A travesty of Protestantism inside Presbyterian church in Cameroon: What is the PCC Synod hiding ?

Subject: A  Travesty of Protestantism inside Presbyterian church in Cameroon: What is the PCC Synod hiding ?
 
 
"The Church once reformed is always reforming" adopted by the Protestant movement.

A travesty of Protestantism when Protestants dismiss Protestants from Protestantism in gross violation of the history and culture of protestantism

Protestantism is like a melting pot because something is always going to happen because  the Holy Scriptures  is no longer held hostage by the Pope and Vatican.Therefore, the PCC must have a different approach to resolve  theological conflicts as well as maintain the  innovative spirit of protestantism ,which we have come to cherish and at the sametime keep up with the commandment for church unity.


While the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican and the Pope are becoming more and more transparent and accountable under the authority and guidance of the word of God as well as the influence of modernism and post-modernism rooted in the surge in free speech and communication technologies(even if it is not by choice because of the free world), one must be shocked that any protestant church like the Presbyterian in Cameroon(PCC) under the mismanagement of the Synod  has been regroping in the dark just like the Vatican in those days. 

Why was  the reformation built on a Protest?  In another sense, why was  protest  at the center of the Reformation? The secrecy of the Vatican and the Pope was  itself very dangerous to God's divine plan to salvage humankind from sins and set them unto the path to salvation. God was very troubled by the secrecy that reigned within the Vatican and when this happened, God hatched a plan through man as God has always done to reassure humanity that the Jesus Christ, the Logos word( John 1:1-5) was still the Supreme light that was still shinning and that where this light is, there must be no secrecy( Matthew 5:13-16)

If Presbyterianism was a fruit or  a logical outcome of the protest that defined and shaped the reformation era,  then the PCC Synod officials who are also descendants of the  protestant reformation have no grounds for dismissing anyone from the protest church so long as they have not committed any crime that may jeopardize their ability to function as Pastors or lay leaders according to the Holy Scriptures. Dismissal is and should be the last resort after all other efforts have failed. 

If we  , Presbyterians are protestants, how can protestants dismiss protestants from protestantism? Protestantism is our tradition and culture. Protestantism is our identity and what makes us Presbyterians is the fact that we have the right to protest because we were born with the  spirit of protest. If we, Presbyterians are deprived of protesting then we will die like a plant that is deprived of CO2 ! What I am saying is simple to understand from a theological point of view in that the weight of protestantism is measured by the word of God( The bible). 

What makes protestantism tick or kick is the ability of the protestant reformation to have captured the powerful authority of the word of God  being revealed and exposed to the protestant movement.The PCC and PCC Synod as well as Pastors and lay leaders are an integral part of this movement and must be conscious of this central truth.

The PCC Synod officials are not supposed to be above the spirit of protestantism because the moment they see themselves as untouchable , then that means the PCC Synod officials are  back to square one before the reformation ,prompted by the abuse of the authority of God's word and the Holy Trinity( God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) by the Pope and Vatican.

The word of God as canonized into the OT and NT is not a secret and must not be an instrument of any form of secrecy whatsover. Therefore  if the church( PCC Synod officials) is undertaking any business, making policies, creating  theological doctrines, training Pastors and ordaining them, training elders and lay leaders in the church as well as taking any drastic decision to dismiss Pastors and Christians, the word of God as written  in the Holy Bible or Good News Bible or the Revised Standard Version or King James Version or the NIV must be at the center of  their actions.

The word of God is Supreme under proper and thorough interpretation. The whole essence is to prevent men and women from bringing into the body of Christ , their own personal human whims and caprices,which compromises or jeopardizes the sacredness of God 's word and power over all of us as God's children in search for righteousness. 

Collaborating what Pastor  Pa Taku Moses said about Rev Dr Martin Luther the reformer that he actually snatched the bible( stole) the bible from the Vatican  thereby violating some rules, I want to shed some more light on what Martin Luther discovered when he visited the Vatican, I mean his personal experience while there! 

But first of all , he did not violate any ordination vows when he took the bible during ,which time he read it before going on a writing spree about the authority of the word of God in matters of church doctrine ,which contradicted the false teachings of the  Pope and Vatican on  biblical teachings on sins, grace, forgiveness, justification and salvation through Jesus Christ as a member of the Trinity. 

