Pastor Adeboye warns RCCG members not to engage in social media romantic relationships

REDEEMED Christian Church of God (RCCG) general overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye  has warned his members against the practice of finding spouses on social media platforms like Facebook.

Issuing the warning while preaching at the April 2018 Holy Ghost Service and Vigil of the church at its prayer ground in Mowe, Ogun State along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Pastor Adeboye said getting married through Facebook is dangerous.  He stressed that it is totally wrong for anyone to go into marriage relationship via the social media without finding out the background of their would-be partner.

Pastor Adeboye recalled how in the past, parents would inquire about prospective spouses before approving marriages for their children. He said he had pity for the youth whose parents were involved in evil as such evil often affected their spiritual and physical development.

“If you marry on Facebook, you cannot tell what will come. Let me tell you clearly, if you get a wife through the Facebook, you will lose her through the YouTube, you can quote me,” Pastor Adeboye added.

He noted that elders of those days were uneducated but very rich in knowledge but today, many parents lack this. RCCG's monthly programme was attended by vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, as well as thousands of Christian faithful.

Last year, Pastor Adeboye first warned his RCCG congregation not to engage in romantic relationships on social media. He stated then that such relationships might lead to broken homes.