Wonders shall never end, as one of such happened recently at Achievers Christian Church, Ikotun Lagos, when the General Overseer (G.O), Newness Adetola, who is not one of the usual pastors crazy about appellations, declared that April is the real Christian believers New Year, according to the Bible. He even urged members to say “Happy New Year” to each other at the end of their last Sunday service. Our Contributing Editor, IFECHI OKOH, engaged the G.O. for an insightful encounter. Happy reading!

Can we meet you formally, Sir?

My name is Newness Adetola. I am not one of those who usually go with the appellation pastor. I am from Ibadan, Oyo State capital. I am also the General Overseer of Achievers Church, also known as King’s Time Holiness Mission, Ijegun Road, Ikotun, Lagos. We are 18 years old.

Did you start marking the Passover (New Year) right from the day the church hit one year?

Not quite. We were following the traditional errors of the other churches in celebrating Christmas and New Year in December/January, until about eight years ago (2013) when the Lord instructed us to stop immediately, such idolatry practices of which many God’s children are guilty of. You can confirm this in Revelation 21:8. I want to use this auspicious moment to urge all bible believing Christians to know and note that the biblical New Year (Passover) starts from end of March and beginning of April which simply means that true Christians’ New Year is April and not December which many have been used to since childhood. Whoever is interested in the confirmation of this biblical fact, should read Exodus 12:1-14 and Exodus 13: 4 which mentioned the month of Abib in Hebrews and Nisan in Babylonian language. This month of Passover (Abib) tallies with the end of March and beginning of April. This can be confirmed through the Google. For those who may still contest this, they can check out 2ndTimothy 3:16-17 which clearly confirms the Bible as our true compass in Christianity. With our painstaking investigations and confirmations, I strongly believe that it is high time we started practicing true Christian beliefs as enshrined in the Bible. That is the only way we can prove that we are true Bible believing Christians. If one is truly passionate about the worship of God of the Bible, you will quickly notice the rot going on in the church because of their strange departure from true doctrines.

How do people react when you say conveniently happy New Year in April instead of January to other Christians?

They, no doubt, see our action as strange because many so-called Christians on our streets and the world over are yet to be taught the simple truth that true Christians’ New Year calendar starts from end of March to the beginning of April.

Any plan to raise awareness among the Pentecostal on the need to embrace and instruct member churches to adopt and celebrate every April instead of January 1, as their New Year (Passover)?

All true Christian believers should know that it is the desire of God that the church worldwide should do the right thing by separating herself from worldly practices of ending the year in December and starting the New Year in January. This fact is not only scriptural, but also scientific. You can goggle the Hebrew calendar in comparison with the present secular circular. There, you will find out more about the month of Abib, that is the end of March which overlaps the beginning of April. December is from the word “DECA,” meaning ten, not twelve. So what is all the deception in the church about December, the 12^th month of the year? We really need to try to read our Bible well; investigate my biblical claims referring to the quotations with a strong view to confirm my stance or otherwise.

May we know the names and scriptural significance of the various programmes held last Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday?

The programmes were in line with the yearly Passover of the Achievers Christian Church with the theme: “Divine Encounter.” It started on Thursday. During the programme, we considered Jacob’s election over Esau. On Friday, the focus was on Jacob’s value for spiritual matters and Saturday message was on his travails and God’s intervention. We also learnt about the pathway to Jacob’s supernatural transformation.

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