The church led by its General Overseer, Enoch Adejare Adeboye, will be ordaining 9,170 deacons and deaconesses at the start of the church’s annual convention.
Twenty senior pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) are retiring from active pastoral service this year having reached the age of 70.
The announcement was made by the church at the end of the 2015 ministers conference.
However, the church led by its General Overseer, Enoch Adejare Adeboye, will be ordaining 9,170 deacons and deaconesses at the start of the church’s annual convention.
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According to P.M. News, six of the 20 pastors received pastors received awards for Excellence while 14 others bagged awards for Fruitfulness.
The retired pastors also got plaques and some undisclosed amount of money for their meritorious service.
It was gathered that the church also gave Long Service award to some of its pastors who have put in 20 years and more years to the work of God. Boniface Okenwa, a regional pastor was among the beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, Adeboye has advised his pastors not to break their fast with solid food. He told them that pap is best for breaking fast, noting that, it takes a while for the body to begin to absorb solid food.
The advice may not be unconnected with the incident of breakdown of some pastors who had consumed solid food after fasting for days.