‘It’s irresponsible’ CCC Worldwide frowns at indiscriminate use of MPIC title

The Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide has frowned at the indiscriminate use of Member Pastor in Council, MPIC, tagging it an irresponsible act.

It was coming on the heels of a viral report of an arrested kidnapping syndicate who was widely claimed to be a member of the CCC Worldwide and a member of the respected council. Read here.

According to a statement made available to Freelanews and signed by the CCC head of media, Sup. Evang. Kayode Ajala, it was noted that the acronym is an exclusive reserve of only bonafide members of the present Pastor in Council whose tenure would be ending in 2025 and warned that would not take lightly any further erring members.

The Secretariat of the Pastor in Council has noted, over time, the irresponsible and reckless use of the acronym M.P.I.C. (Member Pastor in Council), by non-members of the Council. We wish to categorically state here that the acronym M.P.I.C. is reserved exclusively for bona-fide members of the present Pastor in Council, Celestial Church of Christ Worlwide, whose tenure ends in February, 2025.

The abuse of this acronym, M.P.I.C., appears to have degenerated so badly that some non-members of the Pastor in Council, not only append it to their private correspondence, but others also append it to their names in Harvest envelopes, not just to deceive others but also to boost their egos. Only recently, an arrested member of a kidnap syndicates was touted as a member of the Pastor in Council because he claimed to be one and also because his name was found on the Harvest envelope of a parish of the C.C.C. W/w.

Worried about the disturbing trend and also concerned about the need to be able to identify authentic members of the Pastor in Council, the Secretariat of the Council recently introduced Identification Tags for all members of the Council. And electronic data base is also being worked on as an additional preventive measure.

Finally, we call on those guilty of this abuse to desist forthwith. The Pastor in Council is a gathering of distinguished members of the Celestial Church of Christ, Carefully selected from the best that the church has to offer. The Council is saddled with creating policies for the day to day administration of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide. There is an urgent need to allow this august body to remain focused, and not be distracted by frivolities in the discharge of its assigned duties.

Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

Ojelabi, the publisher of Freelanews, is an award winning and professionally trained mass communicator, who writes ruthlessly about pop culture, religion, politics and entertainment.