Opinion: Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN): Big Faith, Little Work, By Osmund Agbo
Apart from going to church every Sunday and surrenderring to the Catholic church’s century-old worship rituals observed in Latin, my dad was hardly an overly religious man. I remember being in this one prayer session where everyone spoke in tongues except him. It couldn’t have been that bad if cynicism was not written all over his face. His eyes darted back and forth in disbelief, as if he was querrying the celestial power of anointing.
Sometimes these murderers go the extra mile just to make some bold and unequivocal statements. On January 21, 2020 Rev. Lawan Andimi, the chairman of CAN in Michika local government area of Adamawa state who was abducted by Boko Haram fighters earlier that month was beheaded. This was after CAN already made a commitment to pay a whooping fifty million naira ransom as demanded by the insurgents to secure his release.
Somebody once defined insanity as doing same thing over and over again and expecting different result, yet that seems to be the factory reset for the Christian Association of Nigeria. Lest I forget to finish off the story of my dad. There was another interesting part to his Christianity. Dad prided himself as a practical Christian which was to say he would meet you halfway between Moses and Christ . In fact, his favorite quote from the Bible was “Faith without good work is dead” King James version. Which is why I can only imagine what he would have to say to the current leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria and the well worn call for fasting and prayers.
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