Dr. Daniel
Olukoya, the General Overseer of the Mountain Of Fire and Miracles Ministries
has said that his church does take part in the Christmas celebration because it
not biblical.
He made this
revelation at the church’s Wednesday Manner Water Service at the Headquarters
in Lagos, which coincided with the Christmas celebration. Olukoya says there is
no book in the bible that recorded the word “Christmas” or that Jesus was given
birth to on the 25th of December.
“If you study the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation, there is no word like “Christmas”. The bible only
recorded that the Shepherds were taking care of their flocks during a cold
season when they sighted the star that announced the birth of Jesus. This cold
period could be around April or May,’’ Olukoya said.
Olukoya said
December 25 was a date set aside by the ancient Romans for the Mars festival
for those who worship the Sun. he said Jesus’ birth was integrated into the
same date to give make the Mars festival more popular and then changed the name
to “Christmas”
He warned
Christians to desist from promoting such an unbiblical celebration. He said the
MFM church has decided to henceforth engage members in spiritual exercises
during the periods to discourage members from taken part in such unscriptural
festivity.