Press release from Pastor Chris Ojigbani’s camp. Read Below:
Recently, there is this controversy going on in the social media that a man shouldn’t marry a woman who doesn’t know how to cook or a woman who doesn’t pray for an hour. So, I deem it necessary to clarify the issue. As the apostle of marriage, it’s my responsibility to clarify the issue to avoid causing more delayed marriage, separation and divorce in the world.
This is the will of God concerning the issue: You must not use cooking as a criterion for choosing your spouse. Though food is important in life, cooking must not be used as a criterion for choosing a spouse. Why? I tell you three reasons.
First, a woman who doesn’t know how to cook can actually learn how to cook. Second, a woman can employ the services of a professional cook. Third, a husband can tolerate if his wife doesn’t cook very well. Tolerance is important in marriage because everybody has weaknesses, both husbands and wives. If a woman doesn’t know how to cook, it should be regarded as a weakness and the husband has to tolerate in order to be happy.
It’s very wrong for a man to divorce his wife because she doesn’t know how to cook. Nobody used cooking as a criterion for choosing a spouse in the Bible. In fact, when Isaac married Rebekah, he didn’t meet her, it was his servant that proposed marriage to Rebekah on behalf of Isaac and paid the bride price even before Isaac set his eyes on Rebekah. So in Christianity, we don’t use cooking as a criterion for choosing a spouse.
It’s also important you note that praying for an hour must not be used as a criterion for choosing a spouse. There is no scripture that says Christians must pray for an hour before they become good Christians. What Jesus Christ asked his disciples was: why couldn’t they watch with Him for an hour.
Watching is different from praying. And when they failed to watch with him for an hour, they didn’t cease to be Christians. Even Peter, who couldn’t watch for an hour became the head of the disciples. If Peter couldn’t watch for an hour and still became the head of the disciples, why should we use praying for an hour as a criterion for choosing a spouse?
Do you know that vain repletion is a sin in Christianity? Jesus Christ said that we should not speak much in prayer.
In Matthew 6:7-8, the Bible says that speaking much in prayer is a sin. If you need something, you should ask your Father what you need. Just go straight to the point – the Bible says that He already knows what you need, even before you ask Him. So, if you are not yet married and you are a man, never you use cooking as a criterion for choosing your spouse. It’s very wrong. God will not be happy with you if you do something like that.
I am speaking to you as the apostle of marriage that God has sent to correct the wrong doctrines of marriage in the world. Get married, not because a woman knows how to cook, but because she is a good woman. If you marry someone that knows how to cook and she is not good, what happens to you? Man shall not live by bread alone.
If you are a married man under the sound of my voice, never you divorce your wife because she doesn’t know how to cook. You can teach her how to cook or you tolerate her. Marriage is about tolerance. And as a husband, it’s important you note that it’s your responsibility to nourish your wife, tolerate her, forgive her, and take good care of her. It’s a job you have to do.
God bless you. I love you! Don’t forget: marriage is beyond cooking; marriage is beyond praying for an hour. Marriage is an old fashioned institution. It’s the oldest institution and must be honored.
Pastor Chris my foot
Why this argument on what the man of God said. Please you are not under obligation to obey him. Marry whoever you want and how you want it. Leave Pastor Adeboye alone. He was not talking to everybody please.
How will it look like for a woman nt to cook or pray for the family in her home ? If so the marriage will instantly collapse. Why wont i cook for my dear husband nd my future kids or why wont i pray for my husband for life nd progress also my family in general cos naturally men are nt strong interms of prayers. So it is the duty of the wife to draw and carry the husband around interms of prayers. And in cooking acept the way to a man’s hrt is his stomach if nt he wil marry ur househelp or ur cook secretly. Pls ladies let dnt take what Chris is saying.
