I was hurt and shocked – Paul Adefarasin tells congregation

The Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has addressed the controversy surrounding a viral video that alleged he brandished a firearm, saying he was deeply “hurt” and “shocked” by the false claim

Speaking on Sunday morning before delivering his sermon in Lagos, Adefarasin dismissed the video as the work of “clickbaiters just looking for money.”

“Several persons called me. I was shocked. I was hurt. I’m human,” he told his congregation. “What we have had to witness was clickbaiters just looking for money. I probably wasn’t even their target; their target was to make more money.”

The cleric firmly denied owning or pointing a gun at anyone, though he did not specify what object was in his hand during the incident.

“I was falsely accused of pointing a firearm at an aggressive content creator who came within personal distance,” he said. “I do not have a pistol license. I do not carry a firearm. And I pointed no firearm at anybody.”

Adefarasin emphasized that his church chooses not to respond to hate speech or baseless allegations.

“It’s our policy not to dignify hate speech and false accusations. We believe God is bigger than that,” he said, quoting Romans 12:19: “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

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