founder of Rapture Proclaimer Evangelical Church of God, Evangelist Funmilayo
Adebayo, has said those behind the trending Mummy G.O hellfire memes sent
gunmen after her.
She said they have been at it for about eight
years now and just recently decided to make use of social media to disgrace her.
The evangelist who spoke to BBC Pidgin said they are angry because
her messages are pulling their church members away from them and to her own
church.
This is as she addressed some of the quotes
attributed to her in several Mummy G.O memes and videos which have gone viral
on social media.
Asked to state why her message is always centred
on heaven and hellfire, she said, “My message is to ensure that people make
heaven. I want them to avoid things that will prevent them from making heaven,
things that will send them to hellfire. My message also prepares people for the
rapture because Jesus is coming back, whether people believe it or not. Apart
from the message I deliver, God is doing healings and miracles as we get
testimonies from all over the world.”
On if she feels bad about being called Mummy G.O,
she said, “I don’t feel bad about being called Mummy G.O. Why should I feel
bad? Many never knew I existed until they were told many bad things about me,
but the wise among them will want to know the truth, from there they will know
the real me.
“90 per cent of them don’t know me. They are just
flexing on social media to flow with the trend. They don’t even know the reason
behind the trend. There’s too much stress in this country, so people are easily
carried away by anything that will make them laugh. They don’t know that those
who started the trend did so to create a scandal. Some didn’t even know I truly
exist, they thought it was all a joke. They are not my enemies, they don’t hate
me nor do I hate them.”
Addressing the statements captured in the viral
videos and memes, Evangelist Funmilayo said, “All those videos are edited. Even
Lucifer, if he’s made a pastor today, will he ever say all those things
attributed to me talk less of someone called a holiness preacher? So, most of
those things attributed to me were never said by me. The people behind the
trend have been at it for over eight years. Sometimes they make use of
magazines. When that didn’t work, they sent gunmen after me.”
She continued, “I’ve been receiving some strange
calls saying ‘Evangelist Funmilayo you are affecting us. Many of our members
hear your message and they pull out of our church. If you don’t stop, we will
kill you’.
“I thought it was just a threat until we started
seeing gunmen chasing us while driving, coming to our church to threaten us and
so on. At times, when I’m inside a banking hall, they take my picture and
forward it to me, saying if they wanted to have me killed, they would have done
so. They say they will disgrace me if I don’t stop. When they saw that I didn’t
stop, they decided to make use of social media trends.”
Women who wear makeup won’t make heaven
“On
women wearing makeup, I did say so and that wasn’t the first time I said so.
I’ve travelled to many Islamic countries; you will never see their women wear
anything that will open their bodies. Even their air hostesses, the way they
dress shows they fear God. My stance against indecency would have been
supported if it was said 50 years ago. Then, no woman could enter a church
without wearing a scarf. The God that frowned against women not wearing
scarves, has he travelled or changed? A Muslim lady dare not enter a mosque
without her head covered. But because I preached an old message, I’ve suddenly
become a criminal. The truth remains the truth even if it’s just one person
saying it.
“Thousands of callers have told me that God told
them to stop using makeup if they want to make heaven. The Bible doesn’t
support makeup. Jezebel was the first woman to wear makeup in the Bible. If
they say my preaching is too hard, are people expecting me to say the way they
dress to a nightclub is allowed in the church?” she asked.
This is as she cited Deuteronomy 22:5, saying, “No
woman shall wear what pertains to a man and no man shall wear what pertains to
a woman.”
Footballers
won’t make heaven
“I’m not the only person who said that. We have
people from Ghana who also said the same. Even white men said it too. Just go
on Google, search for the god of soccer, it will be shown to you. Why didn’t I
say the same about other sports? They just want to arouse every soccer lover
against me. The event that will introduce the antichrist to the world will come
through the World Cup,” she said.
How to make
heaven
The RAPEC founder stated that making heaven is the
most difficult task on earth because it involves giving up a lifestyle that is
not in line with what God loves.
“The only way to make heaven is the most difficult
task on Earth and that is to obey God. The reason why I said it is the most
difficult task is that obedience to God is the most painful thing. For example,
there is a way we dress that we find appealing, some of which are seductive.
Imagine Jesus saying you have to stop dressing in that manner before you can
make heaven. Is that not difficult? Also, you have a girlfriend who understands
you, gives you business ideas and is okay in every way. Sadly, you are a
married man. When your wife nags about money, the girlfriend consoles you. Will
it not be painful if you hear a sermon that warns against extra-marital
affairs? 80 per cent of what we like are disliked by God. That is why obeying
God is difficult,” she said.
(The PUNCH)
