Mad man’ disrupts church service

pandemonium struck when a 'mad man' dressed in
swaddled in multi-coloured fabrics saun-tered in
the worship centre of Glory Chapel of the Redeem-
ed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Agbelekale,
Abule Egba, Lagos, last Sunday sending choristers,
members of the church scampering in every
direction seeking safe haven.
The middle-aged man bran-dishing a heavy stone in
his right hand and a tiny piece of freshly sawed
piece of wood from a nearby carpenter's workshop
was said to have walked out of the church almost
immediately but made a return bid, this time with
ferocious campaign just as the parish pastor,
Pastor Ladi Akinsanya was telling the congregants
about a special guest minister.
The entry of the 'mad man' interrupted the
announcement as worshippers made for any and
every escape route out of the church. Sensing the
mood of the church, a middle-aged man simply
identified as Baba Dominion was said to have taken
a bold step and grabbed the 'mad man' from behind
creating an opportunity for another to disarm him.
Pastor Akinsanya intervened at this moment,
screaming; "Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise
the Lord" and "Amen, Amen, Amen" interm-ittently
obviously trying to calm down the congregation su-
ggesting that the "mad man", as it turned out an
evangelical drama minister, was one of the special
guests expected to minister at the service.
It took quite a while for me-mbers of the church to
settle down to listen to the mini-stration of the
"mad man" who immediately capitalized on the
confusion to begin preaching, saying "all sins are
like mad men before God and just you all were
running from me, so God Almighty will detest all
sins including female who deliberately entice men
via the exposition of their bodies, on the last day."
He stressed the need for all those who are called by
the name of Jesus to be prepared at all times, for
the trumpet might sound any moment, stressing
that only those who are blameless will be raptured
and will reign with the Lord.
After the ministration, the outgoing pastor in
charge of RCCG Place of Refuge Area, Pastor Kola
Ajiboye who had come to introduce his replace-
ment, Pastor Gbenga Adesan-ya to the
congregation, prayed for the members and called
on them to cooperate with his replacement, adding
that it was imperative for him to go so that Elisha
would begin his ministry.