Founder and Leader of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Dr. Mensa Otabil
Founder and Leader of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Dr. Mensa Otabil, has taken a swipe at some Ghanaian pastors for supposedly giving themselves prominence over the Lord and Saviour of Christians, Jesus Christ.
Speaking in a video clip of a sermon he shared on X on Monday, February 10, 2025, Pastor Otabil said that most pastors nowadays talk without giving due reverence to Jesus in their ministries.
He indicated that these pastors talk as if they are God and they perform miracles by their own power.
“These days, instead of us saying, ‘Jesus did it’, ‘Jesus is the way’, ‘Jesus is the healer’, ‘Jesus is the Saviour,’ we say things like ‘The grace of this house will deliver you’. Or, a man of God will say, ‘The grace upon my life will open doors for you’; ‘If you touch me, you’ve touched grace’. And then a new one that I’m hearing these days, ‘There is blessing on this altar’; ‘This is the altar I prayed and God heard me,’” he said.
The renowned pastor said that rather than pointing people to Jesus Christ, these pastors are all taking all the glory for themselves.
“Where is Jesus in all of these things? Where is Jesus? The witnesses have chosen to be the light. So, the people believe in them instead of the light they must point to.”
Pastor Otabil has recently been criticised by a number of known Ghanaian pastors over his teachings.
The Founder and Leader of the Glorious Waves Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, for instance, cautioned Pastor Mensa Otabil over his claim that God does not reveal mysteries to humans anymore.
Badu Kobi asserted that Otabil’s arguments lack substance; arguing that God still speaks and reveals hidden secrets to mankind.
Speaking to his congregation on Sunday, February 9, 2025, in a sermon entitled “Don’t Fight What You Don’t Understand,” he stated, “Listen to the last one that he said, for which today I am replying to him. He is attacking the prophetic while he is not attacking the teaching ministry.
“He said God is not speaking to anybody, and it is because maybe he is not hearing the voice of God. And how can you be a church leader and not hear what God is saying?”
He added that, “Now, the question is if you say prophets are not there, no problem. Which God sent you to teach the Bible? The Bible is for reading so anybody can read it. So, why are you teaching it for people to accept it? Then when it comes to the direction and things of God, you say that one is not there. What kind of inconsistent man are you? For you, you should teach, but the prophet must not prophesy what God is saying.”
Prophet Badu also addressed Pastor Otabil’s teachings on the Bible, referencing it as a closed book.
“A few moments ago, he came and said the Bible is a closed book, and I laughed. Write this and keep it: the Bible is not the end of the kingdom. Before God, there are books. If he doesn’t know, some of us will have to teach him. He said everything about the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is a closed book, and it is not true. God is still speaking. My problem with the fathers is that most of them don’t understand the kingdom system,” he said.
Pastor Otabil has also faced similar criticisms from Rev Isaac Owusu-Bempah, the Founder of Glorious Word Power Ministries International.
Watch Pastor Otabil’s remarks in the video below:
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— 🇬🇭 Mensa Otabil (@MensaOtabil) February 10, 2025
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