The founder of Word Assembly Ministries, Evangelist Isaac Omolehin, has narrated how a mentor entrusted with guiding a new convert for discipleship took advantage of her, resulting in an unwanted pregnancy.
Omolehin shared the incident during the World Faith Believers Convention (WOFBEC), lamenting the growing moral decline in churches and attributing it to a lack of proper discipleship and training.
According to him, the convert gave her life to Christ during an evangelism outreach. She was subsequently brought into the church and entrusted to a “spiritually strong” brother for mentorship. However, instead of fulfilling his role as a guide, the brother exploited the convert’s vulnerability.
Omolehin narrated, “My wife has an orphanage for motherless babies. There are no babies without mothers; circumstances and conditions bring them to the orphanage. Leaders of the Christian Union from one of the universities brought a baby along with the mother. When my wife asked about the mother’s story, they explained, ‘We went on evangelism, and she gave her life to Christ. We entrusted her to a brother we believed to be spiritually strong for discipleship, but he took advantage of her. This baby is the result.’
“When she was a sinner, she didn’t fall into such acts. But after coming into the church, due to poor discipleship, she was led astray. Sadly, we often mask such failings with messages about grace. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? The answer is fatal—it is not just ‘no’; it’s ‘God forbid.’
“As leaders, we must ask ourselves: how did someone like that become a leader in the church?”
The cleric also highlighted another concerning trend involving a young member of his congregation who returned from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), claiming to have been ordained without undergoing proper discipleship.
“Several young people came to me for prayers before leaving for NYSC. They were still in Sunday school and Bible study. But when they returned, one of them told me he had been ordained,” Omolehin said. “When I questioned him, he replied, ‘Point of correction.’”
Omolehin expressed deep concern over such practices, warning that they undermine the spiritual growth of believers and erode the integrity of church leadership.
