RCCG debunks support for any presidential candidate

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has distanced herself from the information trending in the social media that RCCG is sponsoring a particular candidate for 2023 Presidential election.

Speaking on behalf of the Church, the Assistant General Overseer, Admin. and Personnel, Pastor Johnson Odesola, said the Directorate of Politics and Governance is an RCCG internal instrument, created to help co-ordinate the engagement of RCCG members who are willing to be involved in politics as well as mobilise support for them.

He explained that the directorate was not set up in any way to insinuate or support a particular political aspirant as being referred to, adding that as would be expected, the Church has members that belong to several political parties, but would not itself get into partisan issues.

He added that RCCG as a big and dynamic Church considers herself one of the nation’s stakeholders and the work of the directorate is in direct response to the advisory of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to support the Church’s members on effective and efficient voter education and the discharge of their related civic rights and obligations.

He also remarked that RCCG as a big and dynamic Church considers it necessary to respond to the growing interest of its members in politics and governance by ensuring that their standing as law abiding citizens in all spheres of life is neither compromised nor fall below the standard expected of followers of Christ.

He also said that what RCCG is doing is not different from what other Churches like Catholic are doing to update their members with policies, laws and regulations regarding the polity and governance, adding that the Church does not promote the interest of one particular political party as members are expected to be in different parties and pass through necessary tutelage on how to conduct themselves in public office.

He concluded that RCCG will continue to offer spiritual and moral support to its members through prayers, encouragement, exhortation, counseling and moral instructions in line with its Christian Social Responsibility.