Most Pastor Contributes to the Failure of the Society -Bishop Ademola Olurombi
The presiding bishop of Kingdom Family Church (KFC), Ijanikin, Lagos, Bishop Ademola Olurombi, has said the major challenge of the church and society today is having leaders who do not provide leadership but occupy positions and give directions that are not productive. “People in leadership positions are not providing quality leadership to lead people correctly, and it has become a leadership position without coordination,” he said.
Bishop Olurombi made the statement while addressing youths from different Nigerian higher institutions of learning on training, mentoring and leadership.
“As leaders of the church and the society, we have to call for leadership training and not the followers who call for it. When we call for it, we get their response, and in doing that, we have to lead by example.”
The responsibility of the leadership is to organise training for the younger ones to grow. It is one thing to organise, and they didn’t turn up. But when they respond, let them know that, part of the benefits during the training, apart from building their christian life as workers in the church, it will enhance their lifestyles, professions, also their environments, including communities, and other, has said the major challenge of the church and society today is having leaders who do not provide leadership but occupy positions and give directions that are not productive. “People in leadership positions are not providing quality leadership to lead people right, and it has become a leadership position without coordination,” areas of development, he added.
“If we don’t call for training, everyone would be redundant, and when the leadership is not providing training, there will be underdevelopment and a vacuum for problems because people won’t train themselves to grow”, he said.
One of the things the church and society need today is training and mentoring the young ones to make them understand how things work in the church and in the secular world. He pointed out that today’s failures in the church and in society are mainly caused by church leaders and pastors. “If the church leaders don’t make a call for training, there will be nothing to respond to. “No one answers when there’s no call, someone has to make the call. When you don’t make a call, no one answers you”, Olurombi stated.
We can’t blame the government for leadership failures at all times; the pastors and church leaders also shared in the failure. Most people in the government are church members and hear preaching every time. It is what the church teaches them to do, they are doing it. If not, church leaders have the opportunity to reprimand and correct them. Failure to do that is encouraging their wrongdoings. “Whatever people do where they are, can be attributed to how they are taught and where they are coming from”, he asserted.
Bishop Olurombi admonished young pastors willing to be mentored to fellowship with like-minded church leaders, who sharpen one another regularly.
“One of the heart cries of young pastors is to have a mentor who will take them for who they are, who is not after their failure, but their success and well-being. But the fear of mentors becoming tormentors makes people ignore it. Many are searching for mentors, but couldn’t find because most leaders are tormentors”, he declared.
Olurombi described some leaders as momentum mentors and opportunity tormentors, whose only opportunity to receive a fat envelope or gifts is when they recognise and remember you. Thereafter, they forget about you and your well-being.
To such leaders, your money and gift define your relationship with them, and this has caused confusion to many young pastors, who are at a loss for what to do, who to meet and where to go because leadership has disappointed them”, he lamented.
While commending mentors who treat their mentees princely, empowering and encouraging them to grow strong, they spare time to visit and bless them. He said, many know the value of mentorship and desire to be mentored because they know what they stand to gain when mentored. But good mentors are hard to come by.
Bishop Olurombi appealed to leaders, saying, “Mentoring should not be only when they organise a programme and expect the mentee to be there. They should play a significant role in the life of their mentee and impact on their spiritual growth.
