{"id":2936,"date":"2026-10-29T05:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/2027-churches-in-nigeria-should-remain-non-partisan\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T05:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:15:54","slug":"2027-churches-in-nigeria-should-remain-non-partisan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/2027-churches-in-nigeria-should-remain-non-partisan\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: \u2018Churches in Nigeria should remain non-partisan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"243\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2027-\u2018Churches-in-Nigeria-should-remain-non-partisan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2027: \u2018Churches in Nigeria should remain non-partisan\u2019\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Olayinka Latona<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABEOKUTA \u2014 AHEAD of the 2027 general elections, Rhema Christian Church and Towers has urged the Nigerian church to remain non-partisan, insisting that its role is to educate consciences and promote justice, truth and good governance rather than endorse candidates or dictate political choices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing journalists at the Champion Peace Cathedral in Sango-Ota, Ogun State, the Presiding Bishop and Pastor-General, Archbishop Taiwo Akinola, said the church should not align with any political party but must never be indifferent to the country\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akinola said: \u201cThe Church must remain non-partisan but never indifferent to justice, truth and good governance. We must educate consciences rather than dictate political choices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe true measure of political leadership is not the volume of campaign promises but the tangible improvement in citizens\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While restating the church\u2019s non-partisan stance, the cleric called for peaceful, transparent and credible polls and urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, security agencies, political parties, candidates and civil society organisations to work towards credible elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He warned against vote-buying, intimidation, electoral violence, religious manipulation and misinformation, and called on young people and senior citizens to complete voter registration and collect their Permanent Voter Cards where applicable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also urged the government to confront drug abuse, the rising cost of living, healthcare deficits and youth unemployment, just as he expressed concern over substance abuse, particularly among young Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: \u201cNigeria must not abandon a generation whose creativity, strength and potential are indispensable to national development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/2027-churches-in-nigeria-should-remain-non-partisan\/\">2027: \u2018Churches in Nigeria should remain non-partisan\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olayinka Latona ABEOKUTA \u2014 AHEAD of the 2027 general elections, Rhema Christian Church and Towers has urged the Nigerian church to remain non-partisan, insisting that its role is to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}