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| Fr. Kelvin Ugwu |
The Catholic Priest who is on Mission in Malawi is one of the Church’s most influential personalities on social media.
In an article, Father Kelvin Ugwu mentioned that powers placed in the hands of leaders in the church, must be subject to checks and balances, as without them priest or pastor or bishop can act in ways that are detrimental to the congregation and the church.
"No priest or Bishop or Pope should be bigger than the church. No Pastor or prophet should be bigger than the ministry. The moment there is no authority that can check the excesses of your priest or pastor or bishop, then anything…I mean absolutely anything can happen.
"You can be asked to eat grass or drink Dettol or drink Goya oil for healing. You can be asked to donate your family land or the entire money you have in your account as seed sowing and you will do it because it is easier to use religion to work on people's psyche," the Catholic priest opined.
He stated further that he is an advocate of the church building firm structures that is strong enough to stop the abuse of anyone irrespective of how powerful they may be in the Church.
"I remembered saying, once certain powers are placed on our hands, including myself, and there is no one we can account to, so many things about us, especially the ugly ones, will come out.
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| Fr. Kelvin Ugwu |
"It is the structure that puts everyone in check so that the church doesn’t have to solely depend on your goodwill and your claim of being led by a certain spirit, which by the way is usually subject to varied interpretations, Ugwu noted.
He added that "this has been my argument against most churches springing up today. The number one problem in Africa with regards to Christianity is that anything goes. Anyone can become a pastor, even clowns who will account to no one, and people will still legitimize them by being members of their churches."
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