Two pastors of the Assemblies of God Church Nigeria and
their supporters turned a worship service to a fighting bout on Sunday as each
group battled over who should control the 27 Mount Street Parish of the Church
in Enugu.
The latest battle is a new dimension in the leadership
crisis rocking the church over who the authentic General Superintendent of the
church is between Rev. Professor Paul Emeka and Rev. (Dr.) Chidi Okoroafor.
One of the Pastors, Rev (Dr) Nathaniel Udeze came with
letters of posting and other court documents in preparation to be installed as
the new pastor, but his arrival with his team of supporters was resisted by the
resident pastor, Rev. Amaechi Agbo and his supporters, who vowed not to shift
ground for any “intruder”.
The development, according to our reporter was the offshoot
of the crisis which has factionalized the Church since 2014 with two General
Superintendents (GS); Rev (Professor Paul Emeka and Rev (Dr) Chidi Okoroafor,
respectively calling the shots at the highest level of the church.
The matter is currently in several courts including the
Supreme Court to determine the true GS of the church.
The fracas at the 27 Mount Street Parish of the Church was
therefore a demonstration of power tussle between loyalists of the two
contending General Superintendents fighting for the soul of the Parish
considered to be very lucrative.
Source: ThisDay Newspaper
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