How will it look like for a woman nt to cook or pray for the family in her home ? If so the marriage will instantly collapse. Why wont i cook for my dear husband nd my future kids or why wont i pray for my husband for life nd progress also my family in general cos naturally men are nt strong interms of prayers. So it is the duty of the wife to draw and carry the husband around interms of prayers. And in cooking acept the way to a man’s hrt is his stomach if nt he wil marry ur househelp or ur cook secretly. Pls ladies let dnt take what Chris is saying.
when angel visited Sarah, the angel asked her to prepare meal for them to it. not Abraham. why not the angel appear to Abraham to do the cook. some of you call yourself pastor you won’t do research before preach to people
May be you should be a stay home wife too as it was in the bible? Or just take several seats
Elijah Olaleye , it might be her choice instead of been miserable in a marriage just to have a title
People will always criticise keeper when he concede goal forgetting those he has being saving , people will get mouth to criticise adeboye all because of what he said but they will never talk about those good thing he has being doing , to me that is their personal problem if you want to counsel people on marriage set up your office and leave pastor adeboye alone .
wetin this one sabi
How ll it luk like 4 a woman nt 2 cook or pray for the family in her home? If so her marriage will collapse instantly. Why wont i cook for my dear future husband nd kids or pray for my husband for life,for our progress and my family in general? Naturally men are weak in prayers thou nt all so it is the duty of the wife to draw and carry their husbands along. In cooking aspect rember the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach otherwise u wil lose ur husband to ur cook or househelp secretly nd u knw wat it means. Pls dnt take wat Chris is saying
Some ppl are news makers,some are news readers while some are news commentators,DADDY GO you have said it all,let he that has ears hear what THIS GREAT MAN OF GOD is telling singles,thank you PAPA for this wonderful message
Na wa o
Pastor Adebayo was talking to his real children i.e his mebers nt the whole world stp criticizn
Who are you, Is your own ministry judging other pastors? let no unknown pastor be envious of daddy GO and take advantage of this non issue , you won’t see baba condemning other pastors no matter what, that’s how you know genuine from fake
Pastor in the bible, nobody made tithe cards to record payment but am sure in your church you have tithe card and levy collection. . Just be talking anyhow seeking fame wrongly
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Heeeee if you have ears listen if not do as u pleases, this Baba man of God an elderly man is talking from experience, saying something that is causing problems in homes, let’s think deeply before we comment most especially men, no matter how much you love sex, you must eat before and after you will need to may eat and not just food, good food, when u don’t eat how are u going to get strength to do a good job? And for prayer is very good to commit your home into God’s hand oooooo, devil will not destroy our homes in Jesus Name Amen.
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Enough of these rants… OK you guys can go ahead to marry woman of your choice shooo… No fighting
Kenny Jesus Alive Hahahaha your comment is just killing me here lol, you got the point
I guess this pastor wife may not be cooking at home… He probably cook all the time for his family
Some pastors are actually looking for cheap publicity
When I’m coming from work (outside)… tired, enter house finish, ask of food, u com brink out indomie which I don’t request u to prepare, I wnt be in good mood & good condition to play ball#tongueout.if this continue daily, change want enta b dat. Woman must kno au to cook o cos is a good weapon. My mum got it gaan. & moi wife tie me down with dat.
Cooking has nothing to do with the making heaven
Let the things of the spirit be
And the physical be physical
Dis PST Chris of a man should pick his own topic and emphasize on it. Critics
My brother u deserve an award
What if she is there already
Definitely she is not good n the only option is divorce
Viviane Adepetun D’Gvnor that message was for all who listens to it many has df thinking
They used camels or horses as mean of transport ,you are stupid dude
No man has ever married because of cooking or praying for many hours, is she planning to open a mama put or restaurant?
“Homes are made by the wisdom of a woman” Prov.14:1; “she riseth also while its yet night and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens” Prov 31:15. Cooking is a good quality for a marriageable woman. African women are noted for their cooking ability. If you cannot cook what makes you a woman?
The way some of these nonentity so called men of God even chose to join issues on this subject is really disgusting. The man was preaching at redeem church not eagle’s square for Christ sake! He was talking to his followers not urs or u want cheap publicity too?
