Praise the Lord, may the grace and peace for our Savior, Lord
Jesus Christ be with us all this evening.
Oh, please respond well. Respond well.
Amen, Amen. We thank God that God has given
us this opportunity to meet here again and may His name be
praised now and forevermore. We want to sing this song.
After that, then we'll start with our retreat of on
teachings. We want to sing.
Jesus, see me at thy feet. Nothing by thy blood can save
me. Thou alone my need can meet.
Nothing by thy blood can save me.
Because we are in a lost supper week, you want to sing this
song? No, no, nothing do I bring but
by faith I am clinging to the cross or lump of God.
Nothing but thy blood can save me.
And there is the key of this song to you, which I want to
just mention it. Yes to him.
What Onana say Mujan kunna a bit me ajim mahiyadi Mujan Kona a
bit me ajimi 00 mini federaba jidina made etcetera OO me mubia
yami gramma a bit me ajimi. That song is in fancy but so can
we have it on the screen? Yes, you're beautiful.
They want them to cry La La la COP songs.
So please give us our tune so that we will not sing Bango.
Do you know that tune? Do you know how to sing?
Jesus see me, Thy friends nothing but thy blood can't see
me. Thou alone my knee pass me
nothing but thy blood can't see me.
Oh no, no, no, no. Nothing I bring, but by faith I
am cleaning till thy cross, O love of God, nothing but thy
blood conceive. No, no, no, no, no, no, nothing
do I bring but by faith. Bye, I am clinging to thy cross.
Oh love, oh God, nothing but thy blood.
I see. Want to start again?
Jesus, see me on thy feet. Jesus, see me I thy feet
nothing, but thy blood can't see me alone.
Thou, Lord, my need can't meet. Nothing but thy blood can't see.
No, no, no, no, no, no. Nothing do I bring, but by faith
I am clinging to thy cross whole life.
Oh God, nothing but thy blood can see lusters to the GNC
Jesus. G Dina meditate Tari wo memo ya
ya me grammar oh oh oh oh. Praise the Lord, so we we
approach God by faith and we clean to him by our faith.
Amen. We want to continue with our our
teachings and today we are breaking it into two parts also.
Handle the first part, then we break and then interact.
After that. I will come with some few things
here and there. So without wasting much time, we
want to humbly invite our dear mother, Mamelizi, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ossei across to take us through what the Lord has laid on our
hearts. Praise the Lord, Hallelujah,
please. How are you all doing?
I'm all the same way soon. I thank God this evening and I
also want to thank my dear husband for this opportunity.
And I thank the presbytery, yes, English Assembly Presbytery, God
bless you, Amen. So this evening I'm to speak on
the topic, church culture, church culture.
So it's in the ministerial book of our church, church culture.
So before I start with the main topic, we want to look at what
what is culture? So in our social studies, we
learnt that culture is a way a group of people live or a way
culture is a way a group of people live or the way of life
of a group of people. So in other words, culture is
the shared way of life of a group of people and it includes
their beliefs, their values, their customs, their traditions,
their behaviors, their language, even their food, their dress and
their social practices. So the group also can be a
nation, a society, families, schools, ethnic groups,
organizations. So a hospital can be an
organization, security services and banks.
They all have their culture. So before you are able, you'll
be able to fit in, you must know their culture and abide by it.
So the same thing applies to us as a church.
So in a in Church of Pentecost, we also have our culture and we
also have a shared beliefs. We have our values, we have our
attitudes, we have our practices that shape how we worship,
behave, and relate to one another and to God.
So when I come back to the main topic.
So church culture is the way things are done in the church.
Hallelujah. So, and what we are about to
learn is part of our core practices as a church.
So somebody may ask her, why is it necessary for us to know this
church's culture? Yes, it's necessary because when
we study our culture or when we are equipped with our culture,
it guides new converts and members.
Day in and day out. Members go in, members come in,
some come in with their own doctrines, some come in with
their own teachings. So when we teach our culture,
they will be able to understand what really happens in the
church. So that is one reason why there
is a need for us to know our church culture.
And another point is that it promotes unity and harmony.
So when everyone is able to understand the same values, the
same practices, the same principles, it reduces confusion
and conflicts and we all become one.
And another reason why we need to study our church culture is
that it shapes our behavior and helps us to know how to conduct
ourselves in the church. It also helps us to have a clear
idea about what is allowed in the church or what is permitted
in the church and what is not permitted in the church.
And another point is that it preserves the biblical values
that is called church culture rooted in Scripture ensures that
the church stays faithful to the word of God and not worldly
practices. So we want to delve into the
church's culture one by one. What I have here is about 19.
So. So the first one is that a self
supporting attitude, Self supporting attitude.
It means that our church is able to provide for its own needs,
financially and materially, true faithful giving and service of
its members without depending on external aid.
So in the Church of Pentecost or before the inception of our
church, there was a prophecy that's the Lord in His own ways
will provide for our church through our members.
He will use our members to provide for our church, and He
will raise financial giants to support our church.
And indeed, it is true for our church.
We don't go to banks for loans. Yes, we found everything.
Yes, we don't go to banks for loans.
And the church, Church of Pentecost, it was established
here in Ghana. We, we established the church,
black men established it and it is still growing because we
taught the, the early church or the early pastors taught the
church how to give. And because of that, the church
is still going on. And in our former station, we
were there with one church. The church's name is ECG
Evangelical Church of Ghana. For them, when the white men, it
was white men who formed the church.
So when they came, they did everything for them.
They supplied everything, their clothings, they even gave them
food, money, just they did everything, but they did not
teach them how to do it. They did not teach them how to
give. They did not teach them how to
do so many things. So when they left, when the
white men left the church, figuratively, they collapsed
because they did not teach them what they are to do.
So. But with our church, we teach
our members to give free will. We teach our members to tithe
faithfully and because of that, our church is still running.
Hallelujah. So we raise our own offering to
run the church and the church pays its bills, it rents its
utilities and everything is done by the church.
We don't go to banks for loans or we don't get external aid
from maybe foreign countries. Ghana.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. And one another thing is that
another thing is faithfulness and integrity.
So when it comes to faithfulness, it means that the
church members are urged to be faithful in everything.
Our church, we urge church members to be faithful in
everything, faithful in worship, faithful in service, faithful in
paying tithe, faithful in in the relationship with their spouse,
faithful in faith despite challenges.
So when you read First Corinthians chapter 4, verse 2,
it says that it is required that those who have been given a
trust must prove faithful. So as we've been called into
this church, as leaders, we must be faithful in everything.
And another point that I raised was that integrity.
So integrity is being honest and transparent, that is living the
same Christian life in public and private.
So when no one is watching, the church expects us to live just
one life, not double life in public.
What we live in public, when we are in private too, we should
live that life rejecting corruption, hypocrisy, and
favoritism. So the church always want us to
be faithful in all our things. The Third Point is that
distinctive in prayer, our church, we are distinctive in
prayer. That is the church places high
priority on prayer. So we in our church, we pray all
forms of prayer. We pray Thanksgiving, prayer,
prayer of intercession, supplication, confession.
So when you come to Pentacles, Pentacles is a prayer church.
Yes, it's a prayer church. We have regular prayer meetings.
We fast last two weeks, 14 days. We fasted and members too are
encouraged to pray personally. We will don't believe in pray
for me. You don't believe in pray for
me. So if you are a member, you are
encouraged to pray personally and members through prayer
members are encouraged to depend on God rather than human
strength. So the distinctive prayer means
that the church is clearly known and recognized for its strong
prayer life. So if you become a Church of
Pentecost member empire, Bono Yeah, they are so a drew.
Yes, everywhere, not only here, everywhere you go.
Prayer is our distinctive mark. And the fourth one is church
discipline without fear and favor, irrespective of position,
race or color of members here that the church's rules and
biblical standards apply to all members, including leaders.
So when there is no, there is no favoritism when it comes to
discipline in the church. No matter who you are, if you
sin or if you maybe commit something against the church or
if you do something which is against what the church require
of you, you'll be disciplined. You'll be disciplined.
So it means that no one will be spared when it comes to
discipline. So even if at you'll
be disciplined, Yes, yes, our pastor, our church, there is no
favoritism when it comes to discipline.