Martin Luther immediately discovered that there was a huge disconnect between the simple confession of sins ,repentance  and reconciliation with Jesus Christ and the Vatican's  dogmatic law based on buying and selling indulgence as a precondition for the forgiveness of sins. This meant that  anyone who wanted to be forgiven of their sins had to request to buy an indulgence from the Pope. Indulgence was within the personal discretion of the Pope who was unconsciously usurping the place of Jesus Christ as  the one who forgives sins against the backdrop of repentance and acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as lord and savior of the world  in John 3:16

The sales of indulgence meant that grace  and faith had no place in the life of the Christian because so long as they bought the indulgence through any means ( donate gold and silver, land, money, labor , material gifts and others to the Vatican  and co) it did not matter if they had confessed that Jesus Christ was the messiah and also believed in him. What was more important was the fact that people could sin as many times as they wanted so long as they had the ability to continue to buy indulgences from the Pope. Therefore, it is safe to say that the  Vatican was not transparent with  the way it was operated with respect to the SUPREMACY OF THE HOLY TRINITY( God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

In spite of the fact that the Roman Catholic Church embraced the central doctrine of the Trinity to teach about the supremacy of God, Jesus Christ and the Holy  Spirit in the church and life of the Christians, somehow the Vatican had asserted herself as another Supreme power over the church. This is because the Vatican was attempting to organize and lead the church and Christians from an institutional or organizational perspective where as normal human beings with  their  natural human flaws would require more than just the Holy Scriptures and Holy Trinity to  direct  and manage the conduct of sinful people.

Knowing fully well that even as "Peter, you are the rock upon , which I have built my church", feeding God's sheep required shepherds. These shepherds were to take after Jesus Christ as the Chief Shepherd( Psalm 23 and John 10:1-22) because they were sinners under the throne of God's divine grace made available through faith in Jesus Christ.

Yet, when the church has attempted to operate as a human institution known as an ecclesiastical order because it is entrusted into the hands of elders,laity and trained Pastors, too often they fail to carry themselves as their chief shepherd. For this reason, they MUST not act as though they are indeed righteous and hollier than any other person within the PCC or Protestantism.


The Secrecy of the Pope and Vatican 

    * Very little was known about the Pope and his entourage.
    * Decisions were taken under secrecy and  the people were only dictated the resolutions ,which favor them within the Vatican
    * The  Pope was infallible and above accountability
    * The Bible was only available to the POPE and a some of his closest alies in the whole church
    * There was no opportunity for people accused of wrong doing to answer or defend themselves as they were blamed and either eliminated or removed from the church
    * The gold and silver of the Vatican was not known by the Christians because unlike today, it was not available to the public


Secrecy inside the PCC Synod and Synod Officials of the  Presbyterian Church in Cameroon

How anger fuels the secrecy inside PCC Synod because of greed

The PCC Synod officials  rule the Church  through their ANGER AND RAGE instead of  through prayers and guidance from the Holy Spirit and the word  of God. Some of them take things too personal and when they are challenged, they become very frustrated and angry that you have humiliated them. In such uncontrolable rage, the only tool  they have in their hands is a hammer and nail, which they hit hard! Once they are angry, no matter what you do, they are determined to prove that they have power and according to them their autocratic ways are carried out to protect the church ! You have to wonder whether they are protecting a Protestant church or Roman Catholic or their selfishness with greed ?

When Synod Officials became jealous of the  charisma, popularity and high performance of a Pastor especially when they are doing something new in the ministry, they become jealous and fill with wrath. When this happens, they start writing intimidating letters claiming that they are counseling  those Pastors that they consider a threat to them even if their actions have no direct threat to their positions of power and money!

All they want to do is use their position and  power to build barriers where one should not have existed in order to get even with them. So, what do they do, they frame up some lies( blackmail) and accused these Pastors and Christians of acting unpresbyterian and insurbodinate to authority! So, the question is do protestants have the right to protest the decision of the  PCC Synod who are also protestants?  What are some of the causes of the angry actions of  the PCC Synod;

