Thursday 7th March, 2013

To my brothers and sisters in the Lord,

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Mal. 2: 10

I am writing this article out of deep pain and anguish because of what I have seen and what I am seeing. In the past few days, I have been uncontrollably and involuntarily shedding tears. Today, in the office, as I turned to my wife and asked her, “why am I shedding tears?” I broke down and wept profusely. I weep because men have not only betrayed one another, but men have betrayed God. Men, whom God lifted from nothing and made into something, have abandoned the cause for which God called them and made for themselves gods of currency and luxury. In the process, they abandoned the covenant of brotherhood sealed with the everlasting blood of Jesus Christ.
Before I continue, permit me to introduce myself and a little bit of my background. We, my wife and I, run a media ministry in Lagos called The House of Karis. We publish Christian literature like, Karis Christian Magazine, evangelism tracts, (etc) and we also serve in a fellowship of disciples called Truth Sanctuary, Kano Assembly.
I have received grace from God to write some Christian books that are aimed at serious minded Christians. They are:
Beware of Success - 2001
Return to the Narrow Path - 2005
The 7 Signs of Spiritual Maturity – 2010
Since the problem of Boko Haram started, I have been keenly watching to see what the Church will do. I have been interested in seeing how our mega-pastors will respond the way spiritual leadership ought to respond under the circumstances. What I have observed is that the pastors are going to UK, Bishops are going to US, and Nigeria is going to pieces.

IS THE CHURCH INDIFFERENT?
At this point, someone may ask, “before coming to the social media to raise a lamentation, have you tried contacting church leaders personally, to voice your concern?”
“Yes, sir, I did and got snubbed. I have tried personally to contact leaders of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria at both the Lagos State Chapter and at the National level. I went to their offices and spoke with them, one on the phone and another one face to face. They promised to give me an appointment, and till today, they have not. I contacted one last year and another one this year.”
Perhaps, the most ridiculous experience I had in my effort to contact church leaders was an incident at Ikeja. I went to this mega church at Ikeja to see this mega pastor, with a letter and a copy of Karis Christian magazine. I got to the reception and I was informed that the pastor was not available.
“Okay, could I see his secretary, please?”
“You will have to book an appointment with his secretary.”
“I know, you just told me that. Could I see the secretary so I could book an appointment?”
“You CANNOT see the church administrator; you have to book an appointment with his secretary.”
“Wait a minute, you mean the pastor has a secretary, and the secretary has a secretary? Before I can see the pastor, I must book an appointment with the secretary to the secretary? Wonderful! Okay, may I see the secretary to the secretary?”
“No sir, you have to book the appointment at the reception!”
“Well, I am at the reception. What do I do now?”
“You can drop the letter and we shall get in touch with you.”
That was seven months ago. To date, I have not heard anything from that church.
In addition to going physically to book an appointment with church leaders, we prepared in our office twelve (12) information packs containing Karis Christian Magazine edition on Sons of the Martyrs, Newsletter from the Voice of the Christian Martyrs, DVD documentary on the carnage in the North, a brochure and a covering letter. We appealed for opportunity to bring some of the children rescued from the North to minister in song and tell their stories to the church. We personally delivered eleven of the packs to eleven mega churches in Lagos but only ONE ministry responded. This was in January 2013. The 12th pack is still in our office. We see it every day. We do not have the heart to take it out. Who will receive it?
Some of our pastors are no longer servants of the cross of Jesus Christ. They have become “rulers of the Gentiles”. Some run the church like a corporate entity; some others run it like an empire, but seldom like a family, as God intended it to be. I am sure that if I had shown up in any of the places I had gone to with the intention of donating 10 million naira, even if the pastor was sleeping, they would wake him to see me! The Lord asked for “laborers” to work in His church, what we see commonly today is Chief Executives and emperors.

A PLEA FOR INTERVENTION
Boko Haram is slaughtering my brothers and my sisters! Please, somebody help me! They are using knives to cut their throats and shooting them from house to house, even in broad daylight. Meanwhile, our mega pastors are merrily and cheerfully conducting special programs and collecting first fruits, tithes and offering, redeeming first born and building cathedrals! While the church is throwing a party, evil is multiplying in the land. Before now, the nation was contending with Boko Haram only; today, we have in addition JAMBS and Ansaru.
If you know the full detail of what is going on in the North, you will weep. If I show you pictures and video documentaries, you will be shattered. In Dogo Nahawa, 501 people were slaughtered in one night. The heads of children and toddlers were split open with machete! Innocent children were being murdered in your backyard, yet your pastor is giving you principles for prosperity and prophesying breakthrough into your life.
I have had the opportunity to travel to Maiduguri, Kano and Kaduna in October last year to see things for myself. In November 2012, I was in Gombe to see the brethren. They all have the same lamentation, “Christians in the South have abandoned us!” ...
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