Church General Overseer Converts to Islam... See Reasons

The founder and leader of Apata Adura Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ekute, Ado-Ekiti, former Pastor Adekunle Afolabi, has converted to Islam.

Adekunle Afolabi in the middle and in the insert photo

 

The founder and leader of Apata Adu­ra Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ekute, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Pastor Adekunle Afolabi, has broken the jinx to be among the growing number of Christians who have converted to Muslim.

After practicing Christianity for over 25 years and even rose to become the General Overseer of his church, he became a Muslim. The 45-year-old, now addressed as Alfa Abubakar Afolabi, attributed his conversion to a divine encounter he had with a strange man in white in his dreams who showed him certain flaws in Christianity and convinced him that indeed Islam is the only religion that leads to heaven.

In an interview with The Sun, Alfa Abubakar spoke on his experience as a Muslim. Below are excerpts from the interview;

How did your journey to Islam begin?
I was preparing for the anniversary when I started hav­ing dreams that eventually led to my conversion. At first in the dreams, I noticed my members were sitting on the floor in the church and some of them were covering their heads. I also saw that people were washing their hands and feet before entering the church just like it is done in Islam.

As a prophet in C and S, you would be doing some spiritual work for people, now that you are now in Islam, do you still do the works?
Rendering spiritual help is given to all men by God for their own use, so the wisdom of it is given to me by God, he didn’t take it away from me because that is different from religion. It is a way of livelihood so, if any one falls sick, wants to give birth, is having stillbirth, stagnation at work, that is all what we use that for. He showed me places in the Bible where many prayed to God in Islamic way. By this praying, I mean to kneel down and bow down your head and face down.

What about those who were your colleagues when you were in Christianity as a church leader?
They all left me the day I invited an Imam to come and preach in my church. That day of our anniversary. I have also been re­lieved of my position as president of our association. The only thing the pastors do once in a while is to call to ask me if indeed I still want to continue in the new faith and I usually confirm it. As for friends, some have stayed while others have left.
 

Have you now become a leader in Islamic faith?
No, I am still learning to be deeper in Islam. I had over 150 members in the church before but they have all left now. My church before has now been converted to a mosque and it is be­ing attended by many muslims now that I cannot even count them. An Imam is currently running the mosque while I am also there as an Alfa, learning more about the religion.

How many wives have you now?
The Bible does not oppose marrying more than one wife. It says if you want to marry another wife, you must ensure that you treat her the same way you are treating the ones or one you have already married. The Bible only says that for those who want to become Bishops, they should marry only one.

Now you have only one wife, is it likely that you will marry another wife?
No. I have married some women before. Now, I cannot marry another woman.That is not in my plans. My first born is about 22 years old.

Read the full interview here.