The crisis in the Synagogue church of All Nations (SCOAN) continues to deepen as a faction of the leadership has rejected the newly appointed wife of T B Joshua, the late founder, Evelyn Joshua as successor.
The faction insists that a successor should have been chosen from among the pastors of the Church whom the late Prophet had anointed.
They maintain that Mrs Joshua had no basis parading herself as the new leader of SCOAN saying that she was neither anointed a Pastor by Joshua nor was she among the founding members of the Church.
A faction of the leadership had, in a statement on its Facebook page announced that the activities of the Church would now be directed by Evelyn.
It called on its members to pray for the wife of the late Prophet, founder and General Overseer as she takes over the leadership role.
Evelyn thereafter, made a video accepting the new role and calling on members and the Christian faith to support her in the onerous task ahead.
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However, in a statement issued in Akure the opposing faction under the auspices of the Global Congress of SCOAN Members, (GCSM) and signed by a certain Adedeji Opeyemi, President of the GCSM and the Secretary, Brown Chimezie, the SCOAN members rejected Evelyn as leader and gave their reasons.
They aver that the rule of SCOAN has been swept aside by a few members whom they alleged were building stumbling blocks against the progress of the church and urged all Christians and people all over the world to assist save the Church from ruin.
They reminded members that the biggest task was to honour the last wish of Prophet T B Joshua and keep his flag flying.
According to them, “We are worried about the emergence of Ms Evelyn Joshua, the wife of the late founder who made unilateral declaration of herself as the new leader of the Church.
“She claimed a congregation of 2000 Church members appointed her. This is ridiculous: Where did the meeting hod ? Was it through a Ye vote ? Was it through election ? Was it through ‘anointing’ by 2000 members ?
“Where is the resolution of the 2000 members ? Can 2000 members pick a successor in a Church with millions of members all over the world in five continents ? What is the constitution of the church ? Was it followed ?
Pastor T B Joshua never ran the church on the basis of profit. Today, there is a design by the newly self-imposed leader, Mrs Evelyn Joshua to commercialise every activity of the church for money.”
“Mrs Evelyn Joshua is not a Pastor. She was never anointed by Pastor Joshua. She was not part of the founding members of the Church. What is the basis of her emergence as the new person now parading herself as the new leader.
“Under the aegis of the SCOAN Congress, made of members from 188 countries, we shall continue to inform and educate the public, peoples all over the world on every development of SCOAN until wisdom, the ways of God and common sense prevail.”
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