{"id":174282,"date":"2025-08-14T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fr-mbaka-on-ancestors-and-idolatry-debate"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:15:17","slug":"fr-mbaka-on-ancestors-and-idolatry-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fr-mbaka-on-ancestors-and-idolatry-debate","title":{"rendered":"Fr Mbaka on Ancestors and Idolatry Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has explained that he never said the ancestors of Africans were saints.<\/p>\n<p>Mbaka also disclosed that he never said that idols worshipped by African ancestors should be sustained.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing his followers during a service at the Adoration ground in Enugu, the fiery preacher said he would never promote idolatry.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cA few weeks ago, I was talking about false accusations to our ancestors, don\u2019t misunderstand me, I was not saying our ancestors were all saints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never meant that and neither did I say the idols they worshipped should be sustained, never. I can never be an apostle for the promotion of idolatry, I have only one omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither did I affirm nor disclaim that the things that are happening in our families have no past background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was not what I said, I was overemphasizing false accusations, we should not over generalize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLord save me, save the Adoration Ministry, save Fr Mbaka. Isaiah 38 verse 20 and God is always ready to save.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has explained that he never said the ancestors of Africans were saints. Mbaka also disclosed that he never said that idols worshipped by African ancestors should be sustained. Addressing his followers during a service at the Adoration ground in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":174281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[4069,254],"class_list":["post-174282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-fr-mbaka","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fr Mbaka on Ancestors and Idolatry Debate - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. 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