Presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, Oyo State, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has cautioned clerics in the country against serving God with levity.
Bishop Oke, who is also the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), urged clerics across the country to continue to develop themselves intellectually and in other areas for effective deliveries of God’s work.
He made these calls at the thanksgiving-graduation service organised for the first set of the Wale Oke College of Missions and Evangelism (WOCOME), held at the permanent site of the college at Kasumu, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The mission school was inaugurated at Ibadan last year by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye and was graced by Oyo State governor, Mr Seyi Makinde and his Akwa Ibom counterpart, Dr Emmanuel Udom, as well as dignitaries from different walks of life.
According to the revered bishop, “God’s work should be attended to with utmost concern and sincerity by every soul, especially clerics,” imploring that “they should strive at all times to always please God and not men.”
The PFN President also charged the new entrants on the task ahead of them, adding, “Now, your career in mission is starting; either in the field of existing mission or to break new grounds, or at WOCOME, to prepare future generation.
“We admonish you to serve the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might. If you do, not only will He reward you, He will surely honour you.”
Bishop Oke further warned the graduands against being complacent, saying, “You should therefore continue to develop yourselves for greater effectiveness, whether informally through sundry personal development and edification or formally via the way of further studies.”
In his speech, the Rector of the college, Dr Olusola Ajagbe, charged the graduands from the book of 1 Corinthians 15:58, urging them to stand firm in the assignment ahead of them.
“As you go, do not forget the three Gs: God’s glory, their Gold and their Girls, they are fire you must not touch. Allow God to reward you. Serve with humility; the God of all grace will go with you. The God of our fathers will give you success in Jesus name,” he prayed.
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