Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma has reacted to the suspension of a Redeemed Church Pastor, Toyin Ogundipe who was said to have paid him to perform at a crusade slated to hold in one of the parishes in Lagos Island. The Fuji star declared that, although, the church’s management paid for the show, it is never done to expect him to pay back the “artiste fee” saying, “the fault is not ours, we were ready to perform for them until we learnt of the cancelation of the crusade”.
City People reports that,the Pastor in charge of Province 20 of the Redeemed Church had invited Pasuma to perform at the Church’s forthcoming crusade titled, “Lagos Island Family Areas Forum” between Friday, October 23rd- Sunday 25th, 2015.
Pasuma’s picture appeared on the handbill advert and posters alongside gospel singer, Tope Alabi and a former band leader of the late Fela Anikulapo’s Egypt 80 band, Kereke Jike.
The decision to stop the programme was because the church headquarters felt the Pastor had gone too far by inviting a secular artiste such as Pasuma to its church programme.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the organisers did not do a detailed consultation before going ahead with the programme. He also said that it was as a result of it that the programme was cancelled and the Pastor in charge of the church along with the organising committee suspended as they now await further sanction from the provisional headquarters for dragging the name of the church in the mud.
investigations by City People reveal that The Redeemed Christian Church of God clearly frowns at the use of secular musicians, a development which has been clearly stated in its handbook to Pastors.
I don’t have much comments but the truth is Osupa performed on a church and many people gave their lives to God and confesses Jesus Christmas as there personal God and saviour. There is time for everything. Musicians are not daft. Just as they can’t sing a song meant for funeral in a wedding so also they can’t sing a song that Christians don’t sing in church. They know how they do that. They should allow the pastor explain himself. To everyone please listen to what the Gangan drum says in your next service in church. That could have been an Avenue even to change Pasuma for better. #godcanuseanyone. I too comment?
PASO’S INVITATION MEANT NO HARM TO CHRISTENDOM
My man is a mere entertainer who pulls crowd especially the thugs and street guys.
“”Nitori eko funfun le jade ninu ikoko dundun re””
Umpteen times from the recent past, the 48-year old man has been magnifying the names of Jesus Christ stressing his unique being while alive and his relevance from now till eternity.
Eve though the Redeem house rejected him with sheer rebuff, I don’t think the pastor in charge should be sacked nor Alhaji Odetola be seen as a sinner, as everybody will be singly judged on the basis of his/her personal obedience to God and services to humanity.
Let me tell y’all the fact, there are some ladies in that church that minister every sunday as choristers and they are living a live of sin, even worst than pasuma. Some can have sex on an ocean. Let’s just admit it…..sin is sin and we all going to receive our judgment equally. Stop condeming pasuma. Some of us are worst than him, our brothers in d house, is dat lady u disvirgin ur house wife now, can u even still remember the count of abortions u’ve done in ur life? Still we go to church on sunday singin Holy Holy Holy…….Sin is Sin…hmm! Do u remember what Jesus told those that wanted to stone that prostitute to death? If Jesus is like u people he won’t allow the other prostitute that came to him with perfume and wipe his feet with her hair at zacheus’s house. God knows how He operate………u don’t fight for God cus He’s not man. If the pastor is @ fault, why not let God that sees the heart judge him? Who are we to judge………..sinners prosecuting sinners. Can a debtor owning a bank #1m rescue anoda man in 500kdebt?
redeem are too selective
Thank you,osjay. The more wordly things are being brought into the church of God,the more people will be craving for more of these things nd dt’s y that pastor who invited pasuma has missed it. . .such things can never be hrd of in deeperlife. . .pple who z pasuma nd his likes can be converted tru dz means.yes he can but only as part of the congregation to be ministered to nd nt vice-versa. if paso as an unholy vessel came to minister,the presence of God can nvr dwell in such a gathering nd the most painful thing is those standing firm in christ bfor will fall nd only draw saved souls to hell wc is the plan of the devil if the program was allowed to hold.