The General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has barred men with braided hair and women sporting false eyelashes and heavy makeup from the church’s altar.
According to a Church Times report, Pastor Adeboye said this in an address at the RCCG’s 72nd annual convention.
This convention, with the theme: “Heaven,” started on August 5, 2024 and ended on August 11, 2024, at The Redemption City, Mowe, Ogun State, off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Adeboye said: “In Yorubaland, the only men who braid hair are the priests of Sango, the god of thunder.
“They say this is a new age and that we must be adaptable to what is going on.
“To continue as sango priests?
“Not in this mission.
“Even after I’m gone, it will still not happen.
“Take this word from me: When we find anybody among pastors, particularly female pastors, made up to look like a representative of Nollywood, we will walk her off the altar.”
While pleading for forgiveness if he was too harsh, Adeboye added: “You may not like it.
“If you are my children, you can’t kill me.
“Do you know why men don’t wear makeup?
“I mean real men.
“It’s because we have what is called a superiority complex.
“We stand before the Lord and say: ‘God, You did a good job creating us. You made no mistake.’”
