Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Chairman of Northern Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN and President of International Church Growth Ministry has condemned the act of rape and were undivided in their decision for the accused Founder and senior pastor of COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo, to step down and admit for a thorough investigation of the rape allegations.
The Chairman, and leading Church Growth authority, Dr Francis Akin-John has meanwhile stated that any man of God who cannot hold back his sexual urge should have nothing to do near a pulpit.
Pam held forth that the position of a pastor, as a rule, is a very delicate position, noting that for anybody to have degraded himself to do such a horrible thing was condemnable.
He stated: “It’s not the kind of thing ears are supposed to hear of ordinary church members, let alone a pastor. I think it is high time for the Christian Association of Nigeria to mandate the bloc leaders to start scrutinizing candidates to be accepted as pastors.
He also said that: “There should be a means of ascertaining those to be admitted as pastors in this country because some of these pastors who come in through the back door are giving the church a bad name. ‘’It’s only in Nigeria that the church is well united through CAN and I believe if care is not taken about how we recruit our followers, especially our clergymen, and frown at certain things happening around the church, then we will begin to lose our ground gradually from the society.”