Popular Ghanaian televangelist Bishop Charles Agyinasare has questioned the motivation behind Christians staying away from churches but carrying-on with other economic and political activities in blatant disregard for Coronavirus prevention measures.
According to founder and general overseer of the Perez Chapel International, it is amazing how people can go about their normal activities without fear of contracting the virus until the issue of worshipping God in a church where social distancing is being observed comes up.
“Is it not amazing to you that people are okay to go and vote in primaries? They are not afraid that they will get coronavirus. They are okay to go to the market and not afraid to get coronavirus," Bishop Agyinasare said in a video shared on his verified Facebook Page.
He continued: “They are okay to sit in trotro, they are okay to sit in a taxi and go everywhere. But when it comes to church it is like at the gate of the church we are distributing coronavirus. That is what the devil has made people to think.”
He warned churches that had halted church services entirely that their churches would collapse by the time the Coronavirus is eradicated.
He urged Christians to fight against COVID-19 restrictions that affect the church with prayers and fasting.
Bishop Agyinasare found it curious that government officials who were Christians found it easier to reopen markets for normal operations rather than reopening churches.
Background
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May 31, 2020, in his address to the nation on measures taken to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and ease the restrictions imposed on its citizenry, announced that religious services can resume.
The president said, “with effect from Friday, June 5, 2020, we will begin stage one of the process of easing restrictions. An abridged format of religious activities can commence.
“25% attendance, with a maximum number of 100 congregants, can worship at a time in church or at the mosque, with a mandatory one metre of social distancing between congregants,” he stated.
The president also said that the maximum hours for the service should be one hour which according to him, would help prevent the spread of the virus as Ghanaians continue to adhere to the safety protocols.
After the announcement, most churches issued press releases saying they would still remain closed, until the coronavirus is effectively dealt with before they open their doors to the public and their members.
Ghana's confirmed cases of COVID-19 is now 14, 568 with 10,907 recoveries and 95 deaths.
Source: Daily Graphic
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AGYINASARE HAS PROVED HIMSELF TO BE A BLIND LEADING THE BLIND. HE SHOULD WISE UP TO KNOW THAT THE CORONA VIRUS IS NOT ONLY IN GHANA. IT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE CANNOT LIVE IN GHANA AND INTERPRET PAROCHIALLY. IT DOES NOT AFFECT ONLY PEOPLE WHO GO TO CHURCH. IT AFFECT PEOPLE WHO BECOME EXPOSED TO IT WHETHER IN PUBLIC OR IN PRIVATE. IT IS BEST AVOIDED BY KEEPING SOCIAL DISTANCING, AVOIDING PUBLIC GATHERING, WEARING FACEMASK, MAINTAINING PERSONAL HYGIENE AND REGULAR HANDS WASH AND SANITIZING. WE GET MORE PROTECTED FROM THE VARUS WHEN WE ,METICULOUSLY OBSERVE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS. NO AMOUNT OF PRAYERS SHALL KEEP US FROM THE DANGER OF THE VIRUS. IT IS ONLY WHEN WE KEEP THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS. AGYINASARE MUST KNOW THAT GOD DOES NOT NEED ANYBODY TO COME TO AGYINASARE CHURCH BEFORE GOD CAN LISTEN TO THE PRAYERS OF THAT PERSON. GOD IS READY TO HELP ANYONE WHO CALL UPON HIM FROM ANYWHERE. DID JESUS NOT ASK IN MATTHEW SIX THAT WE PRAY FROM THE INNER CHAMBER TO GOD WHO LISTEN IN SECRET? I CAN SAY WITH STRONG CONVICTION THAT IT FOR AS FAKE RELIGIOUS MEN SUCH AS HIM THAT GOD HAS SENT COVID-19 TO EXPOSE ALL OF THEM.GOD IS TIRED OF THE FALSE PROPHESIES AND ALL THE FAKE DEALINGS IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY GOD. WE ARE YET TO SE THE WORST OF EVIL THINGS UNLESS WE ALL TURN TO GOD WITH GENUINE REPENTANCE. WHAT AGYINASARE AND CO ARE DOING RATHER INFURIATES TO GOD. THEY BETTER KEEP QUIET TO STOP MISLEADING PEOPLE.