The highly
revered leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye,
has opened the lid on how he relates with his wife.
Pastor Enoch
Adeboye
Enoch
Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has
advised men to be
humble in their marriage.
Mr. Adeboye
said, despite his status, he still finds himself ironing his wife’s clothes
whenever he’s allowed.
“I still
iron/press my wife’s clothes when I’m allowed to,” the preacher said in a
Facebook post Friday. “If you are a true leader, you must be always ready
to serve, even when no one can see you.”
Mr.
Adeboye’s advice could mean a lot in Nigeria, which is still ingrained in a
patriarchal culture, despite women constituting a majority of her estimated 180
million people.
The pastor’s
marital and pre-marital counselling has featured in his messages for decades.
But some of
his teachings can be too radical or conservative to swallow, in an era of
social media in which many are easily offended.
At the
church’s annual congress last August, Mr. Adeboye drew social media backlash
when he suggested that only women who can cook qualified for marriage.
“Don’t marry
a girl who is lazy! Don’t marry a girl who cannot cook, she needs to know how
to do chores and cook because you cannot afford to be eating out all the time.
“Don’t marry
a girl who is worldly! If you do, you have carried what you’ll worship for the
rest of your life!” Mr. Adeboye said.
Despite the
criticism, the pastor stated a few days later that he meant what he said.
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