The Church in Nigeria where Bibles Are Not Used. Checkout the General Overseer
The Bible is something that is used in different churches around the world. No one can ever imagine that there can be a church that worship without the Bible.
In this article, we will be talking about a church in Benin where they worship without the Bible and their general overseer is the Oba of Benin. The church which was founded 500 years ago during the reign of Oba Esigie is known as Holy Aruosa Cathedral and is located at Akpakpava road in Benin city.
The members of the church of Benin do not invite others to their church neither do the leaders hold crusade like other Pentecostal churches do.
A source has it that long time ago, even before the Europeans came to Nigeria, the Beni had an encounter with Osanobua(God) on the place where the church building stands today.
The Oba of Benin is the general overseer, his deputy is the Benin crown prince while the priest is the Ohen Osa.
Preaching in the church is conveyed with the Beni language and is mostly on reminding the congregation to live a good life.
According to the Ohen Osa, they don’t be people to worship in their church.
In his words; “Those who seek God come here, we don’t beg people to come. If you attend and discover that your contact with God is cordial, you will remain. If you begged God for promotion and you came her and got it, you will remain.”
Harrison also made it known that if you are a good person, God would accept you no matter your religion.
In his words; “We use our local language to communicate with our God. We are aware of other diverse ways of reaching God. If you are a good muslim, God will accept you, if you are a good christian, God will accept you. We don’t use Bible here, we use the book of Holy Aruosa according to the saying of the ancient belief written by the wise men. The church is still in existence till today. It is an entity that will last forever, nothing can stop it.”
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