Methodist Church Congregation chases pastor from church for impregnating member – Punch newspaper

File photo: Pregnant woman

By Afeez Hanafi

There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church rejected their pastor and chased him away for allegedly impregnating his housemaid.

Merchants On The Pulpit: How Political Pastors Are Destroying Akwa Ibom State

File photo: Chief Godswill Akpabio received priestly blessing for his second term ambition in 2011 from Bishop Cletus Bassey

By Inibehe Effiong

Becoming a pastor is now the easiest way of making ends meet. Any rogue, hooligan or school drop-out can have the appellation- "man of God", added to his or her name effortlessly. Given the very high emotional attachment and sensitivity of the average Nigerian to religion and religious leaders, writing a strongly worded opinion on the activities of supposed men of God, no matter how nefarious and despicable, is a rarity in public discourse.

Pastor Rick Warren's Son Commits Suicide

Pastor Rick Warren

Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren said today that his 27-year-old son had commited suicide after a lifelong battle with mental illness.

Warren, in an emotional email to the congregatiuon of his Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., shared his son Matthew's struggles and asked for prayers.

"No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now," Warren wrote. "Our youngest son, Matthew, age 27, and a lifelong member of Saddleback, died today."