The management of the EPEMER, a newly established Pentecost church refutes the allegations according which t is in bad relations with the ADEPR, the church from which senior officials of EPEMR were members.
Ndayisenga Eraste, the legal representative of the EPEMR at national level told journalists that the church has no reason to live in bad relations with ADEPR.
Eraste said that the MPCR ( Mouvement Pour Christ au Rwanda) is legally recognized as a church that operates in Rwanda since 1992. It is in this angle that the church helps in setting up new small churches including EPEMER.
He said that the claims according which the ADEPR is behind the decision to close the house prepared for the inauguration of the EPEMER last week are baseless.
If the officials found that setting up a church nearby a tax park counterproductive and can compromise with the security situation, we can’t blame any religion nor person, he said.
Murego Philemon in charge of communication in EPEMR backed the Eraste in affirming that both religious entities are in friendly situations despite recent divisions.
Pastor Gasasira Samson who was among the senior pastors in the ADEPR have told media that one of the particularities of the new church is to entrust women with shepherding responsibilities and become pastors, a new set of responsibility that is not recognized in ADEPR.
At the other hand, Pastor Jean Sibomana one of the leading figures in the ADEPR told KFM radio that the conduct of the Pastor Gasasira in rebellious as provision of shepherding responsibilities to women does not fit with the tradition of ADEPR.
Until the newly established EPMR church does not work as a separate church but as a branch of the MPCR, the later one being the managing body of the EPEMR.
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