House on the Rock Church has finally reacted to the ordeal of its Presiding Pastor, Uche Aigbe, who brought an AK-47 to the pulpit while preaching on Sunday in Abuja.
The church in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Monday evening, said Aigbe had been a pastor in the church since 1999 and had always shown exemplary leadership.
Explaining that the pastor was trying to illustrate the message he was preaching on ‘Fighting the good fight of faith’, the Church however said the gun was not loaded, adding that it did not support any form of violence and would cooperate with the authorities throughout the investigation into the matter.
The statement read partly,
“Pastor Uche has been a leader in House On The Rock since 1999 and has always shown exemplary leadership. However, even with the best of intentions, he realises that carrying a gun to illustrate the message was ill-advised and regrettable.”
“Without hesitation Oastor Uche has acknowledged the gravity of his actions and apologises unreservedly for them.
“As a church House On The Rock rejects all forms of violence and we stand in the good news gospel of Jesus Christ which embraces peace and goodwill for all mankind.
“We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they carry out their investigations into the incident, and we will continue to engage internally to ensure this break in protocol does not happen again.”
