I didn’t order anybody to buy guns to defend themselves – Pastor Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday clarified his statement on self-defence to Christians, saying he never instructed anybody to buy guns.

He made the clarification at the monthly thanksgiving service of the church, citing that Samson in the Bible did not use a gun; rather he used the jaw bone of an axe.

Adeboye said he did not order Christians to buy guns to defend themselves.

According to him, while Christians are not all out to kill anyone, what they stand for is that unwanted visitors are not welcomed to the church.

He said, “I did not tell anybody to buy guns. Samson didn’t use gun. He used the jawbone of an axe. And how do you demonstrate that to the children? You show them the jawbone of an axe.

“We didn’t ask anybody to buy guns, we said that we don’t need unwanted visitors to our church. If they do and they find the jaw bone of an axe, they will understand. All we are doing is to demonstrate to our children,” he said.

The reaction is a clarification on an earlier statement he made at the church’s July 2022 Holy Ghost Service, where he urged Christians to defend themselves and condemned the rate of insecurity.

Adeboye said, “It’s fire for fire” for every enemy of the church.”