The Assemblies of God Church has announced
the excommunication of its past General
Superintendent, Rev. Paul Emeka, from the
church
But reacting to the development, Emeka told
SUNDAY PUNCH the action was a “coup.”
While announcing the removal of its spiritual
leader’s dismissal from the ministry with his
pastoral certificate withdrawn, the church also
announced the emergence of Rev. Chidi
Okoroafor as the new General Superintendent of
the church.
He was elected alongside three other principal
officials and fifteen zonal representatives to form
the new Executive Council of the church for the
next four years.
The decisions were part of the resolutions
reached by over 7,000 delegates of the church at
the General Council meeting at its Evangel
Camp, Okpoko in Ebonyi State.
At the council meeting, held every four years, the
delegates reportedly decided on the
excommunication after concluding that the ex-
spiritual leader “had dragged the name of the
church in the mud by instituting legal suits and
using law enforcement agencies to witch-hunt
some of their leaders.”
According to the Legal Adviser of the church,
Barrister Abuka, the dismissal of Emeka was
necessary and had paved the way to institute
litigation against the former general
superintendent, who was alleged to be “making
moves with some members to take over the
church.”
The church also claimed he was working with
other alleged collaborators believed to be
working at cross-purposes with the church’s
leadership.
Commenting on the crisis rocking the church,
Okoroafor said the measures were necessary to
remove those whom he described as “dissidents
bent on frustrating progress” in the church.
He confirmed that legal actions would be taken
against Emeka and others seeking to take over
the church through lawsuits.
Justifying the reasons for this, the new general
superintendent said, “We cannot spiritualise legal
issues. You can’t just be praying when
somebody is taking you to courts. We would no
long keep quiet and allow our property taken
over or our accounts fraudulently run by them.”
He pointed out that the church had identified
constitutional loopholes that Emeka and other
capitalised on, stating that such sections would
be properly addressed when an emergency
council meeting holds next year.
However, the excommunicated general
superintendent told SUNDAY PUNCH that he
stood for reconciliation. According to him, the
church has been embroiled in some crises in
which a former Governor of Ebonyi State, Sam
Egwu and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria
intervened in the matter.
Emeka said, “By announcing my
excommunication from the church, they are
trying to instill fear into people so that they can
distance themselves from me. I stand for
reconciliation. I have committed no offence.
“But, some people in the church organised an
illegal election to remove me by force from
office. They would not allow me to complete my
four-year tenure in office which started in 2010.
They are even threatening my life. I have
petitioned the Inspector-General of Police on
that.”

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Pray people of God. These are perilious times.