And one thing is that the discipline to it is done with
love and restore, restoration and no hatred and humiliation.
Whenever you are being disciplined, that time, no and
sorry, no, they get closer to you, they advise you, they don't
humiliate you. The only thing they will do is
that you just sit at the back. But this time is not.
Is it working so? OK.
And when it comes to discipline, Ilana, when the ministers, they
discipline people, most times it's not easy for them.
That is one of the hardest tenor.
So remember you're burning out discipline most times whenever
they do that, they get home and they are sad.
So it's not a good thing that's they have to do it.
And the next point is congregational worship is based
on truth and in spirit and not necessarily the location or
structure. In our church, we can worship
anywhere, sometimes in our buildings, church buildings, in
our homes, open place everywhere.
So we, we, we use the Matthew 1820 principle that is for where
two or three are guarded in my name, there I am among them.
So for us two or three, they know a two or three are anywhere
we can have our church service and the trees, anywhere we can
have our church. So the focus is not is on God
and not the size or the beauty of the structure.
So we for us, we don't travel. There are some religions they
have to travel to places to worship, but for our church,
where two or three are guarded, we believe that God is there and
we are good to go. We worship over there and one
another point is fellowship and generosity.
So when we talk of fellowship, it means that it is the close
relationship and unity among believers.
So in our church we pray together, we worship together,
we study God's work together, we support one another spiritually
and emotionally, we build unity, love and brotherhood.
That is what we do in our church.
Yes, we fellowship. We do everything together.
So Acts chapter 2, verse 42. This is where the early Church
Bible says they devoted themselves to the apostle
teachings and to fellowship and to breaking of bread.
So this Sunday choir is an example of our love, of our
unity, of our fellowship. Oh, so this assembly for now,
I've seen that your fellowship level is so high.
So God bless you so much. And we also encourage
generosity, generous giving that is willing and joyful giving.
We are to share our resources with the need, give our time,
our skills, our money for God's work.
And we also encourage helping the poor, the widows, and the
less privileged. OK, so we want to the #7 says
respect for authority, respect for authority.
So in this church, respect for authority is strictly adhere to
Hebrews 1317. Hebrews 1317 says that obey your
leaders and submit to them for they keep watch over your souls.
So in our church, in the Church of Pentecost, respect for
leaders are not dear. When it comes to respect for
leaders, we, we, we just, we adhere to it so much.
We respect leaders no matter their educational background, no
matter their stature, no matter their color, no matter where
they come from. No, so far as you are being made
a leader in our church, everybody is supposed to to give
that leader or to show respect to that leader.
So we support leaders through prayer and cooperation, not
gossip and rebellion. So for our church, whenever they
they, they are being made as leaders, what we do is we
support them, but we don't gossip about them and we also
listen and follow their godly leadership.
We speak respectfully about our leaders and church's decision.
So we as ministers, whenever there is a decision from the
chairman, the Executive Council, we don't oppose it.
We support them and we, we, we support every decision taking
over there. So in our church, respect for
authority is we must always respect our authority,
Hallelujah. So we give Anna to our church
authorities, for example, our chairman, the Executive Council,
the area has their wives, pastors, their wives, officers
and leaders at all levels. So ministry leader so far as
size is a leader, we must respect him or her sell leaders,
every leader for our church. You can't talk against or speak
against your leader. We must respect them.
And the next point is mutual respect and sense of belongings
to all members without discrimination based on color,
gender, tribe, race or nationality.
Yes. So it means that in our church,
every member is valued because that member has been bought by
the blood of Jesus. Hallelujah.
So in our church every member is valued, every member is
accepted, every member is treated with dignity regardless
of the, the person's tribe, the color, the the stature and all
things. So all members are welcomed and
included in worship and fellowship.
So we don't say because we are on on godland, only gods should
lead the church. No, we blend everybody and there
is no favoritism. There is no favoritism in our
church settings. Men, women, youths and elders
are treated with equal respect. The differences are appreciated
but not used to divide the church.
So in our church members, we learn from each other, we learn
from each other, and different gifts and talents are used to
build the church, and unity is maintained despite diversity.
Although we are not from the same tribe, but in Christ we are
united. Hallelujah.
So the next point is sacrificial service to the church without
pecuniary reward. Sacrificial service to the
church without pecuniary reward. What it means is that in our
church, we serve the church wholeheartedly.
We give our time, our efforts, our skills, everything, our
talents without expecting payment or personal gain.
So if you are a choir, a member, you don't think for you to be
paid. If you are an usher, you do your
ushering work, no payment. If maybe you, you, you clean
here always, you do it without pay, pay payment.
If you are an instrumentalist, you play without payment.
That is what we do here. So volunteers serve in choirs,
ushering volunteers, ushers, and those who clean, they do it
without pay. And members also contribute
talent and time for God's work. So the service is done out of
love for God and others, not for recognition and money.
And leaders and members work to build a church and help others
selflessly. So in our church, serving the
church willingly and selflessly, we we serve without expecting
financial reward into say, oh, now you are doing something for
the church and you want the check to pay you please.
For us, our church, we don't do that.
We don't do that Hallelujah. So the next point is a home cell
system of fellowship home cell system of fellowship.
We also believe in home cell system.
This church believes in home cell system.
The reason why we embrace home cell system is that members with
the home cell system, it is a small group, members meet in
smaller groups. So these members are free to ask
questions, share their struggles and grow together.
But when we come on Sunday like this, the ministers may preach
but will not be able to ask questions.
But when we get to the home cell level, you are able to ask your
you'll be able to ask every question that is bordering your
mind. So the small groups helps in
monitoring and mentoring the cell members and new converts
are natured and grounded in faith.
So when it comes to home cells, it fosters effective
discipleship and promotes numerical and spiritual growth
through close fellowship and personal care.
So with the home cell group, it helps so much if somebody even
is not around where you meet and somebody is not right, you are
able to know that this day Auntie Barbara did not come.
So what is really happening to Auntie Barbara?
So you call her to verify or to see what is really happening.
So the home cell, the Church of Pentecost, we embrace the home
cell system. And the next point is total
abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and other drugs where they say
Mundaho. OK, so the next point too is
monogamous marriage is upheld as well as chastity before
marriage. Monogamous marriage is upheld as
well as chastity before marriage.
So when we say monogamous marriage, it means that one man,
one wife, one man, one woman who are faithful to each other for
life. So the church opposed this God's
design for marriage. So that we, we believe that as
as God created, God created man and woman, so it's one man and
one woman. So we also follow that principle
that if you want to marry in this church, it's one man, one
wife, not one man, 2 wives, three side chicks.
No, we don't believe that. And the chastity before marriage
2 means sexual purity and self-control.
That is, avoiding sexual relations before marriage,
chastity, chastity, avoiding sexual relationship before
marriage, and. Before you say I do, don't go
and test it, test that one there.
You are just bringing cases upon your life and you some are both
to the extent that they come and meanwhile.
So please, our church, we don't want you to enjoy sex before you
marry. And we also discourage
cohabitation. We discourage cohabitation.
That is you are not married to the guy, but you are with him.
You go for weekends. So, but the bag, what is in it?
There's two paste toothbrush pants, 91 dress, one light
dress, wobble ball, the light. So whenever the bag is you just
whatever you will not even imagine that there are so many
things that bag you go and spend weekend, go and wash, prepare
foods, prepare foods. Chef Regimu.
Oh, how? Oh, how so?
Our church, we, we discourage that.
Please, ladies, you are more valuable than most times.
I mean, yes, Sir. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't. You are valuable.
Oh, every part of your body is expensive, as ladies say, every
part of your body is expensive. You do that and at the end of
the day, you know, marry you. Oh, so another point is
homosexuality, lesbianism and other and previous sexual
practices are not practiced or permitted in the church.
Homosexuality, lesbians, gays and the others, the Yechua and
Yebechu also yes they are not permitted in our church.
And another point too, is that female visitors who attend chess
service without a head covering should not should be accepted as
they are without being either turned back or offered a head
covering. As you see at the end, I'm
saying, and they say at the coffin, but first, hey, we will
see the weaknesses standing whenever they see that you
don't, you don't, you've not scarfed your head.
