E.M.F. SPEAKS ON ELIGIBILITY AND APPOINTMENT/ANOINTMENT TO HIGHER RANKS IN C.C.C…Releases Pastoral Proclamation.

His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa, the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, has set out clear cut rules and conditions to be met as regards eligibility, as well as appointment and anointment of clergy men to higher ranks in the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide.

Speaking to C.C.C. Media at the pastoral residence in Lagos, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa called on all C.C.C. clergy men and women to make an extra effort to be closer to God in the new year, 2023. He called on them to build treasures for themselves in heaven where such treasures can neither rot, wither nor be destroyed. His Eminence quoted copiously from the book of Colossians 3: 1-4, which says: “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

Reverend E.M.F. Oshoffa emphasized that, going forward, there would be no short cuts and bending of laid down rules and policies concerning clergy appointments and anointments into higher ranks in the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide. He warned that anyone, no matter how highly placed, who attempts to undermine this policy as set out in the pastoral proclamation just released, would face extreme disciplinary actions.

Please find the Pastoral Proclamation on Eligibility for Appointment and Anointment into Higher Ranks for C.C.C. Clergy below:

Section 1: From now on, to move upwards from the rank of Superior Senior Evangelist to Assistant Venerable Superior Senior Evangelist, the following eligibility criteria must be met :
1- Be Full Time Church Worker as laid down in Section 116 of the C.C.C. Constitution.
2- Be a full member of the Clergy / Have completed seven (7) full years in the previous rank.
3- Be a Shepherd practising full-time in a parish by Pastoral Decree.
4- Have (or justify) a good moral and financial balance sheet for parish management, diocesan, constituencies and missions where assigned or transferred by the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa.

Article 2 : Henceforth, to move upwards from the rank of Assistant Venerable Superior Senior Evangelist to Venerable Superior Senior Evangelist, the following selection and eligibility criteria must be met :
1- Be a Full Time Church Worker as laid down in Section 116 of the CCC Constitution.
2- Be a full member of the Clergy, having completed ten (10) full years in the previous rank.
3- Be a Shepherd practicing full-time in a parish by Pastoral Decree.

4- Have (or justify) a good moral and financial balance sheet for parish management, diocesan, constituencies and missions where assigned or transferred by the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa.

Section 3: Henceforth, to move upwards from the rank of Venerable Superior Senior Evangelist to Assistant Most Superior Senior Evangelist, the following selection and eligibility criteria must be met :
1- Be a full time Church Worker as laid down in Section 116 of the C.C.C. Constitution.
2- Be a full member of the Clergy, having completed fifteen (15) full years in the previous rank.
3- Be a Shepherd practicing full-time in a parish by Pastoral Decree.
4- Have (or justify) a good moral and financial balance (report) sheet for parish management, diocesan, constituencies and missions where assigned or transferred by the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa.

Section 4: Henceforth, to move upwards from the rank of Assistant Most Superior Senior Evangelist to Most Superior SeniorEvangelist, the following selection and eligibility criteria must be met :
1- Be a Full Time Church Worker and Sworn as laid down in Section 116 of the C.C.C. Constitution.

2- Be a full member of the clergy, having completed ten (10) to twenty (20) full years in the previous rank
3- Be a Shepherd practising full-time in a parish by Pastoral Decree and as laid down in Sections 112 to 120 of the C.C.C. Constitution.
4- Be free and willing to reside at Imeko with the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa.
5- Have (or justify) a good moral and financial balance (report) sheet for parish management, diocesan, constituencies and missions where assigned or transferred by the Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa.

Section 5: This decree cancels all previous provisions / proclamations and takes effect from Saturday, 31st December, 2022, under the seal and authority of His Eminence, Reverend Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa, Pastor and Spiritual Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide.