Deeper Life Kumuyi says Christmas is idolatrous, warns members against celebrating

The General Overseer of The Deeper Life
Bible Church, Pastor W.F Kumuyi warned his
church members during their annual National
December Convention which held on
Saturday Dec 21st, against celebrating
Christmas, because according to him it is
idolatrous and unscriptural.
Kumuyi said;
"We don't celebrate Christmas. It actually
came from idolatrous background. That
is why you don't hear us sing what they
call Christmas carol, Never! We always
say it is the December retreat. We are
only gathering together because it is the
holiday period and love the lord more,
and rededicate ourselves more.
"When you find anybody coming in, or any
leader, trying to introduce the idolatry of
mystery Babylon, that they call Christmas
and you want to bring all the Christmas
carol saying that is the day that Jesus
was born, and you don't find that in the
Acts of the Apostles or in the early
church, then you don't find that in the
church either. If you don't know that
before, now you know.
Well, let's all try to respect other people's
beliefs. Meanwhile, other Christian leaders
have replied Kumuyi, saying Christmas is not
idolatrous but biblical. Continue..
A Catholic priest, Monsignor Gabriel Osu, said
"I don't know what he means by saying the
practice of celebrating Christmas is wrong.
Is he saying that Christ wasn't born? That
he didn't come to die for us? Does he not
celebrate his own birthday? Do Kumuyi's
pastors not celebrate him? It is not
everything I react to; some people just
seek attention. If Kumuyi is a Christian, then
he must believe in Christ.
"The celebration of Christmas didn't just
start today; it is too public an event for
anyone to say that they don't know what it
is about. "If Kumuyi is condemning the
commercialisation of Christmas, I can
understand that. Christ came to redeem us
from our lost state; this was actualised
through his coming, his birth; that is why we
celebrate Christmas. It is the fulfilment of
God's promise."
"Kumuyi is just saying what he feels; he is
not making any doctrinal statement."
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