They just use their handkerchief handking impulsive, then they
will move, then they will use it to cover your head.
But this time they said you don't have to force them, just
leave them like that. And we are point the next point.
The wearing of seductive or sexually provocative dresses
should be discouraged in the church.
The wearing of seductive and sexually provocative dresses
should be discouraged in the church when there as a common
manuso Oman jesso because echo Monty Oman Jesso.
So when we say a dress is seductive or seductive, it means
that the dress attracts sexual attention or is meant to turn or
provoke last. So most sexually dresses expose
the sensitive parts of the body. For example, breasts are the
cleavage. Find a new cleavage and find a
new cleavage. OK.
And our chest. Yeah.
Yeah, Sorry. No, You see that, Jesus?
And yes, and our area had to serious now it was they were
talking about how how we dress to church and yeah, wild say we
should. There is no need for you to
expose your breasts, your cleavage, cleavage and hold that
in between your breasts, you know.
Don't wear dress to expose that part and your chest, your
buttocks tight. Dress first, you know.
But this time, no people wait, just action, you know, Sorry.
And and one the sensitive personal so not ties back
private spas. So with the private personal not
imagine call and lady's eye. Yeah, shirt, trouser.
In this house or in this auditorium and you'll be Anna,
like when you saw maybe aroused in a sexual way and also the
same thing. What's the?
But women, I said man, my seductive to the extent that
Nitrans are no Pompeii, all is true, skin tight, it's all
banding. And also I have mano, yes.
So wait, it goes for everyone of us and please.
And as we are saying, these things can distract so many and
some some of some of us know and some of our men know they are
not so strong. I won't be with you many,
however I'm sorry them now. Oh mistake and addresses to
their length their length. They shouldn't be shot.
They are suffering so much. OK, OK in the major hall.
So with this dressing issue, our chairman is so serious about it.
And the last point is church anniversary can be celebrated at
the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th milestones into two years.
Yanya anniversary three years. Yanya anniversary five years, no
anniversary six years. Oh, you, we, we just although is
there by you don't celebrate it, huh?
But when your church is 10 years for that one, you can celebrate
it. So from 10 years to 75 years you
can celebrate. 10255075 S In conclusion, First Corinthians
chapter 14 verse 41st Corinthians 1440 says that let
all things be done decently and in order.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
So as a church, we must do all things decently and in order.
Everything should be done in orderly manner.
Amen. Oh, if you are clapping, clap.
Well shall we bless our mother God richly Bless yourself.
OK. So at this moment, you want to
open the floor for questions. You have a question, you have a
contribution. Yeah.
So let's start from. Here 12 Praise the Lord.
All right, so think that 12 the number 12 talking about the
chastity and all that she made a popular statement at the BI
attacker, meaning Bibira is still me.
I was discussing with dickness Eva and that point.
Let me be some is there. Is it referring to premarital
sex? So does that mean if you have
premarital sex that disqualifies you?
From coming here. OK, what's not can say.
My name Bibi are still men will come and stand.
Of course, probably be any hope. But you guys had had sex.
So does that alone disqualify you from doing the Whites
wedding? We do.
Thank you. Yes.
OK, so whenever we are exchanging the vows, we make a
point that at the point when all secrets shall be made known that
if either of you know of any lawful impediment why the two of
you may not be joined together in holy matrimony, you confess
it now? Yes.
So one thing that is the lawful impediment is that the two of
you should not be related by blood.
You should not come from the same bloodline.
And then you should know yourself that if you have any
hidden thing about yourself, IBA, you are not a man by being
a man. You don't have erections, you
cannot sleep with a woman. No, Kowaria, you have, you have
deceived the woman and all of us.
That one too is also another lawful impediment.
The white word in the essence of it is that if you have had
anything together, don't put on view.
The essence of the view is that yen kanghe yen yen tasty saffron
yen fastener. So you are, you are the first
not that will be enfasted. Obama, you know.
New view by the two of you. Yes, so.
But if you wonder, White wedding, here comes the bride,
here comes the bride. So that lawful impediment that
may count the abuses of my ambience, meaning Bibiano a
mostly more or less linked to the view and the lawful
impediment you know by the law enemy achievement that you
should not be related by blood. You should know that the vows
that you are exchanging, you are saying it as far as you know is
the IT is the correct thing is the true representation of your
state and it's a representative Mumi in the state there.
Then there's some kind of deception between Mumi, you know
and as well God there, he knows. So that statement and all it is
in relation to the lawful impediment.
Yes, yes, yes, the English is lawful, any unlawful impediment.
And so that one is more of law OK, law, law law minister if I
have given the accurate to in Australia, I'll check again and
then be sure because the English 1 is the lawful if a mini video
assume me assume a Sydney will say yeah, but now our room.
But I am just opposing it in relation to the view thing.
The bottom line is an ABC view. The bottom line is the view.
So far as you put on view, it means that you have not had any
sexual intercourse. So can there be a point you can
have the white wedding without the view?
Oh, yes. Some say that Memphis view, some
of them, they come on in your head.
But also on Pivot, Yahoo, baby Bri, they come and see that
suffer. Yeah, yeah.
Hey but I am uncomfortable with the view.
You can say that don't give us view.
So because of the view they won't come and see it if they
don't put on Villa then it's it's like it gives us so on
pedia me for us by law, it is marriage full skill marriage.
The moment our whenever you read the Bible, if we agree that we
use this handkerchief to to remind us that this day I as a
father, I'm giving my daughter in marriage to the son of elder.
Therefore I am taking this handkerchief to remind me that I
have given my daughter to his son.
It is marriage. Whatever the families agree on
by their customs, by their culture is marriage for the
accounts. They just take snaps.
Do you know why? So that when you are going to
inform the leaders, they have to pull like vision and they use
that one to pull it before they give out the information.
So it is a way that you're No 1 saying so that it is what
reverse that one a full marriage.
The laws of Ghana recognizes what we do at Chase that we
convert 1 form of marriage to another.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can register it, go home, go
and stay together and come back the following day.
So that mobile you can wear this Simmat and mortgage now, but
society I didn't know your society No.
So it is not good. It is the society and our own
and our quick coming Yeah, yeah, I know.
But those that we learned from if you if you get to know how to
wire simple and you can time simple.
But here the culture we are in and the society that we are in,
you know, you know, you know. So in relation to the church we
are, we are free, but when it comes to church the chastity one
initial and make a long one. But when it comes to church and
we combine both, we prefer that you should be chased.
The empresse of the Kakosari and I hope I have tried it.
OK OK so praise the Lord this when mummy was speaking the
parts where she spoke about our dresses and all that.
We are entering into a phase where we are entering into a
city church, city church near there.
So sometimes dresses be awhile a city church dress.
And near there I so maybe say something like if you have
Tartar jeans be over, it'd be more wasting to me.
That's is. Is it that bad when it comes to
that aspect? Too.
But then this time around, is it that we are not encouraging
those ones or we can do it, but then if we can do it, how should
we do it or? Before you say that we have so
the point is that though we appreciate that we are pushing
towards the era that we want people to come in and we don't
want to suck them in the state they came in.
But for us who are in here, is that how we dress?
We are making room for those to come so that they can hear the
gospel. We don't want to be like the
Pharisees who only concern themselves about the outward
appearance without checking the stick of the heart.
So yes, we are moving into that state.
But yeah, sure. The stage.
Do you see us wear them? You don't wear them.
Do you see us putting them on? But if somebody comes to church,
they don't know why allow him or her to come.
Oh, no, but no shit. Yeah, yeah.
Get this sort of. And then next time we're back
and you'll be in the catch and say answer, Sir.
So we don't want to be detrimental and we don't want to
judge ahead of time. Let them come in or bar in that
same state locks not and all the other Mani tsunami 123 when you
address it come up OK COP. Why is it that all COP ministers
we don't leave yet you will not see it as a code is a
convention. You don't do that.
Why you have to shave every day and come clean shave.
Yes, in a meeting where I do look at you like all right
today. So we don't do why?
Because when you stand to preach, we don't want attention
to be on us. But that is why even we even
discourage wearing of multi colored suits.
Don't say chairman anyway, we always seem to do black suits,
ash suits, black, white. We want to appear simple so that
everybody will listen to the message, not us.
