“Holding church service online is totally unscriptural” – Rev. Chris Okotie

Popular Nigerian Pastor, Rev. Chris Okotie, has said that holding church services online due to the ban on social gathering as a precautionary measure against the spread of Coronavirus is unscriptural.

According to him, church service is supposed to be a physical interaction among believers and anything aside this isn’t based on the Bible.

He said:

“We are dealing with one of the most sinister conspiracies in human history. What we call the online church is absolutely untrue, because for you to be in church, you have to be ecclesia, which is translated from the Greek word, ec, which is out, and the word caleo, called out.

“You cannot gather unto God until you are called out. That’s why Israel was called out of the world. So, this thing, this phenomenon that we are talking about, the Internet and cyber churches, is totally unscriptural.

“God knows where you are; if He was not interested in the assembly, you don’t need to come to church; you can pray in your house. I pray in my house. You praise in your house. I praise in my house. He can see all of us. He doesn’t need computers. But that denies Him who He is; so, we must – that’s why the bible puts that verse as an imperative – you must not forsake the assembly of yourselves together.”