    * PCC Synod officials own  ill -gotten assets ,which they have stolen from the wealth of the  PCC( Many of them own secret bank acounts, land, estates all over, which  are not accounted for ).There are people within the PCC Synod who actually believe that without them there should be no PCC because  they treat the PCC as their private plantation. So, they speak  ill about other Presbyterians as though they paid for their theological education and other professional training as well as their well-being since they entered the PCC family from their private pockets. It seems very obvious that all of them have been living off of the people, the wealth and riches of the PCC contributed from overseas and cultivated from within. They have this mentality of thinking that they  are not living on charity whereas most of  their children living abroad depended on stolen church wealth !
    *  Some PCC Synod Officials have signed a secret pact with the CPDM regime to crack down on any Pastors and Christians who threaten their unholy alliance that is not inspired by the Holy trinity and  the word of God solely for their selfish political reasons ,which is to keep the statuquo(s) of both the State and Church
    * Some of the PCC Synod officials have been selling indulgences to CPDM top ranking officials who are members  of the PCC as well as Synod
    * Some of the  PCC Synod officials have a secret pact with some colonial masters to use the gospel of liberty in Jesus Christ to control, manipulate, brainwash and fool the Christians not to think about the importance of life in the present and only to focus on life after death while they ,PCC Synod Officials and Colonial missionaries live in affluence and opulence. We all know that this is contradictory because if the life of the Christian who is oppressed by the political system is irrelevant in this world why then do those PCC Synod officials swim in material wealth, comfort and luxury since they are also going to benefit from salvation? 
    * In short the PCC Synod officials are a den of thieves who hide behind the word of God and Church with no conscience of their own with some of the heartless decisions they take against fellow christian disciples of Christ within God's vineyard. 


For these reasons and more, the 100 theses for the reformation were very appropriate and justified in keeping with the true spirit of Presbyterianism as an integral part of the protestant movement.


Jonathan Awasom

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The dismissal letter of Rev Warah Solomon by the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon Synod Officials and my protest rebuttals

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The PCC parts company with the enigmatic Pastor Warah Solomon

June 18, 2012 | Filed under: Religion | Posted by: Abongwa Fozo

June, 18 2012

The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) has parted company with one of the most enigmatic figure the church has known in recent times, Pastor Che Warah Solomon of the PC Ngomgham, Mankon-Bamenda.

His dismissal is contained in a “confirmation of termination” letter signed by the Synod Clerk, Rev. Abwenzoh William Membong on behalf of the church on June, 2 2012 and serve Pastor Warah on June, 5 2012 at 8:30 am.

“You have terminated your services with the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon” the letter reads, blaming Pastor Warah for violating his priestly vows with impunity and on many occasions”

“You are known to have been running church activities elsewhere which are parallel to and conflicting with those of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. Your attention has been called to the above-mentioned acts and behaviours on more than one occasion and you have continued to do whatever pleases you each time” the statement continued.

Pastor Che Warah Solomon gained prominence a few years back through his healing services while serving in Baforkum, Tubah Subdivision as pastor. His healings were so effective that flocks rushed to Baforkum from across the country to seek divine help through him.

Already on a collision course with the church, pastor Warah expanded his activities after his transfer to Ngomgham to include church activities out of the church compound, private prayer cells, sale of religious spiritual items like bibles, crucifix and olive oil, a church source confided to Bamenda Online.

But to his followers, they think the church leaders are afraid of the growing influence and power of pastor Warah and have been trying to silence him ever since.

Last Sunday June, 10 2012, Pastor Warah organized a heavily attended service at a community hall in Ngomgham, the first after his dismissal from the PCC, an indication of the final rupture of relations with the PCC.

A close source to Pastor Warah said he intends to travel back to South Africa to continue his studies and would lead “The Zionist Family International” church when he comes back.

Pastor warah is one of two pastors whose services with the PCC was terminated this month.

By Abongwa Fozo

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My Protest letter against the Synod Officials of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) against the arbitrary dismissal of Pastors and gross violation of their human rights

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Subject: MEMO, PCC Synod on the wrong side of Church History: The PCC Synod arbitrarily dismisses two Pastors : Violates their theological, spiritual and human rights