I say flamboyance, extravagance. No, no, no, no, no.
We just see that in our church we all wear the same clerical
black and white, but for some the Bishop have their clerical
associate Bishop the most reverent and the most holy right
or left, left, honorable right. We have their chain and other
things. But for us, everybody wears at
first. We used to have ash, we used to
have pink Lyrica. It wasn't COP, it was the Ashley
coming be the movie. But it gets a point saying in
uniform why we want it to be simple.
So in as much as we are pushing for the city church, is that how
we dress at home? Is that how you dress to work?
Is that how you dress to the beach?
Is that you dress when when you're at home?
If it's new, don't try and bring it here.
But so be one kind of home, be forever.
Oh, no room. I feel odd, but nobody would
cast me out. Especially there's this guy.
So when they come in that state, don't suck them baby in the
West. They don't wear those things
you're some of the white churches they are very decent
and yours the area that's why you're going to normal.
But I've been here. OK?
So in as much as we want to approach the city church, we
also do doing so with the understanding that we will not
dress anyhow. Now Mesovia, will you say try
it? I remember one time one of our
youth members came to church with some genius V in our city.
Pentecost Edaba you will not to ask.
Sorry, no, no, but not T-shirt, Messi, Uncle Sasan, Hombra or
Koi and or by such a person is different from someone who just
came. The what I have realized is that
those of us who are already in the church, who have gone
through teachings, at times we want to copy blindly from those
people in the name of fashion. Fashion.
And the truth of the matter is that this kind of things may be
leading some of us to help. So we should be very careful
about it. The keyword is we should dress
recently make sure say allowance especially because you see the
word of God is a light. This is the name of.
OK, so I also want to ask this question.
I think we are talking about the church.
The church, the church alone that you don't wear tightens and
stuff to church. I want to ask, is it only the
church that you don't have to wear?
Why am I asking this question? I have realized that because we
are preaching against this kind of dressing when our members get
opportunity outside, the way they would dress, the way they
dress, it's like they want to pay like like yes, yes, they
want to just pay for all that. So I especially when they are
going for exercise weddings and exercise the kind of things they
wear. So I just want to ask, is it
only the church that when they are coming they should dress
well or is everywhere so? Please, he has asked a very
important thing. It all goes back to your
doctrine. If your doctrine is wrong, it
affects your expressions. So if you know that my body is
the temple of God and the Holy Spirit lives in the Holy Spirit,
He does not reside in my body when I'm entering this house is
in my body everywhere I go. So please, and again, please let
us take notes. If your work is such that you
have to put on James, you are a security officer now, would be
free as a human neighbor. So yeah, come with it.
Yeah, Yeah. No, no, thyself, no attention,
she's gone. But if you have body that is a
Mia now a shot, everybody will be forced to turn whiny and the
attention comes on you. So it's not just a church, but
everywhere you are, you are the temple of God.
And so when we are going to weddings and what kind of signal
him, you know, bridesmaids normal count Eradi, the moment
you see them, the eye, when they blink their eyes, that's the
eventuality long lungs or friend is saying eyelashes and pointed
green, blue. They become scared and then no
hands exposing the upper part of their chest and a whole lot of
that. So please, we beg you, let us
not in the name of fashion do anything.
Wow, no, no more wear out. So please wear things that are
that you flow fine. Growing up at home, they were
exposed to such things. Such people have their own
challenge, but there are some people that were exposed to them
so they easily flow that I don't know, it takes some time to
reorient them. But please, we are saying that
wherever you are dressed well, if you're going to the gym,
well, you must say if you go out with these caps, everybody who
the ice will widen how many you will cause accidents.
Please don't when team member will be we think about because
of you, we beg you, you know yourself.
So let us try and cover ourselves well because we are
examples, shining examples. Wherever you are, wherever we
go, they are watching you. Everybody's watching you.
Yeah, Coba people are watching us.
Papa, the day you join them, hey, come and see who is coming.
the US of Mamitu has joined us. That is the day you see that
they have been monitoring you. So please know yourself and the
kind of attack that fits you so well.
And wait. And also in chess Aquan question
if you can see about attack here you have to say, Dinah, you know
anything. Do you see that clip?
How many of you have seen that clip today?
Go ahead and check slave slave that video like like the 19th
century a monk. We are all free.
No, it doesn't mean that don't dress well.
Please dress well because our father is the king of all kings.
Our father likes the best. You can wear the most beautiful
clothes or dress without exposing yourself.
Yes, you can be the most beautiful person without any
exposure. Exposure or the training.
It's for your husband, so preserve for him, not for us.
It's for you and your husband, not for any other person.
We beg you. Amen.
Oh, yeah. How are you in there?
Oh, we. But because I asked for dainty,
not watching. Ha, auntie, No.
Yeah, man, I'm not crying. You should just listen to him
and everything will be OK. Praise the Lord.
OK, immediately humble plea back.
OK. So please about the doctrines of
the church. Yeah, we are.
We have our own doctrines by you're outside sometimes you
notice said. There are some doctrines, I say,
coming directly to you in the sense we have a win that we talk
about this homosexuality and lesbianism and also
masturbation. And there's something that is
going on among the youth these days.
So for my humble plea, I don't know how this topic is going to
climb up there and be of education to the whole youth and
the whole church. May Patch all said if you banana
who sank we should get a series. Oh continuous preaching.
I say a back caught so much onto that one with time a Becca Kaya.
I bet my age now so you will say those doctrines now yet were
outside say who masturbate. Yeah, it's normal because you
are being chased. You are not doing all these kind
of things. It's normal.
A baby any stars I check I check trust me it is in the church.
We'll be all bad sorry I said we'll be seeing the power bounty
all bad sorry we'll be on warrior we'll be all dear sorry.
It is distracting the church. I had encounter with some of the
youth girls and their ways and all those kind of things you
know it's bad. So please if possible with yen
Kenya honeymoon also main Sunday church yen Kenya honeymoon I am
bustle because. So please my humble plea, it is
true. So that is why we will be
getting the opportunities to preach evening services, Sunday
mornings and whole lot of them. Yeah, I need to be preaching.
So we also reminded ourselves that as we are sharing here, we
should also remain firm. The foundation of the Lord does
not shift a firm. All these things, anybody who
does these things, perverse life, they will not enter the
Kingdom of God. They will not.
The Bible is emphatic. No matter how they make you feel
good, the word of the Lord says is evil.
So please, it's important that we expose ourselves to the
doctrine. It's very good.
I agree with you. It's very true.
So periodically we'll be sharing.
We'll be sharing and then some people are even teaching that
it's good to even have a side check and somebody will come on
air and they will debate. They want views.
But nyamibi choma Babia, God will say that.
Get away. I don't know you.
Jesus said that He told the Jews that you don't know.
You are in error. Moses permitted you because of
your hard heart, but that was not what what's from the
beginning. God created a man and a woman.
That is what he has approved all other things a year and throw.
So please nobody should lie to you that masturbation whether as
a woman or as a it will hunt you is a door that allowed demonic
activities into your life until you close it.
You hand that kid to the devil and will be flowing in and out
disturbing your peace. So we beg you these things they
are lies and through while we are also say you are not at
peace to our owner money. They are not at easel and at
peace. So let us follow.
And then I saw you playing Mama Wagner Okasi Koba pya Ojituma
ASM one gentleman when your son if you have money here and you
are a church leader and a church worker and this week Elder XYZ
to preach this man, God will punish him if woman and they're
like this man. Look, you're top and down.
What's actually with 360° then you see.
So please, as leaders of the check, we beg you if you are a
man here, single or married, don't give any indicator
indication to any lady. That's hey, I like you, Debbie
Auna, I like you as in emojis, Arora la emojis.
I mean, would be that please be careful and see for us there are
some words. I don't use them.
Yeah, try. I miss you, darling.
I miss you like real. Do you know those words?
Do not awaken love until you are ready.
Sure. Don't go and spark it.
We beg you leaders, elders, pastors, young in a pussy.
We discipline ourselves. We subject ourselves to strict
training. COP yet you Are you ready?
For some time we have been dismissing some ministers
because of the grounds of sexual immorality.