But what you can do with a woman who dont know how to Cook ?
you can never tell a man what he want in a woman he want to marry if you don’t want to wife to cook for you fine that is you while other men like woman that can cook. so everyone with his own
some ladies will hear this and be happy mind you, this pastor will not marry you, you better go and learn how to cook if you dnt know how to cook cos most men like food in all have a good character and be summisive make your self marriagiable or else na gbege ooooooo pls make una encourage our ladies to be cooking ooo its part of wat makes us a woman or else if you employ cook you don give your husband babe be that
Please allow the young ones listen to the Man of GOD.
Evang Nnamdi Wilson obviously you have a lot to learn
Nawa ooooooooo. !!!
sorry to say, but u are not sincere here. Africa man marry woman weynor fit cook the next action na to send am to he papa house
Oyibo na today!
If the message was for rccg members alone he should have said it in church not on social media
A prayer fellow cnt twerk & a tweaking fellow eat outside
Modern yeye pastor, they have someone’s child at home as maid, child traffickers
Rubbish talk from an adult .so me wey no busy much like dat no use donkey nor horse talk less of pastors dat got many mission. Let me see u on horse first…
tanks a lot simple english is deceiving some pple
Just one sentence to rubbish those qualifications, nobody is perfect
Is every word that comes out of a man’s mouth the ultimate? Even people that have seen God e.g Moses don’t always give the correct laws, keep following blindly
Godly women are to know how to cook and manage a household. We are living in times where some women can’t even boil an egg I mean it’s ridiculous.
How can I no a woman who can b/4 marriage, should I invite her alone or with someone else to my house and watch them cook. Pastors sisters and brothers in the Lord stop pursuing earthly things. Teach us how to make heaven and preach Salvation
If it’s nt true dat cooking food is a criteria y don’t they go nd read abt d virtuous woman in Proverbs 31:14-15, anyhow u want to interpret dat verse of d bible dat’s also what is required for a woman to make her home worth living in.
I like the fact that u said you will teach her how to cook which means in the long run, she still has to cook. So Mr man take a bow. You lost the case
“Monkey dey work babon dey chop” This 419 Ojigbana calling himself a Pastor? Seeking attention. So in the Bible nobody eat? what else did they do than Men farming and the wives cooking? Do you mean they chose a wife because she is an accountant, a lawyer or face painter?Yeye Man, Stupid talk… You Sabi Bible?….419.
I have one question for you. Do you eat food?
Free my pastor jor
Some pple just need attention.
De Joe Int’l…… You are too much! WISDOM.
Nobody is saying good cooks guarantee good wife. But cooking is part of it. It doesn’t have to be the best BT at least the wife should be able to cook up a few meals for d family.
Why so much noise about what Pastor Adeboye has said?
It’s simple…….marry a woman that can not cook and only prays for 2mins. Case closed.
#youwillthankhimlater.
“Monkey dey work babon dey chop” This 419 Ojigbana . Seeking attention. So in the Bible nobody eat? what else did they do than Men farming and the wives cooking? Do you mean they chose a wife because she is an accountant, a lawyer or face painter? Yeye Man, … You Sabi Bible?.
We just love to complicate issues for our selves, the book of proverbs says it all as regards who will find a good wife!!!
Please I cannot cook but I will love you the way u are Forever. Plus l’m very lazy too. Pls come and marry me and let’s see if the marriage will not hit the rocks.
Mtcheew stop faking and speak like the African man u are.
Kindly do not exchange words with man of God he talks from human experience and not biblical and pst Chris are you fighting pst EA ADEBOYE?
You said cooking is not a criteria for marrying a wife, so why did father Abraham asked that a good wife be found for His son Isaac? Pls don’t just read the letters of the bible, go in the spirit to get meaning to the bible. Ojigbani, you have a long way to go in the things of God
Shaibu Eneojo Micheal your name as tell it all you are confused…with no religion.
