Mr Reno Omokri is a pastor, a prolific writer, and a lawyer. Reno, the controversial influencer has a large number of followers on social media. Many people follow him because of the repository knowledge and wisdom he shares with his followers on his Facebook pages especially the #RenosNuggets.

Today, he bears his mind on the irrelevance of Church wedding, which he claimed is not a Christian wedding.

Excerpt below:

A church wedding is not a Christian wedding. Some people say a church wedding is necessary because pastors are God’s representatives on earth. My question to such people is this: What are your parents? Are they devil’s representative? No blessing on Earth is greater than parental blessings. There is no record of a church wedding in Scripture.

However, there are over 20 records of family weddings at home in the Word of God. Sadly, Christians do not even know that the word ‘church’ does not exist in Scripture. The word used is ἐκκλησίᾳ, Romanised as ekklēsia. While Europeans deliberately or mistakenly misinterpreted ekklēsia to mean church (a word that existed before Christianity, and was used to refer to places where Greek and Roman’s deities were worshipped. See Acts 19:37), the word ekklēsia actually means a gathering of believers. When Christ said “where two or three gather in my name, I am there”-Matthew 18:20, He was referring to an ekklēsia. If your parents gather in the name of Christ to bless your wedding at their home, Christ is there!

Having read this write-up do you agree with Reno’s submission on church wedding? Please share your thought on this subject matter.

• This topic was modified 2 months ago by KUFRE EKPO.