Some of them if I tell you now, you will be wowed by in this
church, yet you are you go home will not condo, but other
denominations. They allow them to flourish
inside. Yes, this is so now about only
they don't easily dismiss them, they will transfer you.
So they carry everything to where they go and they continue.
But for our church, we will dismiss you even to Executive
Council member Yehib Yaduda, Executive Council, he was a
prophet, prophet he was dismissed.
So this and some are coming against him and now we are away.
Some of that happening in the church.
Some of that happened in the church.
So we beg you right in this church, no hero in COP some
whenever they want to get married.
Allow me to sleep with you before I It is wrong.
It is wrong. We have a lot of our young
beautiful ladies who are crying. Why?
Because those that they look up to as fathers have betrayed
them, betrayed them, and we have been made Wes sinners such
things. Jesus, He will pay you with your
card, with your card. So we beg you.
We beg you, men, man, there are no strong men on earth.
There are no strong men in relation to women.
There are no strong men. There are no strong men.
This is nasty, flea. There you go.
Run for your life, Run for your life.
Those things, when they get to you, they will destroy you.
And even those yet to come. On that note, you want to humbly
plead that. MMM.
And also more no do why not wish Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no no.
What what, what, what, what, what, what what you investment
then you're moving with you. Actually Modi Mr. No meaning why
is coming as an advice. Please, if you are not ready and
the ladies please don't allow them.
Let them say don't say it for them.
Let them propose. Don't propose for them.
You can be debated to help. Let the guys propose.
So please, we beg you. We beg you and guys don't get so
attached to somebody. I'm proposing China don't get so
attached. Typically tight or blocking
Crawford every Sunday. We beg you.
Hello darling, take your hands off.
Ladies, obitis A Cagenzo Omaga or Becca uncanning term, if you
want to say please say it, but if you are studying here, do
that in a company of more than two or three.
If you are studying each other, do it in a company of two or
three. The ice cream, ice cream, pizza,
movies, movies. There you will see that you are
playing fire and fire will burn you.
Please, we beg you. These things, there are fires,
it will burn you. There are no strong men no
matter who you are, from our chairman to all of us, there are
no strong men when it comes to women.
Please, if you don't run, you fall.
So please, we are begging you relationship wise, you can work
with each other as a brother, as a sister, pure one.
It is there. But don't block somebody's
chance of getting a very good husband.
Amen. I just want to draw attention to
as church leaders Sena so for Miami director and as you mean
say will be addressing no one receive you.
So we share a man wanna yes you'll be a elder or see they
see to it's that spiritual and moral discipline is kept in the
church intervene is a will be addressed in Koyi and now Elder
Coca. Now maybe I will hear elder but
we a church leader many panel be cultural who know you should
know how to respond. At times you see that some
church leaders will meet and then they will sympathize with
the person. Why really cry where they're not
crying? There's somebody due at the
market when it happens like that.
We are not being a good leader. The elder is trying to do his
work until as a church leader you should understand and
explain or help the person and then yeah, yeah, mami like I
kinda about maybe members who are doing things contrary to the
word of God, infidelity and other stuff.
My little advice is that if a member is doing something which
is contrary to the word of God and you see him or her with your
eyes, advise him. If you advise him or her.
Not on fire, but leadership harmony.
Now can say we should teach, we will teach but we should be
careful that don't go and see something or a member somewhere
and come and use it to preach why you do it that way it is
wrong. Meanwhile you have the
opportunity to talk to the person advising not or advising
and I'm far then you inform leadership that is the best way
you can help the person. If not and you come and use that
particular person because of for Nona, Uber prepares same one now
I mean. There was another question, you
know about the Ville. Now you're gonna say in case
we'll be I could Chicana Onion license.
License may be said a true new wedding obeyed me a good
villain. All that I want.
All that I'm saying is that if somebody is is trying to marry
the person is has not yet married, but the unfortunate
happened. The person agreed that he has
done it. He comes to the church officers
or the leaders, the church leaders who pray for that
person. The person will admit and he
will he or she will actually forgiveness on their marriage
day. Would they be or they will be
allowed would they be allowed to put on veil That is 1.
Then the second question I want to ask is that per our
ministerial manual I want to ask if there can be changes.
He was asked as of mommy was teaching us and she said as
formally if you don't wear scarf, they will not allow you
to come. Now things are changing.
Looking at our young officers who have been called into the
office hood to hold this office and then do as pass.
I said if maybe they want to get into marriage, coming closer to
even propose become an issue. So I'm suggesting that we should
look at those that aspects if we can put a clause for officers
because now formally I believe that or what I came to witness
in the church is that when you are not married, they don't pick
you as an officer. I don't know.
I stand to be corrected. But it's now we see young ones
being called to hold offices, which some of them find
difficult to get into marriage because going to maybe a
Dickness if you want to go closer to the Dickness
superpose. One guy's on a whole corner
officer we remember we share scenario now bedding and a
master office has no check and sign up or more.
I'm just it's just a suggestion say ABI call cancel meeting and
I just want to add something small to what our mommy said
about our dressing and when I went to I had a friend.
We were all living in a cortex. That guy, anytime he he sees the
lady's panty dry on the line, there's an issue and I will
compound. These things are deo spirit be
patriafeno, sukubus and incubus. There is a demonic spirit called
Sukubus and incubus and that's where it's not or a last four
and TI Amo Amoda or Vinoma veda, those kind of people in the
sense that yes, we're here spirit and we
are there and they are there. When you are praying for
deliverance encounters are you share honor.
It is dangerous and so please don't try, don't try, don't try.
There is something about body. So they also have an I there.
Please can you ask your so that we can try and then answer me
now Mr. please we were talking you said something about ABR say
elder HISL called COB power so like ASMP.
So I wanted to ask if let's say Elder really wants to propose to
maybe Sister Ella. Please go online please.
I wanted to ask if it would be a sin if an elder proposed to a
church worker. If it's a sin at the Church of
Pentacles. Oh that one he's searching or
he'll be alright. That that one is nothing but OK.
I mean, defining a year someone who is married, Why should I in
the ring? Oh, I like you, I like you.
So please. It is not in that context, but
for his so I'm also so my own perita.
Perita with any criminal perita. No, not in Ella Ella, Ella.
The way you lead worship the day you come Goose bean pause all my
body Shabba ba ba ba. I think I love you 99.999 just
at 0.0001 to run it up me and your 100%.
No, I said no human. No, I said you know I'm fine.
Grace. No, but grace, grace.
Oh the way you conduct yourself when I see you my heart melts.
So yes, idea it is wrong, but if he's serious and he has
prayerfully considered Ella, the Ella, I have prayed, I have
prayed to have Kabul Kabei, I have also informed leadership
and I think that I'm convinced that you are the right lady for
us. Hey, so can I say serious about
it? They're fine.
Oh elder, I am a taish. Oh elder, I would love to but
no, I said baby. So please, what we are saying is
that if you, when you are ready, it is not sin, but when you are
married or you are just doing it, we are not on any today you
are going out to this place. So we are going out this place.
That is the most dangerous thing and it creates some kind of
spiritual atmosphere, deadly for us.
And only I say I am bad, it is evil.
Don't do that. We beg you, please don't do
that. Please don't do that.
And then back to edema. In this church, discipline is
without fear or favor. If it's not good for A, it is
not good for B. If it's good for A, it should be
good for B Engine. Why?
And waiting, waiting. But when we discipline you, we
correct you in love not to kill you.
So yes, we allow you to come here, but no view another
strictest one, but each one it depends.
So generalized one, every issue comes with its own grace.
So please, I want to talk about discipline in the church.
And then for those who think that if you become a dickness at
a younger age or in term, you not get a good husband early and
you become like they are afraid. Is it a myth or a mystery?
It is not wholly true, but I see.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But to media, it is not wholly
true. It's not wholly true.
So a bit more ababea or malware any business or no more.
Well Auntie, maybe yes, perhaps no and then we answer member.
It is highly debatable. Now if you move about the
officers are especially the thickness they are afraid maybe,
but you'll be my wife. Amen.
Oh Hallelujah. And those who come to
officership so Uno be cohabitating and a young
officer. If you are single, you can be an
officer, you are single, you can be an officer.
