franciskaine:
Catholic Church in igbo land playing the ethnic politics, no one can tell me this is unconnected to the 2015 election and failure of GEJ to regain power. Religion and politics in third world societies is a travesty.

It is no ethnic politics sir. The church doesn't condone his recent activities. Catholic priests are more into evangelical activism than romance with a hugely corrupt political class in a country in decay where majority of her citizens are suffering. The church punishes recalcitrant priests from time to time. Only this man is a highly influential one

homesteady:


I did not say transfer of Priests isn't normal, I said transferring a Priest with more than 20 years experience to be an assistant priest is not normal.

I av sn tins like dat b4.....like I said.... It's a kind of punishment

mrtheo33:
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Where is adoration ministries? If u dnt knw, it is @ emene. So he is nt new @ emene

what I meant was that people all over enugu will like to attend service in his parish

armadeo:


I love this your comment. You identified a situation and immediately saw were to invest and make some dough.

May God grant you the wisdom and opportunity you deserve.

Bless you.

thanks dude

the transfer is overdue...


haba for 20 years abi na wetin i dey see so....when other priest have been transfered up to 4 times.....


reasons why churches break up....pride and greed...

We kno even without this noise parishoners would build a comfy apartment for him...

i lost all iota of respect for him following his utterances.

So the people of Enugu allowed them to post out Fr Mbaka.. The same reason Jews sat back and allows the scribes to crucify Jesus. Fr Mbaka is been punished for speaking and standing by the truth, One think I know, God would sort him out, but woe unto those people that opened their eyes yakata and allowed politicians rob them of a true man of God. now they will get the kind of Father they deserve, blessed are the people at the new location Father Mbaka is going too. Please Post him to Lagos, he is welcomed here..

ideatoprince18:

........ ARe u from MALI ...... don't u know d diff btwn a reverend father n a pastor

Lol.
Catholic priests are also called pastors.
Pastor is not an adjective. So you can't call someone pastor Emeka, pastor John.
Check your dictionary for further explanation.
That's y some call themselves evang. John, evang. Prince etc.

Pidggin:
Sorry, but he knew the Church doesn't condone priests affiliating with politicians/political parties as he was doing. Padre, remember your calling and remain non-partisan

And what were the likes of Kukah doing then. Many priests have and continue to have affiliations with government either at state or Federal level. Many are allies to the strongmen of their communities and would not condemn the poverty in the lives of their flock caused by these same political affiliates, these are catholic preists in case you are confused.

Let us speak life into truth, the man has been demoted because he spoke against the person of GEJ and political class from SE impressed it upon the Nigerian Catholics mission which has many leaders from the SE to demote him

Justiyke4u:
When this transfer is done to some priest everybody sees it as normal. Now when some others are transfered other people see it as being political. Why I am not actually against anybody or judging anybody (who am I to do that) but the bible says that we should respect and pray for those in authority but then why do we insult them and call them names? Even in the bible when king David sinned against God Nathan was so careful in rebuking the king without insulting him and the king immediately repented. Now why would some prophets insult those in authority and call them names instead of rebuking them from the examples we see in the bible? And yet some followers will be so blind to at least have a logical rethink.

Which priest do you know aho has been justly demoted in the past.

yanabasee:
Politics in catholic churches....

Moving an independent serving reverend father to serve under another priest.... That is not right nao...

He's been officially demoted.

Oga God's work isn't lyk civil service where u have grade, promotion & demotion. Wt did Jesus say 2 his disciples ? "d greatest among u shld b d servant of all". D gud tin is dt fr mbaka as a true man of God possesses d virtue of brokenness & submission 2 higher authority. He shall nt lose his reward by d grace of God Almighty.

NA U DEY SUFFER












I WON'T SUFFER IN JESUS 'NAME'

ojsmscom:



http://sunnewsonline.com/new/im-going-to-suffer-fr-mbaka/

I've seen many priests,let alone parish priests that have been transferred.
But none of them had so much publicity.

I don't like mbaka

gemale:

Oga God's work isn't lyk civil service where u have grade, promotion & demotion. Wt did Jesus say 2 his disciples ? "d greatest among u shld b d servant of all". D gud tin is dt fr mbaka as a true man of God possesses d virtue of brokenness & submission 2 higher authority. He shall nt lose his reward by d grace of God Almighty.

I don't even know why you quoted me....

