Rev Jesse Bola Majekodunmi is the General Overseer of the Neighborhood Church of God, Ogun state. Apart from being a great teacher of the word, Rev Majekodunmi is a popular marriage counselor and holiness preacher. In this interview with our editor, the servant of God discussed a wide range of issues in Christendom, including the rising persecution of Christian in our country.
Rev Majekodunmi’s interview is prophetic because it was done before the recent killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of the University in Sokoto, who was brutally murdered by Muslim fanatics for her alleged blasphemy against Islam.
Question: What do you stand for as a holiness preacher?
It is the core duty of every minister of God to preach, teach and live Holiness life, without which no man shall see the Lord. We can’t lead our congregation to God without Holiness. In whatever field, or Ministry you are called into Holiness must be the basic. The leader must lead by example.
You seem to focus on Bible college ministry. What do you hope to achieve?
Bible College is a passion for ministers like me, I love to educate. The Bible says ” It is not good to have zeal without knowledge and haste into ministry to fall. (Proverb 19:2) If you are not educated and updated you cannot face the challenge of today. Your level of exposure will be the level of your members. We run Bible schools in conjunction with Two Witness Ministry of Michigan USA of tuition-free, core biblical truth, and we are in fifteen countries, with 101 centers in Nigeria.
When the Bible says he gave some to be Apostle, Prophet, Pastor, Evangelist, and especially TEACHER he expects us if you are an appointed teacher to teach, that is where your calling resides.
Recently, sir, there was a report of Pastor Tunde Bakare taking a bank loan to build his church and his default on the payment schedule. Is right for a church to seek a bank loan for a project?
A bank loan for a Church project may be right but the income of that Church must measure to the challenge. If your income cannot take you home do not venture into the loan, Church is never to impress anyone, that will be a pride and the consequence is a disgrace. God who calls people into Ministry is more than capable to finance his Church. For Pastor Tunde Bakare’s loan, it must’ve been a miscalculation or sabotage somewhere for he is a learned and capable great minister. We are humans and human factors play in business. We heard of some staff running away with Bishop Oyedepo’s cash in millions, that cash must’ve been scheduled for something but failure comes sometimes from those you trust. The Church of God will not be disgraced God will fix things right in Jesus’ name.
Your church was in the city, Ogba, Lagos, precisely. Now, you are in Atan,a rural area. Are you still able to fulfill your mission objectives?
Our Church was in the city of Ogba for fifteen years, within that period the Lord gave us the gift of land in Iyana Ilogbo SANGO OGUN STATE, we never dreamt of moving so quickly but God’s plan supersedes man’s plan. We wanted to make Ogba our sitting Jerusalem but something dramatic happened, suddenly our Ogba landowners decided to sell the land for eighty million naira, we never had that kind of money so God reminded us of his free gift of land so we quickly decided to move anyhow. We landed on the site, we started Ministry all over, and we never knew that location matters in blessing people, today what God has achieved for us we did not achieve in fifteen years of our stay in Ogba. God built new members more committed to God, new building with speed. If you give us ten million to return to Ogba we will not take it. Bishop Oyedepo has never been more blessed than when he moved to Ogun State. For those who are still in fear of moving I tell you you are delaying your blessings. Ministry is encouraged on the site. I give thanks to God who quit us by fire.
There is a great increase in iniquity, why is this so when there’s the proliferation of preachers?
For iniquity to abound despite the proliferation of churches and preachers, it has been said, Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold. Iniquity shall continue till our Lord shall return as long as we have the mix-multitudes amongst the real called preachers, as long as we have preachers who cannot wait for God to bless them but cut corners. As long as our preachers will not preach the truth but their belly. Many Ministers are wining and dining with the devil making them wealthy, famous, etc. We haven’t seen anything yet in wickedness. Those who are ready to preach or hear the truth of the word of God let them preach and hear. Not everyone calling on the name of Jesus will enter. We are in the end time, the sons of perdition must perish.
The persecution of Christians is on the rise in the north. What is supposed to be the response of Christians?
Persecution of Christians is part of our faith, they must hate us because they first hated our saviour JESUS Christ. If our faith is fake no one will persecute us, persecution is evidence that we are on the right path. If they had known that Jesus was the world’s saviour they wouldn’t have killed him. Persecution will never cease until the return of our saviour. The anti-christ are already with us in Governments, Religions, Offices, Families, and Neighbours. Those who died in truth are duly welcome into a better place than here on Earth. To live is Christ but to die is gain. Death doesn’t mean anything to God but transition. Our savior is the resurrection, the dead in Christ shall rise again.
What is your next big project in ministry?
Our next big project in Ministry is to see that uncountable tears are cleansed in the faces of the less privileged. Scholarships to the crying parents for their children’s school fees, take away foodstuffs and distribute the name of Jesus to every home we see.
What role should women play in ministry?
What role should the women play in Ministry? Women are too wonderful, anyone who denies them of their God-given assignment is termed an anti-Christ. Women are free to run or do all things in Ministry. Some say they don’t and can not ordain women or found a ministry they are joking. When the owner of the Church (Holy Spirit) says He gave some to Apostle, Prophet, Pastor, Evangelist and especially TEACHER did he separate women from men? NO. When the Holy Spirit gave his nine spiritual gifts as in 1 Corinthians 12 did he say he will not give women? NO. He appointed some Deborah to be a leader and prophetess, Rev. Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson was the founder of Foursquare Gospel Church, and till today that Church is reigning with the perfect doctrine of God.
Some say they cannot allow or ordain women that Jesus did not ordain them, error, at Jesus time, no car, no plane, they trekked so how can our Lord who is full of knowledge and wisdom allow nursing mothers to trek city to city. Everywhere Jesus got to all Mary will be waiting including the first appointed Mary of Magdalene. Women are more honest, dutiful, and faithful in the things of God. For me, I will ordain 90 women in 100 others.
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