If you are single, you can be an elder, you are single, you can
be addicting. You are single, you can be
addicting. But if you're cohabitating,
dear, we will not agree unless but if and then as soon as a new
hard rule. What was she in Suja many part
with me tracking kind Naomi at three.
No one impresed idea in a way in India.
So such things are exception to the rule and also we don't when
it comes to consultation, we consult and we seek the best way
out. One thing that we also want to
show us is that these days are what worship style in COP?
Yeah, yeah. As a sana in this church, we
have a unique way of doing worship.
If you go to the charismatics, they'll just sing Ye Tumiya
Obiantinas. In Jesus name we have
worshipped. Amen.
In Church of Pentecost that is not so when you're coming to
lead worship and it's worship you need to give us a reference
point, a text in your missing be a division as that is why
somebody can come and stand there and see the look at the
creation of God, look at the bears, the mountains so that the
person is trying to let us go before the praise of the Lord
and adore him as the Creator. We can read a text, a Bible, a
testimony, a very powerful 1. Based on that we worship God for
who he is. So please, when you're leading
worship, it's not the number of songs you will sing actually
part in a typical COP style as we came to meet it.
You just you read a text or two, you expand it a little and also
we preach Mr. and I will preach you.
The Bible says yes, Sir, and I saw that the Bible.
No, no, no, just read a text and preach.
You preach an hour before you worship.
No, please don't do that. We yes, Sir.
The the one in the chair can ask you to go and sit down.
Yes, the one in the chair can ask.
So you read. Yes.
Oh, the person in the chair or a powerful whoever is chairing can
ask you say we are saying that enough.
Go and sit down. Yes, as the three leads
ambassador, don't be offended. It's part of COP lifestyle and
our culture. And he said yeah, Tapos bacha.
Yeah, yes. If you see for my see for my
holy gustafasa credit for my So when you read a text or two, one
would be working a text. Look at the way the sound mist
is inviting us all to worship the almighty God today one
worship God in the beauty of His Holiness.
So and say, O ending and you have connected all of us that
God is holy for the Lord our God is holy has all the Lord our God
worship holy, holy, holy so that you sing you pick songs.
So anyone coming to lead worship, you prepare someone
coming to preach or coming to minister in songs, you prepare.
You go to God and you ask him, how do I do it?
So this one is not this is just a guide.
Then the songs if your voice is Abuchi, like Mia Liz with the
choir. So before you come understand
you give them the signal we will sing so that you can you hire a
lawyer against Lee. Please take the Michael and when
you see me holy, I will just say the first holy if you allow me
to go there, second holy machine, you know, so the way
you mention Holiness, you see that the kids look up holy,
holy, holy, then you know your mic will go down so that you'll
be doing your small small. But when the person leading is
good, allow him to raise his songs or her songs so that you
back him or her. Also, please don't sing too many
songs in the Church of Pentecost.
When we sing, you lead us to raise a song to sing.
One or two songs are enough. Allow us to adore God with
words. Pentacles here, then a
combination of songs and adoring God with words.
Mother tongue. You can do it in English.
You can blow in tongues by blowing in tongues outside like
a crusade rally. Sometimes I am uncomfortable.
Who are these people? But if they hear you, Sinner, oh
Lord, we worship you. Oh Lord, we are doing.
Which of the two do you think makes meaning?
The one they can understand. So for tongues here for us, we
appreciate it. We would like it.
But for them, please spread them, spread their ears.
You confuse them. And they will do, even if you
want to. Even here, crown who we are.
The one leading to prayer, when you are leading prayer because
other people will be joining at different points of the service.
Open tongues, pray with your understanding and pray with
tongues so that when somebody should join us midway, the
person knows that we are praying about this.
There's something. Go to a prayer meeting and the
one living is blowing tones. So you don't know what kind of
prayer points and you're in your drawer when we are praying
longer period. Sir, one thing that will let you
know that we are praying about this is the song you raise
midway. So if you raise a song about,
that means, hey, yeah, but you can't win.
You are miss you miss the whole thing, so please allege to us so
we beg you one or two songs allow us to also worship God
with our words adore him, and when we adore him.
Instruments should stop woman I'm in TNA let God hear our
voice. If the person leading requests
that the keyboard should play fine, but ideally the moment we
begin to worship the Lord, let every instrumentation cease.
They too they should pray almost I'm sorry on your mini be and
then you keep on you do it. But be mindful that don't let us
stand for too long. You can let us sit down for a
while to reflect and we can stand to our feet depending on
the duration of the service. You can also start with without
a song shall we best into thanking God for who he is so
and your one way thing you can be led to modify by allow us to
pray with our understanding some and the one we end in worship.
Let us observe some silence period where we commune with
God. These days we are missing it
silence. It's part of worship.
When we go before the King, we should pause for him to also
speak to us. Individual help what the crowded
that. But let us pause and reflect and
think about the goodness. It is there that somebody
receive a word. Somebody receiving that we come
back. See that you are refreshed.
So please I want us to take notes so that we we don't bring
and in our church by other jurisdiction.
My Bodin. Some people think that every
slow song is a worship song. It is not true.
Your songs are inspiring your prayer songs and we are.
When you talk about worshipper and no crime, I mean some a year
adoration time. The whole service is worship.
Ideally, if you want to use the correct word, Sir, the whole
service is worship until the most appropriate word is
adoration or call to worship. Call to worship, but the entire
service is a service of washing. Let's take notes Nigina cavalry
know how to choose your songs, know how to choose your song and
also pleading that whenever you are leading worship a very
spiritual angels are there angels do come around angels.
Papa, let me talk about discipline and probably we will
call it off just a little bit. The BBQ to become about
discipline. Discipline of ministers,
officers and members in the men and women in MMO.
An officer or a member of the Church who commits any of the
following offenses shall be disciplined in accordance with
the principles of the Church. Habitually visiting.
Questionable places such as drinking bars, brothels.
Habitually. Libyanathy, Libya.
Visiting go and preach to the three fathers falling into open
sin such as drunkenness, adultery, fornication, stealing.
It calls for discipline and the church would discipline you so
open sin you don't have time. All that and I would have
explained to you what it means to you, what it means.
Embracing or spreading false doctrine to it calls for
discipline. Divorcing wife or husband, the
one who caused it will be discipline.
The action one your no initiative divorcing, marrying
more than one wife or husband would discipline you.
A sister getting married to a married man, second wife or you
are a side chick that want to discipline.
Disobeying and showing disrespect to church authority
at any level that want to cause for discipline.
Practicing any form of immorality, Any form of
immorality, any form. Practicing or promoting
homosexuality or any perverse sexual behavior to cause for
discipline. Sanctions.
Depending on the gravity of the offense committed, an offending
officer or member may be publicly rebuked.
Ideal. Yeah.
You're nearby when you cry in the presence of the whole church
is a bad example. Nobody should follow it.
It's part of church discipline. You mention your name and openly
rebuke it. That one to his day or may be
suspended from playing a leading role in our church programs and
activities. Hey, if you're not go back to
now Michael Crown Kuterbi for adoration.
You will not play drums, you will not do you will not lead
any active role here. You will not be involved in it.
You'll be asked to set aside if I even go on to shall not
partake in the Lost supper can tell you that this Sunday when
you see us coming to the lost table, don't come sit, sit
there, don't come shall not minister witness on the platform
of the church may be removed from office.
You can be removed from office coming to depending may be
stripped of his or her ordination through revocation by
the appointing authority. So they become any member of
the. In extreme cases, offending
member officer may be excommunicated.
This one is done by the Executive Council alone,
depending on what would happen. So these are some of the things
that can cause you to be dismissed.
And then finally, there are rules that the governments, you
can be restored, you can be interdicted, you can be
suspended. And when we suspend you, we
first of all have to invite you, inform you if it will be as
indica, but you'll be to us. Right now you're in town.
See you people who knew. I'm sorry, near 2 are saying
near 2 Sayers still come to church.
We'll still show you love. You have to do all those checks
before an official announcement is made.
We don't do it on the blind side of the individual.
No please. It is unethical in our church to
do that. So please interdiction happened
someone who holds who is an officer or someone who who has
any position you'll be asked to step aside.