What's point? That there is no promotion and demotion is God's work?

How do people become cardinals? They got promoted from Reverend fathers to Bishops to Cardinals.

Oga, go and sit down!

I salute his courage though I don't believe his transfer is synonymous with suffering cos he ought to be laying his treasure there in heaven. Moreover, many of his congregation might be living in face-me-I-sl*p-you and they weren't complaining.

DailyPost:
Calamity is About to befall catholic Church As a whole , when this happen from the parish priest to the Bishop Every Body will park down to the Village , Mbaka is Not Just a priest , he is more that what everybody knw him as , .... just one crusade in enugu by Mbaka , the money generated is enough to Build 5 parishes in Enugu state.

Bishop of Enugu State , also know that a bishop can be posted to Borno , and the pope is watching what is happening.
if u don;t know ..... 93% of world catholics are in support of Rev, Fr Ejike Mbaka , allow mbaka to build his Ministry and Stadium ,..... even in religion we practice Politics .

The Catholic priest that is Biafra Inec Chairman. i wonder what the bishops said about that. from Nwa ikuku , ama na Onya --- VG

Blah blah blah. Guy his posting was long overdue. So y r pple wailing? Dis is d case of D guest weeping more Dan d bereaved. It's part of religious lyf. Wherever dey post u, u go. I understand he's a diocesan bt dt doesn't exempt him 4rm being posted albeit within d diocese. Pple r wailing 4 nothing. My uncle dt isn't a diocesan was posted 4rm South Africa where he was ordained 2 D US. Whilst he was dere, my mom was scheduled 4 a major surgery however suddenly, he was sent on course 2 Costa Rica @ d same tym my mom was billed 4 surgery. He had no choice bt 2 leave my mom in d care of some of his close parishioners. D parish in Costa Rica dt dey posted him 2, he was d only English speaker dere na so so Spanish everybody dey speak. Luckily, he had learnt little Spanish 4rm some Latino parishioners back in d States.

yanabasee:


I don't even know why you quoted me....

What's point? That there is no promotion and demotion is God's work?

How do people become cardinals? They got promoted from Reverend fathers to Bishops to Cardinals.

Oga, go and sit down!

As a priest, it's nt ur primary assignment 2 b lobbying 4 post of parish priest, bishop, cardinal or pope. If u r given, gud. If nt, nt bad. It's no one's birthright or entitlement. Dts y u don't c priests fighting each oda 4 positions in d Catholic church. Wteva work u r given even if it's cleaning toilet or washing plate, u do.

sweetgala:


Which priest do you know aho has been justly demoted in the past.

I don't understand the question

Obiodunukwe:
He should just start his own church

We r Catholics nt children of rebellion lyk Protestants/Pentecostals. Our priests don't just pack up & 'start' their own churches because dey feel dey dnt get what dey want. Dey r more spiritually mature.

gemale:

As a priest, it's nt ur primary assignment 2 b lobbying 4 post of parish priest, bishop, cardinal or pope. If u r given, gud. If nt, nt bad. It's no one's birthright or entitlement. Dts y u don't c priests fighting each oda 4 positions in d Catholic church. Wteva work u r given even if it's cleaning toilet or washing plate, u do.

@bolded

How are they given?

Oga, whether appointed, nominated, elected or chosen... They all underwent lobbying, either via those making the decision or via the ones who feel they ought to be promoted to the next level...

Either way, there is politics in catholic church... You can't ignore it... If you like, defend them hence... You'll only ignite the ignorance in you!

gemale:

We r Catholics nt children of rebellion lyk Protestants/Pentecostals. Our priests don't just pack up & 'start' their own churches because dey feel dey dnt get what dey want. Dey r more spiritually mature.

Who's the founder of lutheran church? And how did he establish the church? What promted it? From which church was he?

Why do Catholic feel they're the most holiest amongst other churches? Mind you, I graduated from junior seminary!

echarlz:


Meaning he had overstayed at the GRA parish...20 years! He probably has been enjoying some preferential treatment from the diocese. A crowd puller like Fr Mbaka shouldn't be allowed to stay at a station for that long. He must have felt untouchable. I'm sure he would've had prior warnings by the church. His transfer is obviously punitive. He knew the position of the church concerning these issues. Catholic priests don't engage in those activities without recourse to the church...those public statements, the Aso rock visit etc should have been with the permission of the bishop. The church has its own way of dealing with erring priests. I agree with him that the end will be better for him, so will it be for the church and the faithful.

