GYPSY). Our Mother Tongue is TELUGU LANGUAGE which is very backward educationally socially and financially. The almighty god saved me and using me for his work (I TIMOTHY 1:12 ? 17) we live thick forests, village our people are addicted to drinking, cheating and robbing the passers by is a common profession to many of us. We live on
hunting, collecting the forest products. People living in town and cities look down and ill that us. Our life style is very peculiar. Our women wear a special dress. We worship stones. Neemtree, Ant hills, Idols made of mud, and other things. Our people are very backward in education. Actually there are no educational facilities, non medical facilities. I studied up to intermediate class and had to give up studies because of poverty up and working as cooli on daily wages. On 1-1-1984 some of the lords servants came to our tribal village and started preaching. Their words were new to us. We had never heard such messages. Their messages brought a lot of change in our people. The word of God perced into my heart. I could know that I was a sinner. I went to one of them and begged for prayer. He prayed for me and official a new testament. As I was reading the word of God and praying every day, a miracle had taken place in my life. I confessed my sin and
accepted Christ as my lord and savior. I was baptized on 09-10-1984. God called me to His service (Luke: 5:4-11) obeying his word, I looking his yoke and doing his work since them. I am being used by God as an instrument to spread his gospel among the nomadic tribes of our area. I wanted to bring the uneducated and uncivilized people of our treat to the fact of Jesus. I visited different villages on foot, preached the work of God and made them to accept Christ as their savior. Yet there are may to be brought to His feet. We are praying for them. I could start 9 Churches at different places and appointed 9 believe as pastors. They are daily voluntary Gospel work as I am doing I am also pastering one Church at Yerragondapalem. Transporting facilities are practically nil in our hilly area. One has to go up and the hills and hillocks the villages and cross rivulets to reach different villages. The distance between one villages is very big. Our Gospel
workers do not have even bicycles worship is being conducted in small huts.. There are orphans, street children and destitudes. There are no schools in these villages. One has to go to a distant village in planes on foot to study. This very dangerous because wild animals wander even in day light. Threatening the passers by. So there is n need to start schools for educating the tribal children may people are dying every day, due to poverty and lack of medical facilities. There is much to be done for these forsaken people who live forest beasts and animals. But our hands are not strong enough to provide food, clothing, shelter medical and educational facilities. We are praying God to send help from any souce and hopefully awaiting a nicle to happen. Dear Brother. I am protected from tribal cart and Lord keep the as service man of him. The people from so many tribal areas of forest and hills area were used in Lord god Ministry. God has given in two places
in tribal area i.e. tow Churches. With the god has given 9 numbers of God servants and doing ministry. By his day by day. We are conveying “GOSPEL” to so many people. Everyday, from village we are visiting every village and every house. In small huts, we are conducted “Sunday worships and prayers in other times also. We are suffering from lack of church buildings. Kindly pray for us. Lord selected us from backward forest area. In Andhra Pradesh, Ongole, Guntur , Nalgonda, Warangal Districts are backward districts. In this districts Lambadies Chenchulu, Erukula and Yanadis People are livings so, 250 Tribal Tandas (Villages) were mere villagers and people were unaware of Gospels from those areas. We are came forward no our are to transit Gospel, because no road transport ? so people are facing difficulties. From this villages, we should go by walk to tell Gospel to Villagers. To convey Gospel to his places, your prayer is very much in need. We are if we
want to buy ? pamphlets, Bibles, Books, Gospel Books, we do not have economic support please pray for us about his matter. No one is helping to us from any place, in these forest areas, people are wondering on the roads without food and cloths. Please pray for his people we are so backwards and lack of fund people, so we are back ward in Lord God Ministry service. We want 300 Bibles, pamphlets of Gospels and books to us. Our mother tongue is TELUGU LANGUAGES so we need Telugu bibles and pamphlets, Books. Kindly pray for us for these. We are praying for you and your ministry. We will be happy and great full if you can extend your helping hand we are requesting God with them in our fasting prayers to send help. Ephesians 3:20. Please pray for our Tribal Ministry Ministers, Churches and families of our ministries. Please pray for orphans destitudes and streets children. James 1:27 May God bless you adundantely and use you in His service. III John 1:1-2.