If you are an elder, dicking or dickness, you'll not be
performing your role even what launching whilst we conduct
investigation to confirm your action whether it was in line or
it was not in line. An officer, a district minister
cannot suspend. An officer is only area heads.
Who suspends officers If you the area head was give hearing
before they can even come out. I have certain cases at the area
level where we have discussed issues.
We have caused some of them to be interdicted, we have caused
some of them. We have revoked.
We are calling, we have done a in a zone.
Just want to know then I've also sat in a meeting with the
executive council where a minister has been dismissed
before. Let me tell you the minister was
shaking. Let me see a few women and guess
what somebody drew a DA. He drew a near someone who many
women when who a year Bible say I saw a non woman and sister say
near the artato or the animal wherever you fall shot, we kick
you. That is it.
We love you but discipline. So that is the church that you
have been called to serve. May we serve with a very good
heart in Jesus name, Amen. Virtual Bibu Hambusa.
So for your Darcy, you spoke about worship and you have
explained very well and prayer. But maybe one thing I also want
to draw attention. You could realize that at times
when someone is leading prayer or worship, the musicians will
be backing very well. But when it is time for prayer,
I don't know if they may, they don't pray.
They don't pray. So I don't know if they come to
church to holy sing and not pray and if they are also members of
the church. So I want to draw your
attention. And then sophomore in her
presentation she spoke about abstinence from total abstinence
from alcohol, tobacco and and drugs.
What I want to ask is this, you know, as members of the church
we are being, we have been taught to abstain from alcohol.
I remember one time after church I went to eat somewhere.
So when I was eating, I saw an elder coming day.
When he came, they came with 2 bottles of Smirnoff.
Smirnoff in a rubber. Or she has she not reached a
corner and then he came to buy his Menopher and then he went
away. But what I want to draw our
attention and also ask is you know, there are some people who
are members of the church. They are Christians.
But when they have a function like funeral like wedding like
any other program on one moon, but or better and people come
and drink. If you do that.
I want you to speak. To that also for us.
So please, these things, they are there.
There's this drink club shandy and I had that one.
They will come and deceive you, the oh, so for just 3%, it's
just to one point, something percent.
Even if it's 0.01%, avoid it because you will graduate, you
will graduate, you will graduate.
Please, all forms of alcohol, avoid it.
The Roman Catholics, they drink it, they are priests.
If you go and visit them, they have * go there in their fridge.
But as far as we don't drink it total abstinence from alcohol.
Me, I have worked in a lab as a chemist so my nose can smell
differences. All these in fact, abstinence,
we beg you one wine shandy 4% smell of you will graduate.
The devil is bad or you're very bad before you see.
And then somebody goes, oh, a little bit of red wine and I
almost come in German red wine. So please, we beg you in the
name of God, some of our other denominations, the it's OK to
drink, but in COP, please know, please know.
And then when you're holding a program to don't serve it, tell
them that a program, a holy convocation.
So no, if you want to go behind the wall and go and do your own
thing. But As for here, oh boy, you not
taste wine, you not taste anything.
Do you know that there are some of the denominations where
Communion wine is actually alcoholic?
Do you know that? Yes.
And so. And if you are, and he's OBC,
Mrs. Tanakacerami, so no more. Whenever bone is so the bone is
so every Boniso wasn't on who stars I'm seeing God, I mean,
but As for our church, No, no, no, no, no, please.
We don't serve alcohol any function.
But when you're holding wedding recession that the songs you
play, we should insist don't go and play.
Any secular song, don't play them.
So please we beg you, when it's your function, you are in
charge. Don't let them play any ungodly
songs. Some songs say they invite
demons. Why now?
Feel free. You are inviting them to your
home. So please don't alcohol and all
these things, don't serve them. He beg you, beg your pardon, beg
you. When you're going to find a
leader, a member in that state, talk to him.
Talk to him or her. So, I mean, what you are doing
is wrong is no good. Repent.
So the first time should be between the two of you.
When you see him again, bring in a third person to also talk to
him or her then when they are coming from the leadership of
the church. So that all set a bad example in
the church for us. One time in your coffee we were
driving along the beach Rd. Then it came to my head that do
you know what some of these drinking bars and others do?
Do know what they do to draw men and women to themselves?
And I was like no, I don't know. Some of them invoke deities.
Some of them, you know, why they are along the beaches, you have
no idea. And people just flock there in
their numbers, in thousands and hundreds, you have no idea.
So whoever is involved in such business, it does not bring
glory to God. And so, well, I want to know
about what the Mobiano must say. It is no good.
TRA more, TRA more, TRA more and other things.
People would take it and they get somebody has a question.
Brother Charles, he says that when a pastor is dismissed from
the church, is he compensated in any way for all the time he has
served the church? I don't know.
It's just another subject all together.
If they have we have them in our books.
It depends if you will study every circular that comes out.
Sometimes chairman will say that the president summarily is been
dismissed. The person has been dismissed
into adjectives nation in our own meaning gross misconduct
English you know against a down. You could even interpretations
and so they are the church and also because of our time.
But your snits is yours, you could go for them and Debian if
you if you did TTA 3 is yours, you could go for it.
But if the church has anything for you, the church can withhold
it. They give it to those who end.
No, not those who who don't go to the finishing line.
And for those things, they will not get them.
You, you just. I'm allowed to go.
Please. OK, Let's allow our dear brother
Frank. Yes, please.
Go on. OK so I want to ask a question
relating to the king of alcohol. Some products are not
specifically labeled or written as containing alcohol but they
do contain alcohol. And then most of them we do even
have them in our homes. Example is mashed kinky.
You can have something like pito palm wine.
So I want to find out if you take any of those or you drink
any of those. Is this an offense in the Church
of Pentecost and. Is.
Unlawful. Yes, because the reason why I'm
saying so is I've had my I don't take anything alcoholic, but I
had an experience when I was in the university.
I was broke. The only money I had could buy
me only mash Kinky. I had a paper in the afternoon,
I took it in the morning, went to the library.
Then I was feeling sleepy, dizzy, set an alarm to 9, AMI
have to push it to 11, AMI have to push it.
I nearly missed the paper too. And since then, so now I don't
take much skin case. So in that sense.
So yeah. OK, so that one.
So the intention with which you are doing it is very important.
Are you intentionally going to allow to ferment so that you can
have the alcoholic parts and have that feeling of boozing?
The intention of a sin is the same as committing the sin.
In the light of the Sermon on the Mountain.
This is also about last full year.
You have already committed the ACT.
So the intention if it's evil is equivalent to doing it.
So what's the so the intention now call me an oboe idea, but if
you open, I say all day every day, you want to create that
feeling that one there you have set the path of addiction and
you need to pray to God for help And for those who take these
things helps that will make you dizzy, that will help you to
relax, that will help you to create that feeling.
All these things are no good. All these things are no good.
So please read the label before you eat.
And then pito pito in tumkum, the first one, they are saying
it is sweet. I mean what if they deceive you
into giving you the one that is fermented?
Before you say Jack, it is not a fresh 1 you know, but you are
drinking a fermented 1. So please, if you know the
source, that is sure. A good idea, fine.
But a fermented idea, you know what?
The Holy Spirit in you will tell you if it is good or is bad.
I can give you that. That's law.
But we are just advising and please do also want to that
there's another one here about. Yes, yes, see Ake, Ake,
Grapevine, Grapevine, how information spread through the
Grapevine. Yes, it's awful.
Let me kind of see you at the tail end.
You see that also Papa, but it is so when information is
traveling a different shape and form.
So we beg you, verify everything you hear.
Verify them. We are here.
When hear anything about a brother or anyone here, go to
the person and ask him if you are an umpire.
Yes somebody's trying to tarnish his or image go to the person
asking I've heard that you are into this this and that oh it is
not true. It was somebody I gave my car to
and I went to my office this week, enemy executive assistant.
When I left, no Hanuman. So he was there praying.
And three by the friend who are beginning Bible Muda mains and
stabilism. And so it is good.
But let me be aware. Yes, Sir, because I was passing
by 7 AM 7:00 PM and you were still at the office, but he was
there so that I'll be in the noon.
Should there be any issue we can track and trace.
