From:Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Veteran Journalist and retired FRCN Controller News, now Managing Editor of Africa, Prime News, an online news platform, Joseph Edegbo JP, was among the 28 elected members of the Christian Evangelical Fellowship of Nigeria, CEFN, who were ordained as Elders of the Fellowship at the weekend
They were drawn from the Abuja, Jos, Zaria, Kano, Sokoto, Lokoja, and Nyanya Zones of the Mission.
At the ceremony, the General Overseer, of the CEFN IInc. Rev. Dr. David Usman advised the newly ordained Elders to work for the church in humility in the task of oversight and discipline of the congregation.
Dr. David Usman who was the Chief Officiating Minister, admonished the Elders to, among other responsibilities, guide the people of God with the Word in a manner that is pleasing to God.
He said they are entrusted with the duty of looking after the needs of the congregation and superintending its activities. He further charged them to direct public worship, to administer the ordinances, to exercise discipline, and to guard and promote at all times, the interest of the community over which they were called to serve.
An Elder, Rev. Usman said, must be above reproach, and shun arrogance or quick temperament, drunkenness, violence or greed.
He must be hospitable, a lover of good, and exercise self-control, uprightness, and discipline among others. The G.O. Warned that the honour of leadership could be withdrawn from anyone found wanting.
