Founder of Perez Chapel International Archbishop Charles Agyinasare has disclosed his views on African traditions and customs amid his controversial comments about.
Nogokpo. Nogokpo is a small town in the Volta Region revered for its thunder deity. The deity is known to exact justice when invoked by aggrieved persons.
Archbishop Agyinasare incurred the wrath of the chiefs and people of the town when he described the town as the “demonic headquarters of the Volta Region”.
He is yet to honour an invitation to apologise and retract the comments deemed denigratory to the town and the Volta Region.
Agyinasare says he respects traditions and customs While preaching on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at his church, he told his congregants he only upholds local traditions and customs that are consistent with the word of God.
“Anywhere I go for crusades, I go to see the chief and elders before I start my activities,” the state-owned Ghana News Agency (GNA) quoted him in a report on Monday, July 10, 2023
He was preaching on the topic, “Who Ruled the Cosmic World II – God versus Idols”.
Only God must be worshipped
He added that God has commanded in the Holy Bible that only He alone should be worshipped, suggesting that if a tradition says otherwise, he won’t conform to it.
He urged his church members to remain steadfast in the worship of God and not engage in any form of idolatry.
The Archbishop preached to his congregants on a Sunday and explained that because of a promise God made to Abraham, anyone who curses any man who professes the Christain faith curses himself.
His comments have been deemed to be an indirect response to the people of Nogokpo that he is under the protection of God.