Tunde Bakare Donates Church Halls To Lagos, Ogun As Isolation Centres

Tunde Bakare, the serving overseer of The Citadel
Global Community Church, formerly known as
Latter Rain Assembly, has donated three church
buildings to the Lagos and Ogun state
governments as isolation centres.
In a broadcast shared by the church on Sunday,
Bakare called on other churches, with multiple
facilities to do the same, rather than criticise the
government for shutting down congregational
worship.
He said he has not asked the churches to do what
he himself has not done, stating that his church
had donated their facilities to the government in
Lagos, while a private residence in Abeokuta has
been granted to the Ogun state government.
“This morning, I would like to bring ethical
correction to some of the lamentations of certain
people within the church over the ban of
congregational worship in churches across the
land, while markets and hospitals are allowed to
operate,” Bakare said.
“I am so glad that no only churches are prevented
now from congregating, the mosques also are
lockdown.
“The government order to open the markets to
operate for a few days is to prevent hunger,
especially in the life of daily earners because the
palliatives from the government cannot go to
every citizen.”
He called on the church to lead the campaign
against COVID-19 and support the government,
stating that there is no social distancing in the
spirit.
“Those churches with multiple facilities, rather
than their leaders criticising the government, they
should collaborate with them. They must be
prepared to offer some of their halls to
governmental authorities as isolation centres in
support of the efforts of the government,” Bakare
added.
“After all, it was to the safe custody of the Inn
Keeper that the good samaritan in the parable of
the good samaritan kept the wounded man left for
dead on the way to Jericho.
“The Inn Keeper is the pastor, the inn is the
church, the wounded man is the sick world, and
the two denarii is wages for two years because a
day with the lord is like a thousand years.
“I recommend that our church halls be made
available to the government as isolation centres,
and those of us who could afford it should be
there to support the government.”
Bakare prayed for health workers, and called on
every Christian to make their homes,
neighbourhood, and workplace as the new pulpits
for preaching God’s word.