In a sermon illustration that would make Michael Todd proud, a pastor in Nigeria was arrested by police last week after he preached a sermon with an AK-47 strapped to his back.
According to FCT Police Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh, police also arrested the church’s Chief Security Officer, Inspector Musa Audu, who loaned out the gun, saying that no one is above the law.
In a statement posted to their social media, House on The Rock Church in Abuja, Nigera, explains that
“Pastor Uche Aigbe in a message about fighting the good fight with spiritual weapons, carried an unloaded gun to illustrate his message on ‘Guarding your Faith.’ “which he regrets doing.
“Pastor Uche has been a leader in House on the Rock, Abuja since 1999 and has always shown exemplary leadership. However, he realises that even with the best of intentions, carrying a gun to illustrate his message was ill-advised and regrettable.”
Without hesitation pastor, Uche has acknowledged the gravity of his actions and apologizes unreservedly for them.’ As a church house on the rock rejects all forms of violence, we stand on the good news gospel of Jesus Christ, which embraces peace and goodwill for all mankind.’”We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they carry out their investigations into this incident and will continue to engage internally to ensure this break in protocol does not happen again.”
