By Charles Okogene
He is the latest man of God in Nigeria. His Zion Ministry arena based in Isolo area of Lagos is the latest rendervozus for both Nigerians and other Nationals seeking solutions to their spiritual problems; and those having marital problems – conception issues in their marriages and wahala in their businesses are daily getting solutions.
This is the case of Ebuka Obi, a Roman Catholic faithful using the name of our lord Jesus Christ to do good for all manners of mankind.
Ebuka Obi
His followers call his ministry Instant Solution and he is against those (Pastors) that collect money to pray for those with challenges.
Hear him: ” The more you give, the more God blesses you”, they tell their ever-trusting followers. No longer content with 10 percent tithe, they now ask the congregation for ‘first fruit’- their entire first salary as well as the full salary for the first month of the year! For whatever problems they are seeking answers to, they are told to sow seeds to ‘provoke’ God to grant their wishes. Many pastors even have price lists for prayer points, from healing to employment, business opportunities, life partners, fruit of the womb, contracts, visas.”
But this is not the message at Evangelist Ebuka’s Zion City located at Ago, Okota. Not only does he abide by the Biblical injunction of “freely you were given, freely shall you give”, but he often declares that “any pastor who asks for money for prayers or for seeds and offerings to obtain answers to prayers is not a true prophet of God”. And you want to call him “man of God” like the others?
He preaches salvation, urges his members to fast and pray ceaselessly, to shun sin and embrace Christ as the sure way to obtain answers to prayers. Miracles are not for sale, he says. At Zion City and online, he does not ask for tithes or seeds. Which other man of God is like him? “
The 40+ man of God was born into a Catholic family and has remained a Catholic ever since; he hails from Ubulu Ihejiofor in Imo State and like other men of God before him like Frs. Mbaka and Ede, he is still a believer in the doctrines of the universal Catholic Church and in this month of the birth of Jesus Christ, solution seekers to their spiritual challenges will throng his ministry ground from far and near, looking to put a permanent stop to their worries. And so shall it be in the might name of Jesus Christ.
Both the rich, the have not, the influencial and the ‘nobody’ are helped to find lasting cure to their worries and in spite of all Ebuka Obi still attends the Catholic Church.
This Christmas, he has lined up series of programmes, which include the Zion Prayer Movement Outreach (ZPMOM) tagged “Odeshi” programme.
“Odeshi”, literally means “does not leak or penetrate”, is a programme, which usually officially marks the end-of-the-year activities for the ministry.
“Odeshi” started December 9 and ends December 10, beginning from 10 a.m. each day.
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