Ken Chidozie Ogbunude Ignorance is eating you up slowly
But yet why will u marry a lady that can cook well abomination
Pastor Chris ojigbani, may God have mercy on you for being against the truth
You are on point sister….Our Mothers cook, we enjoyed eating it…we left home we still remember how it taste and the cooking skills…I still can’t believe that a Man will be satisfied with a wife that doesn’t know how to cook…it is a lie.. They just want to fight the Man of God …but anyone that fight God’s servant will be fighting God himself.
My dear thank u
Abi oooo u cook more Dan best world chef nd u are a nagging wife nko or sleeps around
Who ask u?
Or start eating outside d hse from those dat knows how to cook….nd from there one thing will lead to anoda @OkohBridget. No mind dem joor.
That the reason why some maid takes over the wife home just they can,t clean nothing
Pop Benedict realized that quick enough
Don’t mind him..he cannot even pay the price in his life time…and whoever can’t pay the price cannot win the Race, He is only using 419 style…it’s a matter of time
Mabel Loveable of cause he is affecting him…Devils can not stand his teachings.
I’m wondering O! Every Tom and Harry now had sth to say.
Plz oooo we are talking abt d man of God here even if he is right or wrong..d point is do ur own thing dats all.he wasn’t talk to everybody…….dis for ladies
….. do not I repeat do not marry a man dat cnt provide for d family nd always depend on u
Don’t marry a guy dat look at a woman twice
Dnt marry a man who cnt lead prayer in d home
But we read about Abraham asking his wife to cook for their visitors not vice versa! What if Sara could not cook?
Hey stop it daddy was just tryinh to crack some joke not really mean it.
i cant blame you oyinbo don change your brain with Burger
Pls tell him o. We read about women cooking in the Bible not d reverse!
You are tooooooooooooo small to understand that teaching
What stop u from being a good cook if both works, hypocrites, soon Adeboye will come out and say he is changing the laws he made for his members because his time is getting closer. They all know the dates of their exits from earth.
Luv ur illustration, God bless ur brain!
Apply Nigeria culture in relation to cooking and marriage. Nigeria culture believe in cooking as a criteria for marriage. Why is this pastor without name call himself apostle of marriage criticize the man of God
Dtruth Wisdomcalling ..really hope you understand the teaching very well ?? continue leaving that kind of life ok?Ooops
Na talk you talk so? what a pity. who is talking about heaven here. Just tell me if your Mother never cook for her husband and her children to eat?
Pst u don match line…… Dis one nor correct ooooo….. If na so u talk am, e b lyk say ur wife nor knw hw 2 cook ooooo
Ojugbana is a Black Ship
So your papa marry your mama because she knows how to cook ? And tell me the kind of food she knows how to cook then I will tell you the once the can’t cook
Don’t mind him…He sabi Bible? he is just an actor not a Pastor
Abeg the man no sabi Bible na fake
Can’t cook well
IGNORANCE is killing you softly
Na floating pastor no Name no Church
I wonder who is not sincere here. A course mate of mine got a job with shell after NYSC. So you are telling me she will abandone such lucrative job in the name of satisfying a man in kitchen. Those of you supporting this misguided notion are still living in 17th century. Mehn wake up, this is 21st century. That I attend RCCG will not make me accept a false doctrine. Second question, how will you know she cannot cook since she is not permitted to visit you, cook or wash for you before marriage. I think you guys should wake up ! My wife is not a chef!
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WIT SOME PEOPLE
I wish I can see this Ojigbana face to face and tell him off…when are you born? for you to be challenging your Grandfather? You lack home Training… Alaileko.
De Joe int’l, THANK U FOR UR COMMENT
@sarah.u cnt live my life for me.u hv ur own taste,while i hv mine.ok.wot u lik cnt b d same wit my lik.once again,i nid trust nd love dats all.am not a gold digger.if cooking good food is wot u r perfect wit.no problem its ok,u wil find ur match ok.