Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams attacks Pastor Mensah Otabil
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams is in the news again for the wrong reasons; he is reported to have delved a big blow to Pastor Mensah Otabil of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) by taking over the venue of the ICGC annual 31st December watch night service dubbed ‘Crossover’.
National Security sources have corroborated reports that though Pastor Otabil had booked for the Independence Square and paid for the venue some five months ago, the government has taken over the venue and given it to Duncan-Williams, who is also happy about it and busily advertising to use the place for his church’s end-of-year watch night.
Not only has Duncan-Williams taken over the venue Pastor Otablil had been using for close to a decade now, but he has named his 31st December service ‘Passover’, quite similar to Otabil’s annual ‘Crossover’ service.
Pastor Otabil has, for close to a decade, consistently used the Independence Square for his yearly watch night service. Due to the growing number of the congregation, ICGC decided to book the Accra Sports Stadium and the Independence Square for the 2011 service just as it did last year.
But after paying for the venue some five months back and running commercials advertising the service for both venues, Pastor Otabil announced to his congregation two weeks ago that the National Security had informed him that the Government of Ghana would be using the independence Square for a “national event” on December 31 and therefore the church would have to hold the service at the stadium.
ICGC subsequently withdrew its commercials advertising from both venues and replaced them with new ones that said the service would be at the stadium.
The so-called “national event” has turned out to be the watch night service of Duncan-Williams as he has started advertising that this year, he would be having his end-of-year service at the Independence Square. “We had order from above that Duncan-Williams says he wants to shift his service from El-Wak stadium to the Independence Square so we should ask Otabil to hand it over to him and that was exactly what we did. In the security service, there is something called obey before complain,” a National Security source noted.
The news comes as a surprise because Mensah Otabil’s annual 31st December Crossover Service has almost become an institutionalized event held at the Independence Square for the Christian community and a fellow pastor who wants to use the same venue is expected to have known better.
Another issue of concern is that the several thousands of persons that turn up for Otabil’s Crossover can simply not be contained at the Accra Sports Stadium, considering the fact that even when both venues were used for the 2010 service, they got filled.
What is not yet clear is whether or not Duncan-Williams was aware that Mensah Otabil had always used the Independence Square and had actually started running adverts for this year’s event.
Duncan-Williams has over the years stirred a lot of controversy.
News recently went round that he had employed Dr. Ekwow Spoi-Garbrah as the newly appointed Chief Executive of the Action Chapel International Church, perhaps one of the few churches with a CEO.
There was also a report that Duncan-Williams had said he used a type of perfume that was not sold anywhere in Ghana. Again, Duncan-Williams divorcing the mother of his children, Mama Francisca, and his new marriage to an American beauty by name Lady Rosa Whitaker, is still fresh in the memories of news followers.
Source: News-One Ghana
Category: Religion
Azaa Pastor with the title archbishop. Do you know what it takes to become an arch bishop? Jokers whose children school abroad and fly 1st class. This man is a divorcee so who is he going to counsel? His new wife is another cheat who is just taking advantage of African governments/Head of States. Poor Ghanaians should wise up and ditch these kind of Azaa men of God! CROOKS!
you are rather a crook and a thief. even as you have posted this thing here .who knows you might be a cocaine dealer.you fool. you wish your kids were the ones flying the first class and since God knows whom to bless and whom to curse ; he chose to give it to duncan williams and he chose not to give it to you.you fool.go and learn some common sense before you post anything here.you fool .it is their prayers for our nation Ghana that has kept on the path of peace till this years. since it is God who decides to bless a divorcee. and since you are soo holy why arent you blessed.you dog. God curse your fingers you used to type this words on this post
I think this is most stupid article written by senseless illiterate. Do you think you are doing Rev. Dr. Mensah Otabil any good by lauchng this needless attack on the Archbishop?
What is wrong if our two respected fathers and mentors shared the Accra sports stadium and the independence square among themselves for praying for the national and her people. What has this got to do with the employment of Hon. Dr. Spio Garbrah as an Administrator at the Action Chapel or the marraige of the archbishop? You wrote this uncivilised article as if Rev. Dr. Mensa A. Otabil has given you his approval to write this infamus article. How can you employment this uncultured approach to defend one man of God and fight another. You “brute bist” go and learn common sense and at least read “courtesy for boys and girls” to be properly educated. Thank you.
Finally, to the Archbishop and Rev. Dr., we believe in you; and you serve as a source of inspiration to we the young ones and the whole nation and the world at large sodon’t allow such satanic agent to hit your heads together. We are praying for you. God bless you. Amen
By Emmanuel
why ghanains journalist so stupid n illitrate 4 are they there 4 money or there 2 protect the nation, what does the bible says TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED N DO MY PROPHET NO HARM DONT THEY NO THEY ARE INVOKING CURSES IN THIER LIFES N EVEN THIER INNOCENT FAMILIES,
And so what? Pastor Mansah Otabil has not come to complain on any issue and you go around carrying and spreading the message there is an attack on him. has he by any means or way told you Papa Duncan Williams has attacked him? Let us be careful of some of the things we feed the nation with as media for we are going to account to anything we do or say. God bless us all.
OH I PITY PAPA FOR SUCH A REMARKABLE MISTAKE, MAY GOD FORGIVE US.
the Holy Spirit is the only person that can lead us to right person Archbishop may the Spirit of God always speak to you to motivate us the youth and Pastor Mensah Otabil may the Holy Spirit use you to inspire us but you know better than i know that the Bible says that if you been a Christian do good to Christians and those of the world also do good to those in the world then what is the difference between the worldly people and the children of God.
please i have never heard of two nations that fear God rising against each other.
i think is time we rise against the enermy not allowing the enermy to find his way into us by letting the spirit of supremacy duel in us.
Fools and Fool Ghanaian media. This is all that you know how to do.You who wrote this article; if you were to have duncan williams for an uncle in yr family it could have been a big blessing to you.perhaps he might have advised you to live a very fruitful life that brings good to society rather than using names of pastors to score points.this is disgusting.ruts like you just use seconds to destroy images people have built for years.since when did you become otabil’s spokesman. better find something fruitful to do rather than writing this stupid and senseless articles here, ruts like you are the ones causing menace among our society.God punish you.arent we blessed to have people like duncan and otabil, you want to bring that stupid virus of creating confusion on political platforms among our mentors.