Awaiting your early reply. Yours in His Service (P. RAMAMURTHY (Stephen) NAIK) (Pastor) From P. Rama Murthy (Stephen) Naik, (Pastor) Post Office Second Line, Indira Nagar, YERRAGONDA PALEM, (P&M) Prakasam District, A.P. South India, Pin : 523 327 E-mail : Pastorstephen_naik2006@yahoo.co.in
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Dear Brother are Parents in Christ, Greetings to you in His Sacred Name. HAPPY GREETINGS We are conveying your good wishes in the name of Jesus Christ.. Greetings to you in His Sacred Name. Good greetings of to you. We are writing from our Banjara Tribal as the pastor,s team and our church believers and the poorest of the poor destitute, orphans, widows women?s, blind, polio, aged people, leprosy, physically handicapped, street children?s and other orphanage children?s disadvantaged of this area. We are safe, and hove are you. We hope that god will grant you happiness, health and wealth through out your life. Dear beloved brother in Christ, Greetings to both of you from (Pastor) P.Rama Murthy (Stephen) Naik Yerragonda Palem ( India ) in the name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. We are all doing well by the grace of almighty god and by your blessings also and we are also praying for your Ministries and Church, your family. We have not yet seen to each
other, but we are loving very much to each other since Philiphans 1:1 ? 7. Let me at the outset, introduce my self. I am Ramamurthy (Stephen) Naik (Pastor) residing at Yerragonda Palem, Prakasam District, South India . I decided to develop intimacy and friendship and do lord?s work. I praise the lord for giving me this opportunity. I thanking you for praying for me and treating me as your brother or friend or fellow worker. Inspired by your prayers, I am going forward in his work. I am praying for your. Our Church and our Pastors also remembers you in its daily prayers and fasting prayers. We belong to BANJARA TRIBE (GYPSY). Our Mother Tongue is TELUGU LANGUAGE which is very backward educationally socially and financially. The almighty god saved me and using me for his work (I TIMOTHY 1:12 ? 17) we live thick forests, village our people are addicted to drinking, cheating and robbing the passers by is a common profession to many of us. We live on
hunting, collecting the forest products. People living in town and cities look down and ill that us. Our life style is very peculiar. Our women wear a special dress. We worship stones. Neemtree, Ant hills, Idols made of mud, and other things. Our people are very backward in education. Actually there are no educational facilities, non medical facilities. I studied up to intermediate class and had to give up studies because of poverty up and working as cooli on daily wages. On 1-1-1984 some of the lords servants came to our tribal village and started preaching. Their words were new to us. We had never heard such messages. Their messages brought a lot of change in our people. The word of God perced into my heart. I could know that I was a sinner. I went to one of them and begged for prayer. He prayed for me and official a new testament. As I was reading the word of God and praying every day, a miracle had taken place in my life. I confessed my sin and
accepted Christ as my lord and savior. I was baptized on 09-10-1984. God called me to His service (Luke: 5:4-11) obeying his word, I looking his yoke and doing his work since them. I am being used by God as an instrument to spread his gospel among the nomadic tribes of our area. I wanted to bring the uneducated and uncivilized people of our treat to the fact of Jesus. I visited different villages on foot, preached the work of God and made them to accept Christ as their savior. Yet there are may to be brought to His feet. We are praying for them. I could start 9 Churches at different places and appointed 9 believe as pastors. They are daily voluntary Gospel work as I am doing I am also pastering one Church at Yerragondapalem. Transporting facilities are practically nil in our hilly area. One has to go up and the hills and hillocks the villages and cross rivulets to reach different villages. The distance between one villages is very big. Our Gospel
workers do not have even bicycles worship is being conducted in small huts.. There are orphans, street children and destitudes. There are no schools in these villages. One has to go to a distant village in planes on foot to study. This very dangerous because wild animals wander even in day light. Threatening the passers by. So there is n need to start schools for educating the tribal children may people are dying every day, due to poverty and lack of medical facilities. There is much to be done for these forsaken people who live forest beasts and animals. But our hands are not strong enough to provide food, clothing, shelter medical and educational facilities. We are praying God to send help from any souce and hopefully awaiting a nicle to happen. Dear Brother. I am protected from tribal cart and Lord keep the as service man of him. The people from so many tribal areas of forest and hills area were used in Lord god Ministry. God has given in two places
in tribal area i.e. tow Churches. With the god has given 9 numbers of God servants and doing ministry. By his day by day. We are conveying “GOSPEL” to so many people. Everyday, from village we are visiting every village and every house. In small huts, we are conducted “Sunday worships and prayers in other times also. We are suffering from lack of church buildings. Kindly pray for us. Lord selected us from backward forest area. In Andhra Pradesh, Ongole, Guntur , Nalgonda, Warangal Districts are backward districts. In this districts Lambadies Chenchulu, Erukula and Yanadis People are livings so, 250 Tribal Tandas (Villages) were mere villagers and people were unaware of Gospels from those areas. We are came forward no our are to transit Gospel, because no road transport ? so people are facing difficulties. From this villages, we should go by walk to tell Gospel to Villagers. To convey Gospel to his places, your prayer is very much in need. We are if we
want to buy ? pamphlets, Bibles, Books, Gospel Books, we do not have economic support please pray for us about his matter. No one is helping to us from any place, in these forest areas, people are wondering on the roads without food and cloths. Please pray for his people we are so backwards and lack of fund people, so we are back ward in Lord God Ministry service. We want 300 Bibles, pamphlets of Gospels and books to us. Our mother tongue is TELUGU LANGUAGES so we need Telugu bibles and pamphlets, Books. Kindly pray for us for these. We are praying for you and your ministry. We will be happy and great full if you can extend your helping hand we are requesting God with them in our fasting prayers to send help. Ephesians 3:20. Please pray for our Tribal Ministry Ministers, Churches and families of our ministries. Please pray for orphans destitudes and streets children. James 1:27 May God bless you adundantely and use you in His service. III John 1:1-2.
Awaiting your early reply. Yours in His Service (P. RAMAMURTHY (Stephen) NAIK) (Pastor) From P. Rama Murthy (Stephen) Naik, (Pastor) Post Office Second Line, Indira Nagar, YERRAGONDA PALEM, (P&M) Prakasam District, A.P. South India, Pin : 523 327 E-mail : Pastorstephen_naik2006@yahoo.co.in
Please Pray for me
Dear Brother and Sister In Christ
Glory to God
. My name is Rev. Ramesh, doing village and church Ministry in a small rural village a part of , Tamil Nadu, South India. By the grace of God and His blessings, He is helping us to run and maintain the church and family.
. Please pray for Pastors, Old Age People, Orphan
Children as we are planning to help them. So that we can bring them
under the control and love of our Lord. (Psalms 146 :7-8) to praise
and glorify the name of Lord Jesus Christ. . God Bless You.
Rev.Ramesh Timothy
Apostolic Glory Mission Trust
337, Indira Nagar,
Virinchipuram- post,
Sedhualai, Vellore- 632104,
Tamil Nadu South India
Tel: 91- 9345243560
Email : kramesh1974@gmail.com
My.Bank address
Central bank of India
Apostolic Glory Mission Trust
Vellore br.dt.north,arcot vallalar.
Tamil nadu- 632004
AC/ 1074771957