The Palace Of Priests Assembly and its social arm, Priest Peace and Justice Initiative, have said some Pentecostal pastors rejected its Anti-Corruption campaign titled ‘Shun corruption’, in their churches when it was initially introduced to curb corruption in Churches.
PPA said this in its second year report of phase 2 of the Mobilising Christians Against Corruption titled: Pioneering Pentecostals Involvement In The Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria which was presented last week at the organisation’s auditorium in Area 1 Abuja.
The book was presented by Pastor (Dr) Ejiro Otive Igbuzor – General Overseer, Pastor (Dr) Ejiro Otive Igbuzor, Rev Isaac Komolafe – FCT Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and Dr Orinya Agbaji the organisation’s Programme Manager.
The report said: “Many Pentecostal Churches were initially apprehensive about collaborating with other church ministers to form a common front.”
However, the organisation said after a continuous engagement with them on the need to fight corruption, their perspective has changed and they are now taking ownership of the Shun corruption message.