The senior Pastor of the Grace Chapel of Faith Ministry International, Morris Street, Du-Port Road, Thomas T. Popeh, has called on all Christians to serve God in unity in addressing the nation’s spiritual matters.
“The church should come together, and there would be brotherly love among Christians. Love is limited within our memberships,” Pastor Popeh said, observing the continued disunity among Christians. “Love is the only way God’s presence will come.”
Christians are those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal savior, and are devoted to God’s kingdom activities. Founded on Christian principles, Liberia should be on fire than any West African nation. However, some church leaders no longer observe Christian values and principles but are fond of accepting money from members and gifts to pray for them.
“The churches we run in Liberia are more title-minded than being assignment-minded,” Pastor Popeh said, rebuking his counterparts to graduate from that stage of Christianity to a God-called one.
As a result, he said, other prelates feel they have arrived at their spiritual careers, boasting of being more anointed than others. “Some have security guards who they instruct that, before anyone encounters them the person should fill in a form with a specific amount to sow seed. Others bragged of being in strong ties with the President and some higher-up government officials, making the church of Jesus to be dependent of government’s aid before it functions.
“Whenever a prophesy comes to the church, some pastors make budgets for government to make funds available before they go to prayer,” Pastor Popeh said. “It should not be that way.”
According to him, Ghana, which got salvation from Liberia through ELWA Radio’s broadcast, is making headways in Christendom, while the Liberia Council of Churches is discussing God’s Kingdom with laxity. He explained that Archbishop N. Ducan William hosted a fast and prayer for God to revised Ghana’s economy without the church depending on government’s pocket to sponsor the initiative, as it is done here, adding that the National Democratic Congress also hosted a fast and prayer during Ghana’s recent election for God to intervene without imploring stakeholders for fund.
“Something was before Ghana, and when the Christians heard about it Archbishop William rented a stadium and they prayed from 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m., and God cancelled the enemy’s plan,” Pastor Popeh said. “They never ask government for a dime.”
According to Pastor Popeh, it is about time the church come together to defend Liberia’s spirituality, especially for the pending 2023 general elections. He added that the church is not praying as it ought to do, causing ritualistic killings and other unlawful acts to be on the rise.
Prayer is a medium of communicating with God. Every human being, institution and government needs prayer to govern well. It should be done without season, according to the Holy Bible.
“When CDC stand bearer won the election, we took 45 minutes and prayed for him—that God converts his talent into the wisdom of Solomon to rule his country well,” Pastor Popeh noted.
He added, “When a country is in a crisis, its citizens should pray, instead of issuing negative words on the government. This retrogresses the country’s progress and pin the citizens to the ground of deprivation and denial. Liberians should be prayer-conscious in tackling national issues, because every negative word spoken by citizens will reverse with suppression.
“Elijah prayed and shut the gate of heaven for three and a half years, causing the entire nation to suffer drought,” Pastor Popeh said, warning Christians and non-Christians to be mindful about their utterances on their leaders and country.