So we beg you ask otherwise, if you contribute to spreading
rumors, you are disturbing the church or you are killing
somebody slowly in Jesus name, Amen.
I want somebody who has never spoken today to talk.
Yes, Miss V and I'm feeling. Thank you for the opportunity.
So when they were asking questions about marriage,
something just like drew my attention.
It's about the marriage process and counselling.
I don't know whether there's been a change because during our
time we use 8 weeks for counselling.
Yeah, but we started October and we Pastor Musu, approve our
dates. In.
February, but our wedding was in April.
But nowadays it's looks like. I say, oh wow.
Then you hear someone coming to get married.
And recently, what's the first one that we did here, I noticed
something and most of people were talking about it.
It's like the bride was so much in a hurry.
So I don't know whether it looks like we are dictating for it
looks like they are rather deciding for the press, which
are the officers or the church. Because if you come here and
want to involve the church, that means you have to go abide by
what the church will say. So Pastor, I want to know if
there's been a change. If not, then I think there
should be an education. What's going to the counseling,
the process. If you want to involve the
church, then you have to be ready to abide by what the
church will see. Thank you, thank you.
The time you hear of the wedding date is not the time that they
actually began. They began some weeks ago.
You only give out the date when it's about at least three weeks,
minimum of three weeks or a month or two months to the time
that we give out the data we start announcing.
But their wedding plans should have begun earlier and they are
gone back and forth and they have gone through many things
before. Also, it depends on the the
districts. If all things are working with
all three things, we call the Prima Writer book the lessons.
We have about 12. If you can make yourself
available. Depending the normal of times
per week, we can use about two months to finish.
Sometimes the councillors will not available.
That could also account for how it can drag unnecessarily.
It also depends on the district. If they have a lot of weddings,
funerals I had fixing a date can take a longer time to fix.
So all these things come together to come to play as to
when to fix a date. But in my view, As for me, when
you come, after you have gone through the local, the local
officers Presbytery, they are to vet the couples thoroughly
because they know you, you know them.
So the vetting should be done thoroughly by you.
Then before you come and see me, ask for me.
The first thing we do is to fix a deed and we work towards it so
that you can be serious with your planning.
Maybe Susanna Miano, when you come, we fix our deeds.
So I'll give you some time to go and check with your homes, with
your families. So if you don't have any
funerals, anything there, then you are come up with a date.
Then we will agree when it is done, we will plan towards it.
So when is about a month or two, then you go to the courts.
The moment you go to the courts register, we have to announce
it. So it's there.
Sometimes we announced earlier, but the wedding can be a month
ahead. You're in idea at all, so it
hasn't changed. But we also advised that we
don't have to drag it unnecessarily.
At times they will drag it and if you are the drag it
unnecessarily, maybe it also depends at first near Dawson.
Look at now memoir. I have two locals but I didn't
imagine on them and look at my net then East Airport National
see. So imagine if every local is
bringing one wedding, one wedding, one wedding #5 June.
So we'll be doing it. But here there is no queue 2
background. But we will not also skip the
important things. We ensure that you go through
everything thoroughly, but will not skip it too, and will not
also drag it unnecessary will hold it in between for you into
your money trade. Mika Bri.
So how are any messages here to sell Hannah over Soul Warrior?
Come early, come early. Why willing?
And the lady? No,
no, no, no, no, no, no. I was.
So let me know the moment you come to me.
The next thing we do is to fix a date.
I'll ask you to go to the labs. Go and do all your labs.
If you say you will not, do you sign for it or me and Kanan?
I'm saying we won't force you to go and do HIV tests.
We're not forced to go and do hepatitis B and blah, blah,
blah. We will not force you, but we
will recommend. If you don't, you say you won't
do it. We will type a letter.
Then you both will sign. We'll give you a copy.
We'll keep a copy file. We'll scan it and keep it in the
air. Cloud shouldn't be.
People say you cannot come back and blame us.
We'll keep our records very well.
And we'll be willing to produce it at the court.
Wherever you take us. We produce.
So don't shift. Yes, I've seen one from HIV.
Never. Oh, pastor, I believe our
services. Sign me.
I'll let you sign so that tomorrow you cannot come and
tell me that you didn't advise and make us aware.
You sign it. It's here.
I'll give it to you. Even something newer crowd the
pastor who produce it. Then you will see.
So please, Marriage is a very serious venture.
It involves lots of laws in Ghana.
Your chair pay. You can hold us, You can hold
us. With what Sister Vida is talking
about, I told me we are more members and most more officers.
You know, members in the Bureau are on where I'm team so far.
I remember there was an issue, a couple to be.
They came to an interview and then they were asked Muyeda
Ibiza Obano or say David Ibiza Bermano or say hi, you're from
Munu Bayeno, you'll be so munu or banner say yen yeda.
Nah, Berman also can't say yen Yeda and your country and say
Berman say me, not sure, but I know you cause trouble why you
find yourself in such a situation, but the consequence
you face it. And so one at times the members
even know more than what we know and they will say for the
officers As for this person they were meanwhile, that's not the
case. And see one thing about your
officers and they said it was a whole why should drop it will be
the one summer best runner. I didn't try to make us out the
other way. Our council open terminal.
We may be soft. We have to teach about marriage.
Some people think marriage is all about a party party, party.
We knew, but you say so that is the answer.
So it's not that we don't know we know, but times you use your
discretion we. Normal partner and Aiden meets
no God give them it and kill them and see what prayer in
Burma about that will be enough enough in your mind and what we
want to briefly comment about ministry to celebrities.
A new ministry intervention that we want to reach out to anybody
who has risen to fame will be what you doing within our
jurisdiction. The weather in in the
entertainment industry in the movie industry, arts and
culture. I show speed and I'm very say I
show speed The crowd by Tenaha yeah balcony chance to preach
the person sad guys. They feel so big to come to
church. So we take the church to them
and we preach them. And these are, I don't know your
work. So you have to identify anybody
who has risen to fame, YouTube, TikTok with views and likes.
Normally only three person person.
If anyone lives within the enrichment.
Yeah, yeah. You enjoy this year.
You want to go book appointments, go and visit them
as a church. You will go.
Some of us will go with you. Oh we want to come and see how
you are failing. We we all stayed together in
this neighborhood wanted to see if we can have this audience
with you to come and pray for you.
The first thing is pray for you. Some of them are suffering, even
if they are politicians who any big person, any big man or woman
in quotes public figures. We want to go to them and preach
to them and gather them together.
That is our way ASA and one episode your mind to do some of
them they can't sleep, but when we approach them with the
Gospel, we can win them for the Lord.
So that is the very short way to to your work.
It's very key to us. We really want to keep an eye on
that one. Shall we be on our feet because
of our time. I will pray for you.
They will end. Father, in the name of Jesus, we
thank you for yesterday and today, for what we have Lent,
for the things that we are. We need to even unlearn them and
relearn, grant us the heart and the grace to do them.
We pray that continue to give us insight into what we have
discussed here. We pray that let Your grace
continually over shadow us so that we will lead or discharge
our functions and our duties to the glory of your name.
Lord, we thank you as we end now.
Police will please. May every weaknesses in us in
our lives. May you deserve them and may
they disappear. Replace them with strength
because you will see that in our weakness your grief is.
Your grief will abound. Lord, make your grief abound
unto us so that all weaknesses would diminish until they
disappear. In Jesus name we pray for every
office holder. Lord, give us vision, cause us
to dream, show us the way to go, and may our tenure bring
greatness to your name. To the glory of your name, may
we win many souls and disciple them for the Kingdom of heaven.
We thank you and Lord, we commit the English assembly into your
hands again. Lord Jesus, reign in your
church. May your presence be always
here. May your manifest presence and
your glory be seen. We pray for the presbytery.
We pray for unity. Oh Lord, bind us together and
strengthen us always. We thank you for what we are you
have done for us. In the name of Jesus, we commit
Sunday service into us. The Lord, even as we dine with
you, may we have an encounter with you.
May our love feast truly bring the love of God and may that
love be shared amongst us. Thank you, O Lord, in Jesus
name, Amen. And now may the Lord bless and
keep you. May he cause his face to shine
upon you. May the Lord be good unto you
even now and forevermore. In the name of God the Father,
Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
God will bless you.