The Church of the Assemblies of God (AGC), “House of Transformation”, Surulere, Lagos, on Sunday, during a road walk, expressed concern about the growing rate of sexual immorality in society.
The Nigeria news agency (NAN) reports that the AGC organized the road walk labeled, “Hot Chastity Parade”, to correct the narration that on February 14, Valentine's Day is a day for impossible and immoral acts .
The Chastity walk, which had the subject: “Above the reproach: without guilt, faithful, fair,” a walk from the church on Clegg Street in Surulere through Shitta and back to the church.
No less than 500 adolescents and young people from all the branches of the Church in Lagos participated in the parade.
Rev Bright Unuane, the coordinator of the annual event, emphasized that it was necessary to counteract the unpleasant notion and the wicked acts as the young people perceive in the celebration of Valentine's Day.
Unuane said the campaign would contribute largely to raise awareness and prevent young people from being lost in the world by participating in various forms of immorality.
“We are using this campaign to sensitize our young people, preach against participating in premarital sex and say no to fornication.
“We want them to choose purity, chastity, abstinence as form. This is not the old school, since the world is pressing it.
“You can continue to be a virgin until you marry: virgin girl, virgin boy; Even after marriage, as a man or woman, it is necessary to remain committed to a single person, the person with whom he has voted on the altar of God.
“We see many unwanted pregnancies, many things that happen to children, diseases and all that. So we embarked on this campaign as a measure to stop such acts and to promote holiness as a whole, ”he said.
Previously, Mr. Chidi Udo, the AGC adolescents pastor, urged young people not to transfer their bodies through immorality, emphasizing that their bodies are God's temples.
He also pointed out that sexually transmitted diseases are everywhere and increasing.
“My message for young people is to stay away from all forms of immorality. Chastity is the empowerment and energy you need and purity is our strength not to sin against God and our special life partner, ”he added.
In her comment, Miss Chidinma Isiguzo, the youth president of the Church, said that the program did not focus only on adolescents and young people, but also as a means to remind married people to refrain from adultery.
Isiguzo said that the annual program had helped and gave direction to many young people in the way their lives lived, celebrate Valentine's Day and approached sexual relations in a decent way.
According to her, sensitization is for everyone because Chastity not only focuses on the single, and added that it is important to boost the agenda of staying pure and keeping itself before marriage.
Isiguzo added that the parade also had to focus on fidelity after marriage or fidelity in marriage.
In addition, Miss Joy Ochi, a teenager, said that the chastity parade had impacted her life morally, spiritually and instructed the company to remain and dress.
“I hugged chastity in total,” said Ochi.
After the chastity parade, the young people made votes before God to maintain their chastity. (Yaya).
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