To all Presbyterian Christians of the  Presbyterian Church in Cameroon  My first Protest letter against the dismissal of two Presbyterian Pastors by the Synod of the Presbyterian Church The names of the two Pastors are Rev Wara and Rev Fokam . I have not contacted them , yet but reliable sources have confirmed with me that the PCC is divided into two camps right now over this matter as a painful reminder of the past! Arbitrary dismissal of Pastors and Christians by the PCC Synod is mark of gross ignorance and denial.  The two Pastors who have been recently dismissed from the PCC by the corrupt Synod be reinstated immediately ! A special commission of inquiry must be created to cross-examine the problem.  All Christians of the PCC and sympathizers in good conscience and faith must stand up to Protest against that corrupt Synod until the truth and justice prevail Dogmatic Synod officials who orchestrated these gross acts of violation of the human rights of these Pastors to free speech should be brought to justice  and disciplined accordingly. We must stop this autocratic mentality among some of these Synod individuals The Synod of the PCC must publish the name of Synod officials and members past and present who are American citizens All Christians of the PCC who support church reforms and the Ministries of prayers and spiritual healing through divine miracles must not bow to those Synod Officials All PCC Synod officials MUST be obliged to declare their assets under the laws of Cameroon and International laws because the church is run like a business ,which is the more reason why some few corrupt business individuals hate church reforms THE  PCC SYNOD WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR THEIR CONSTANT PERSECUTION AND VIOLATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PASTORS AND CHRISTIANS WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon was an outcome of the Protestant reformation of Rev Dr Martin Luther, the Reformer  during the 15th century. In the wake of the the divine and historic unfolding of the reformation , Presbyterianism became just one theological  school of thought within the realm of the reformation to represent another set of Protestants who did not buy into the Roman Catholic Church dogma of Papal Infallibility and the Sales of Indulgences!  In this light, the PCC is a branch of Presbyterian movement ,which was established in Cameroon by the Basel Missionaries based in Basel in Switzerland. The relationship between Basel and the PCC was shaken to its core due to the injustice of the Synod against the 100 theses. Today, the Presbyterian Church,USA is in working partnership with the PCC since 2005 after learning about  the 100 theses from my humble self while in Minneapolis, USA. I will back two Pastors arbitrarily dismissed in keeping with the authority of the word of God as recorded in the Holy Bible as well as the Magna Carta. I am still waiting for the facts as well as an official letter from the victims to advocate for them for the following reasons; 1) The ruber stamp corrupt Synod of the PCC are not above the rule of God's word as written when it comes to matters of faith and the experience of this faith in the ministry of discipleship 2) The Moderator of the PCC is first among equals and cannot be glorified as demi-god or an infallible being who has no human weaknesses 3) When Pastors are ordained, they are answerable to  both the constitution of the PCC and the authority of the word of God. 4) In the event of any decision to either discipline or counsel any Pastor, the PCC officials are expected to  obligatorily comply with the guidelines as enshrined into the constitution of the PCC as well as the written authoritative word of God 5) This means that each Pastor of the reformed Protestant PCC has the sole right to think theologically and act spiritually within their community of ministry so long as their actions do not contradict the teachings of the Jesus Christ and the apostles with regards to matters of healing and prayers  6) The Synod of the PCC are made up  of human beings with their own flaws and must therefore not carry themselves as infallible and  incapable of wrong doing . It is not the fault of Christians if they fail to discern spiritual matters of grave importance to the spiritual well-being of the Christians. This PCC Synod  must begin to reform their mentalities because we live in an age of theological diversity and spiritual solidarity,which means that there is nothing like every practice must be uniquely Presbyterian! To narrow and limit the spiritual expression of ordained Pastors and Christians is to say the least that the Synod is the one controling the way the Holy Trinity operates in the Church and lives of Pastors and Christians as opposed to discerning the proper revelation of the Trinity to the church through some Pastors and Christians God is a human right God who cares about the church as the Body of Christ. Jesus Christ being the son of the God who became incarnate and entered into a human being through the virgin birth in a bid to save the world from their sinful and painful separation from God is the head of  the church. All Pastors and Christians of  the church are ordained  or baptized in the name of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit who directs the affairs of the Church from a profound spiritual standpoint. It should be noted that this same PCC Synod that is hostile toward church reforms acted in the same manner against myself , Jonathan Awasom whereas 100 theses were not grounded in their claims about what ought to be Presbyterianism or unpresbterianism as in the case of these two Pastors.Even so, the Presbyterianism has never been against the ministry of healing .So, why does a group of people dismiss Pastors for healing Christians through prayers? In other words the uninformed Synod argued that the Ministry of healing Christians miraculously is unpresbyterian to the extent, which when these two Pastors insisted on their theological, human and spiritual right to defend themselves, they dogmatic Synod would not permit them to do so. Instead their dismissal was precipitated against the backdrop of fabricated conspiracies of slander and lies as usual. The PCC Synod MUST reinstate the two Pastors dismissed immediately or face the consequences of their actions internationally Cc PC(USA) Bread  for the World Basel Mission World Alliance of Reformed Churches Christians of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon  Jonathan Awasom  The voice for Cameroon, Africa and the world in the 21st century The Rally-cry for freedom, justice, peace ,democracy and prosperity for all Empowering humanity to build a virtuous and free world for the beloved global village Blog:  http://virtuousandfreecameroon.blogspot.com/