GSW: Most teachers can pastor but most pastors can’t teach. Teaching here is not the same as making a speech or preaching or writing. Teaching in its true sense means “Bringing forth relevant divine and spiritual updates to the body of Christ from the Holy Spirit in a manner that will be most adoptable for the church” For example, there were doctrines that were made for some churches in 1940, by the founders of those churches at that time. The pastors adhered to those doctrines at that time. And they
taught it to the people of God. Times changed, the doctrines didn’t. And now those churches are in a crisis. Teachers in the body would have brought forth new and improved directions and taught it to the pastors of those churches so that those churches adapt and are kept relevant.

Apostle Paul was a good teacher. He was an excellent man of God. Some of his doctrines were good for the season they were written and some are now irrelevant. Women not to talk in church is not a good idea today. Women covering head is not worthy of doctrine now because all of them are wearing wigs now. Wig na head cover on its own. I wrote that to say there are things the good apostle wrote that time has overtaken. I was addressing a youth church some years ago. They were about 70 in number. They
were having their annual anniversary. None of them, male and female was a virgin. They were aged 17-24. Their pastor was preaching to them that they must marry as virgins. Marriage bed undefiled theory. They were hearing him but he was asking for something that is impossible to give. I was watching the youth as the man was speaking. When he was done, I taught them the power of grace and how it overturns every blemish.

I told them they should not see themselves as unworthy of marriage or a good home or grace
because they were all sexually active. I told them to preserve themselves for their own peace of mind not because God will kill them or not let them have children or make them poor. When I was done the pastor was unhappy with me. The following Sunday, the youth church members joined my fellowship. Many of them. By fellowship, I mean RCCG church that I was pastoring at the time. Their pastor came to complain to my senior pastor that the guys wanted sweet gospel and easy words and that my sweet mouth is taking them to hell. I said okay. My senior pastor called me and asked me what happened. I said he should ask the guys that just joined us. He asked them. They said they cannot become virgins again but they want to serve God so they chose the one who will teach them how to serve God and live a worthy life rather than the one who will make them feel sorry all the days of their life for not being virgins. That
pastor has twin daughters. A year later, both of them got pregnant for the same keyboardist in church. Hypocrisy is what rigidity leads to. I am a teacher, I understand that knowledge is being increased according to the word of Jesus in Matthew 24. As knowledge is being increased spiritually, the church must be updated. This is my calling.