Association of 7th Day Pentecostal Assemblies Kicks Against Polygamous Pastor Over Blasphemous Utterances Against Jesus.
At a press conference held on Thursday June 29th 2023 at the premises of the Social Security & National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), 21 representatives of the Association of 7th Day Pentecostal Assemblies across the country who owe allegiance to the late founder and President of the church, Elder Enoch Ofori Snr, jointly disowned the current Acting President of the church , pastor Macaiah Addai for allegedly blaspheming against the name of Jesus Christ.
Macaiah Addai was also alleged to have been introducing a strange doctrines that go contrary to the constitution of the church.
Addressing media about the rationale behind the conference, spokesperson for the 21 representatives of the church, Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr, said over the past several weeks the attention of the church have been drawn to a series of reports about an alleged scandal involving the Macajah Addai.
According to the spokesperson, the scandal which directed to Macaiah Addai pointed out that he had taken over the wife of one of the church members ( Mr Kofi Adjei’s wife, Madam Gloria Amponsah as his own wife.
The victim Kofi Adjei a (church member) feeling cheated, sued pastor Macaiah Addai at the Asantehemaa’s palace for redress.
This was when Adjei had referred the case to pastor Macaiah Addai been his spiritual father to settle scores between him and the wife, Gloria Amponsah also a church member but to no avail, Enoch Ofori Jnr told the media.
Adding that at the Asantehemaa’s palace Macaiah Addai was found guilty and customarily ordered to slaughter 4 sheep but through pleadings from a prominent chief, two sheep was accepted, and allowed to pay for the two sheep.
The slaughtering of the two sheep were converted into local currency where Macaiah was made to pay Ghc 6000, Elder Ofori Jnr pointed out.
He additional fine of GHC 15,000 been compensation for Kofi Adjei was further slapped on pastor Macaiah Addai who has since paid to Adjei to comfort his soul.
Referring the various media publications in connection with pastor Macaiah Addai’s alleged unlawful sexual behavior, Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr said the church has suffered underserved public ridicule and approbrium, not because of Macaiah Addai is practicing the beliefs and practices of the church, but because he has deviated from the true teachings and beliefs of the church,while his name is associated with.
We wish to put on records that the church founded and registered in 1970 by the late Elder Enoch Ofori Snr in cooperation with the late Elder G.C.Gray of the United States of America is a Christian organization which upholds the core beliefs of Christianity, including the practice of monogamy which God initiated in the Garden of Eden from the beginning of mankind, the spokesperson underscored.
Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr further stated that Macaiah Addai has stated in multiple times on the various platforms that he is not a Christian and made it a habit to allegedly blaspheme against the name of Jesus Christ at least opportunity.
The spokesperson added that by the actions of Macaiah Addai who already has three wives apart from the church member’s wife he snatched, the church cannot associates itself with a person whose doctrines go contrary to the church’s constitution.
The church members observed that since the passing of the founder of the church in 2007, Macaiah Addai has resorted to alleged violence and threatening activities with the intention to hijack elections to vote for a substantial president to run the affairs of the church, journalists gathered.
Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr asserted that the late founder and leader of the church, Elder Enoch Ofori Snr in his last book published in 2006 before his death entitled: “Law At The World Level”, denounced the practice of polygamy.
He stressed that by the virtue of Macaiah Addai’s conduct, including the practice of polygamy, allegations of courting the help of fetish priest in a gold deal, Macaiah Addai has obviously breached all the scriptural and ethical rules of the priesthood office.
As the Bible says, a priest must be a husband of one wife, (1 Timothy 3-2) must not marry a divorce woman (Lev 21:14, Ezek44: 22) Deut 13 -1-3,. 1John 5:20, Macaiah does not fall under the aforementioned scriptural categories to call himself as a credible man of God who can lead the sons and daughters of God to the Heaven gate.
According to Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr the Association of 7th Day Pentecostal Assemblies neither teaches polygamy nor condones wife- snatching, and on the contrary, members promote sound christian principles and teachings anchored by Christ Jesus the Rock of Ages.
We don’t recognize the presence of Macaiah Addai as part of us because of his anti Christ attitudes in his attempt to change our doctrines, beliefs and constitution, the spokesperson concluded.
