It appears the controversy over Dr. Mensah Otabil’s ‘special offering’ notice has taken a different twist as founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Reverend Owusu Bempah, has rebuked the General Overseer of International Central Gospel Church for what he describes as double standards and has subsequently asked him to render an unqualified apology to Christians or face his wrath.
Dr. Otabil was slapped with a barrage of criticisms by a section of the public after a specific monetary offering notice which promises different rewards found its way on social media.
The notice promised “Millionaire Status” for anyone who gave an offering of $5,000 or GHC21,500. For “100% Life Improvement” believers would have to make an offering of $100 or GHC425.
Rev. Owusu Bempah in an interview on Okay FM could not fathom why Dr. Otabil, having described Christians who give huge sums of money as offering to prophets for breakthroughs as "fools", would now have such figures emanate from his camp.
"I am a pastor but I am not against offering. Not all prophets are tricksters and not all prophets are fake. There are true prophets out there. Just as there are prophets who deceive people; there are pastors who also deceive".
"I am surprised Mensah Otabil is engaging in this act. He is a pastor I respect so much but I am highly disappointed. He is the same person who said born again Christians are foolish people; they do not think. He said they continuously follow prophets who spend their money, yet do not perform the miracles they keep paying for" he noted.
According to Rev. Owusu Bempah, Dr. Otabil ought to apologise for the insults hurled at Christians.
“Unless Mensa Otabil tells me that he takes money collected in his church to heaven, we all use the monies collected in the church for God’s work, I am asking him to apologize to Ghanaian Christians and prophets by Monday, if not he will have me to contend with,” he stated.
