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Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams says he refused calls on him to condemn famous Nigerian Prophet, T. B. Joshua following the death of four people in a holy water stampeded at the Nigerian preacher�s church in Ghana a few months ago. �Somebody called me recently and said what do you think about�people rushing to a place over holy water and dying and all that; we need you to say something; you have to speak up; you have to make a statement and I said �no�, I don�t make comments on matters like that�, Duncan-Williams told his congregation in a recent sermon which was replayed on Radio XYZ�s �Voice of Action� Christian Programme on Sunday July 21. He said: �I am not called to insult and to attack people�. The General overseer of the Christian Action Faith Ministries said he believed that: �That which is of God shall stand and what is not of God shall fail so I don�t insult people, I don�t attack people, whether they are genuine or false, it is not my job to attack and to insult them. You leave them to time. For the Bible says �what thing so ever God does shall be forever�, so anything that is of God shall stand and what is not of God is just a matter of time, it withers away�. According to him, he told T. B. Joshua�s critics that: �Please don�t drag me into any situation to criticise, insult or attack anybody�. On Sunday May 19, 2013, Four Christians died during a stampede for 'holy water' at T. B Joshua�s Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at the Spintex Road. The stampede started when the huge congregation rushed for the free holy water from the Nigerian Prophet Prophet�s spiritual Lieutenants. About 30 people also sustained scathing injuries in the stampede which made both local and international headlines.