Controversial former spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said that the roles pastors play in weddings are insignificant.
According to him, even as Christians, the groom and bride can do without churches, saying it was only the parents that were needed.
He tweeted:
‘Someone said church wedding is necessary because pastors are God’s representatives on Earth. To that man, my question is this: What are your parents? Devil’s representative? No blessing on Earth is greater than parent’s blessing.”
”After God, parents. Read Christ’s parables regarding marriage-Luke 14:8-10. It does not involve a priest or pastor. My dear people, these European ideas about church wedding are doctrines of men, there is nothing divine or holy about it. Holy matrimony only involves the couple and their parents. That is why the only commandment amongst the Ten Commandments with a blessing attached to it is “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you”-Exodus 20:12”
See his posts below.
