By Joy Esibeluo
Pastor of Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Igbala, Atan, Ogun State, Noah Adebiyi has observed that despite the positives that were experienced in the last four months due to Covid-19, the negative impact on the church is enormous.
He said in an interview with our correspondent that the COVID-19 experience brought out the ingenuity in every church leader but that many people who don’t have access to the internet have lost out in the last four months.
“We should not deceive ourselves, many people have been negatively affected. The worst-hit in this crisis is the church. It is unthinkable that there will be a time when believers won’t be able to gather the way we used to. But then it happened.
“Many people who are comfortable and have access to the internet may not experience much loss spiritually. But those who have not equipped themselves spiritually before the pandemic could have strayed. The spiritual lives of such people would have gone low. Some perhaps would have gone back to the world.”
Popoola, however, said there is a need for Nigerians to seek the mercy of God. “It is now left for us to pray to God and ask for his mercies and divine interventions. When this is done I want to assure the people that coronavirus will be a thing of the past. The only solution is to go back to God. Now that the government has asked churches to resume in Lagos and possibly Ogun State, we should use the opportunity to pray to God for his mercy.”