by Astro D’ Great
We stand on a tipping point. A nation bleeding. A people crying. And our pulpitsonce places of hope and prophetic fire are too often silent.
In Nigeria today, evil is gaining momentum, and our Christian fathers the men and women we look to for spiritual leadership, moral compass and nation-building courage are failing us. The evidence is all around us. Let’s speak it, feel it, and confront it.
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The silence in the face of corruption, oppression and impunity
Every day we see stories of the weak being marginalized, of theft and misgovernance going unchecked, of lives destroyed by poorly-governed systems. Yet many of our church leaders refuse to speak. As noted recently:
“Religious leaders of today shy away from speaking truth to power. They would rather keep quiet than speak out against misgovernance by politicians.”
What does it say when the one institution that should rise up like a prophet, thunders like a voice crying in the wilderness, instead holds its tongue? Are we to accept comfortable sermons, prosperity messages, while the house is burning?
Our fathers in faith have platforms but too often they direct those platforms inward: to building congregations, to managing earthly empire-churches, to avoiding “politics”. But avoid politics and you abdicate one of the greatest responsibilities: to stand for justice, to shield the vulnerable, to speak in the tongues of heaven.
Instead, fear of losing congregation, of offending the “powers that be”, of being labelled “political”, has silenced many. We can hear the moral bankruptcy. We feel it.
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The misuse of platforms while evil spreads
Social media, for all its dangers, is also a sword for the truth. Yet too many Christian leaders either ignore it or misuse it. One pastor recently warned:
“Social media is being controlled by evil spirits … if you don’t use the social-media platform to propagate the gospel, God will ask you tomorrow. Some people will have 5 million followers on their page, the question is what are you using the page for?”
Think about that: Five million followers. A church with thousands of believers. And yet the question stands: what platform? For evangelism? For transformation? Or for entertainment, for noise, for self-promotion?
Meanwhile the real issues ritual killings, moral decay, hunger, injustice gain traction. Many youth confess:
“The almost lack of moderation for Nigerian contents is disgusting because it causes re-enforced bad ideas.”
Our fathers hold microphones. They hold pulpit chairs. They hold social-media accounts. And yet when evil circles the vulnerable, they remain muted or misdirected.
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The pastoral complicity of “keep quiet” theology
The Church says: “Let us not speak ill of Nigeria.”
Yes, we must speak life. But if you will only speak sweet words while there are scorching crises kidnappings, militant violence, hunger, betrayal then how is that prophetic? How is that the voice of the forerunner? How is that the suffering servant?
When the message from the pulpit is only comfort and blessing and never rebuke and justice, the gospel becomes diluted. Scripture doesn’t permit comfortable silence. The prophets didn’t whisper in halls of power they shouted at kings, at nations, at idols.
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The human cost of this neglect
Behind each unchallenged evil is a human story. A mother weeping. A child abandoned. A village burned. A dream snatched.
When our fathers in faith refuse to raise their voice, the victims feel abandoned.
And when moral decay becomes normalised, the faithful lose hope. They ask:
“If the Church will not stand, whom then shall we call?”
They lose trust. They drift. And the fertile ground for the gospel becomes barren.
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A call to rise for our fathers, and for all who believe
To my Christian fathers:
Stand up. Speak out. Use your platform not just for Sunday morning, but for the week’s brokenness. Be the voice of the voiceless. Be the rod of justice.
Be willing to be unpopular. Be willing to lose the acclaim of men.
Because the beloved of God do not serve popularity they serve truth.
You have the platforms: the television slots, the social-media accounts, the pulpit stages. Use them.
Raise your voice against those who exploit, who deceive, who steal, who silence.
Teach your congregation not just how to prosper but how to live righteously, how to care for the orphan, the widow, the oppressed.
Picture this: A Nigeria where the Church is the loudest critic of injustice, the strongest advocate for the weak. Not because of politics, but because of Christ.
To all Christians reading: Demand this of your fathers. Encourage them. Pray for them. But also hold them accountable.
Because silence is complicity. Maybe the Church is bent. Maybe our leaders are scared. But we must not be silent. Our voices matter. Our faith demands it.
God is not powerless. But He moves through people who speak.
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Hope yet remains
This is not a funeral sermon. There is hope. The gospel still speaks. The Word still moves. The Bishop who healed the broken heart still lives.
But it will take courageous voices. It will take Christian fathers who will fight the darkness rather than hide from it.
If we do not rise now, if the pulpits continue to echo only safe words, then we risk losing more than a generation we risk losing our voice altogether.
And as a man whose heart bleeds for this land, I say:
Rise now. Speak now. For Nigeria. For the weak. For Christ.
Let our fathers lead not only Sunday worship but daily justice.
Let the burning cause of the nation become your sermon.
Let righteousness roll like a river, and justice like an ever-flowing stream.
Because evil is gaining momentum but we serve a God of greater momentum.
And He calls us to be the voice.
Amen.
Astro 