Kumuyi disagrees with Pope on same-sex marriage

Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Church, has said same-sex marriage contradicts the teachings of Jesus Christ.

The declaration came during the opening ceremony of the global crusade’s joint event, collaborating with the 2023 national December retreat themed “Emmanuel”.

While addressing the gathering, Pastor Kumuyi highlighted the Biblical command of Jesus, emphasising that marriage, as ordained by Jesus, is the union of a man and a woman.

Kumuyi spoke against the backdrop of a viral stance of Pope Francis, who allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, a significant advance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the Roman Catholic Church.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church said priests should be permitted to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under certain circumstances. But the Nigerian cleric stated that the command of Jesus Christ was for a man to get married to a woman.

He said: “We stand in obedience to Christ and obedient to him and we carry on the works of Christ that said a man and a woman should be joined together in marriage until death do us part.”

Credit: Legit