Lagos-based cleric Kingsley Okonkwo has addressed criticism from fellow ministers over his tattoo, expressing displeasure at what he described as condemnation from “junior pastors.”
Speaking during a recent sermon, the pastor said he felt insulted by ministers he believes lack the spiritual standing to question his personal choices.
He maintained that none of the critics clearly identified tattoos as sinful, but instead debated whether it was appropriate for a pastor to publicly display one.
Okonkwo emphasized that there is hierarchy in spiritual leadership and suggested that some of the backlash stemmed from religious rigidity rather than doctrinal clarity.
In his words
“Interestingly, it is only one or two ministers from the videos I saw about my tattoo issue that were grounded and sound enough to understand it, Most of them are the religious people. Every interpretation they gave, they couldn’t say tattoo is a sin. Even if you are a basic Christian, you know tattoo is not a sin, What I noticed about those pastors is that they said ‘Oh, Tattoo is not a sin and then they used the popular scripture ’is it expedient? why did you post it?’
Stupid talk! and I am insulted because there is ranking in the spirit. My junior can’t talk when I am talking. There is ranking in the spirit”
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