Why?
Well, let's say the church feels the newlyweds damned the church's standards and did things of their own volition. Love, who is a daughter of the National Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Jamaica, Pastor Augustine Odih, was dressed in a fitted stylish wedding gown with transparent short sleeves. She also wore makeup, jewellery and carried a bouquet of flowers. The couple cruised in a limousine and had a huge wedding cake.
I heard, the practice in the Deeper Christian Life Ministry is that if members' children misbehave, both the children and their parents get punished on the grounds that it's the parents' failing in their responsibilities that made the children to err. Pastor William Kumuyi has offered to resign as General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church following the controversy, despite the newlyweds showing remorse and tendering an apology to the church, blaming their misconduct on the fact that both of them had resided abroad for so long, but was prevailed upon not to.
The leadership of the church has regarded their action as a strong breach of its tradition, and has immediately removed the bride's father, from his position as National Overseer in Jamaica.
The General Superintendent reportedly did not take kindly to the couple's behaviour and, unlike Eli in the Bible who did not discipline his sons and incurred the wrath of God, Pastor Kumuyi had ensured that the offenders were sanctioned.
Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly has condemned the suspension of John and Love Kumuyi from the church. Here is what he said in a new interview;
"I personally did not see what they have done wrong. A man is entitled to his own authority in his own home.1st Peter Chapter 3. A wife should dress to please the husband and not the members of the church or public. It's sheer wickedness to the couple, they should leave them to enjoy their honeymoon.
They should not squeeze them to the modus operandi of a particular organization. I did not see anything wrong in the wedding. The bride was not naked or dressed inappropriately and the groom didn't. Esther the queen was beautifully dressed in the bible to gain the king's attention. They should not make mountain out of a molehill.
I was in the Deeper Life Bible Church for five years and nobody compelled me to dress the way I dressed. My wife was with me in the church though we weren't married then. She wears earrings and dresses nicely. All this talk about this couple should stop."
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