Ofcourse you are right, he has always had preferential treatment and his reposting maybe to remind him of his loyalty to the holy church. His posting will not affect his adoration ministry that much cos he is even v close to his ministry , just dat his mid week adoration may be halted for now.

yanabasee:
Politics in catholic churches....

Moving an independent serving reverend father to serve under another priest.... That is not right nao...

He's been officially demoted.

Are you high?
This is catholic church they reason differently and better

ojsmscom:



http://sunnewsonline.com/new/im-going-to-suffer-fr-mbaka/

Pope must hear this!Y are prophest not honored in their home town.

yanabasee:


Who's the founder of lutheran church? And how did he establish the church? What promted it? From which church was he?

Why do Catholic feel they're the most holiest amongst other churches? Mind you, I graduated from junior seminary!

Martin Luther, a former Catholic monk. He nailed certain charges 2 a churches' door in Germany. Bt his grouse was due 2 D pronouncement of d pope dt indulgence 4 sins committed wld b granted 2 those dt supported d rebuilding of D church in rome after it was destroyed in an attack.

chynie:

Are you high?
This is catholic church they reason differently and better

Go and sip some senses..... Who told you they reason differently and better?

Rv Mbaka is a catholic father but prophesy... Is that what catholic fathers does? Have you listen to his preachings before? It's presbyterial...

Go and sit down!!!

SalC:
What do you mean? So he shouldn't be transferred, or is it the one room that is the problem?

Have you seen any residential priest anywhere who is living in a duplex or even more than one room?

And this topic is misleading, he was not made an assistant priest but a residential priest, they are two different things altogether.

As a residential priest, he is not to be "tossed around" by the parish priest as would've been the case if he was made an assistant priest.


He will even have more time for his ministry work as he has no much to do in the parish safe he wishes to help the parish priest.

His priestly faculty wasn't taken from him so he can still do everything as a priest, he can now move around the country or even outside at will for programmes because no parish work will tie him down.

This is something the bishop should have done long ago. For me Mbaka is better off this way. Even when he was in CKC he doesn't even take the offering money as he was supposed to, he always dash it to the church so he never depended on parish money for a living, gifts and his earnings from his cassettes and investments is what he uses. And these things are still his till date, no one stopped him from getting those money.

So this victimisation mantra doesn't add up. It's true it will take some time for him to settle down here, but every priest at one time or he other had to go on transfer. Even him, this is not his first transfer, he wasn't immediately posted to CKC upon ordination. He came there on transfer. He has been there for 20 years because his adoration ground used to be there, but now that his adoration ground has been moved, he can go on transfer so long as its not far from his adoration ground.

Mbaka is a strong man and can handle it. I don't know why people are out here making a big deal out of this. Even bishops can be transferred.

but must the transfer be now? Must it be after his public reprehend of the past administration much liked by the Igbos? Everyone knows this is not the first time Mbaka will come down hard on politicians. The question is why now?

DailyPost:
Calamity is About to befall catholic Church As a whole , when this happen from the parish priest to the Bishop Every Body will park down to the Village , Mbaka is Not Just a priest , he is more that what everybody knw him as , .... just one crusade in enugu by Mbaka , the money generated is enough to Build 5 parishes in Enugu state.

Bishop of Enugu State , also know that a bishop can be posted to Borno , and the pope is watching what is happening.
if u don;t know ..... 93% of world catholics are in support of Rev, Fr Ejike Mbaka , allow mbaka to build his Ministry and Stadium ,..... even in religion we practice Politics .

The Catholic priest that is Biafra Inec Chairman. i wonder what the bishops said about that. from Nwa ikuku , ama na Onya --- VG

talk like a fool. who supports him? who are the 93 percent. my friend from the moments he started running a political campaign, that's d moment his failure started.
Also it's ur head calamity will befall not the great Catholic Church.
people like you ought not to have access to a public forum like Nairaland, cos u talk trash and are fanatics

ideatoprince18:

........ ARe u from MALI ...... don't u know d diff btwn a reverend father n a pastor

So this ignorance yet trends in 21st century?

chynie:
Are you high? This is catholic church they reason differently and better

You vowed to remain ignorant while others have moved on...
one of the few still worshiping church.