*Nigeria’ill emerge victorious from current challenges – Babalola
*Urges Christians to participate actively in politics.
Success Nwogu
The City of Light Church on Sunday, March 27, 2022 held its first service at its new ultra-modern, sophisticated, and cozy building located at No. 2/4 Shaki Crescent, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
The service attracted arrays of personalities in the Christian community as well as outstanding, vivacious gospel ministers, artists, dramatists, and performers.
Present also included the mother of the church, who is the ever-smiling, lively and amiable wife of the Head Pastor of the ministry, Pastor Bunmi Babalola.
Head Pastor of The City of Light Church, Pastor Sunday Adebayo Babalola, said Nigeria will survive its current challenges.
He lamented the current hardship, insecurity, high inflation, and other developmental challenges confronting Nigeria
He said the current challenges are just a passing phase, adding that Nigeria will become victorious.
According to him, the citizens will enjoy better governance and welfare and Nigeria will once again become a cynosure in the comity of nations.
He urged Christians in Nigeria to participate actively in the political process of all elections, including the Presidential and other layers of elections in 2023.
He stated that Christians can make genuine and positive impacts in governance in Nigeria.
He spoke on Sunday during the first service of the church at its ultra-modern and sophisticated building located at No. 2/4 Shaki Crescent, Surulere, Lagos.
The cleric said there is nothing wrong in Christians being active in politics.
Babalola said, “What is happening today is a passing phase. I use that to challenge all Christians in Nigeria to rise up and be a part of the political process. If you leave politics for area boys, and street urchins, what you will have is that the street urchins will bequeath what your life will be. In church today, leaders should be asking every member to, first of all, get their voter’s card and secondly participate in politics. David was a King, what is kingship? Politics, yet he was a prophet. Samuel was a judge. What is being a judge? Politics, yet he was a prophet.
“It is not righteousness for any Christian to sit behind and not be part of the processes because the people who should not be ruling you, will be the ones that are ruling you. I challenge the body of Christ today, as we open this sanctuary, to rise up and be a part of politics.
“We are not against any religion but we are saying and I am talking to all pastors listening to me, start telling your church members that they can not stay aloof of politics because of the cost of garri, the cost of milk, the hospitals that have no medications will be the result of the wrong people getting into power.
“Because of the City of Light Church, this land called Nigeria will be subdued before Christians and believers in Jesus Name.
“One thing I discovered in life is a man refused to answer the call of God for his life, he is more often than not be destroying other people’s destiny.”…. Continue reading