The Founder and Leader of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Dr. Mensa Otabil, has rebuked some Ghanaian pastors for appearing to place themselves above Jesus Christ, the cornerstone of the Christian faith.

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In a sermon clip shared on X on Monday, February 10, 2025, Pastor Otabil lamented that many pastors today preach without giving due honor to Jesus in their ministries.

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He observed that these pastors speak as if they are divine beings, suggesting that they perform miracles by their own ability rather than through God’s power.

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“These days, instead of us saying, ‘Jesus did it’, ‘Jesus is the way’, ‘Jesus is the healer’, ‘Jesus is the Saviour,’ we say things like ‘The grace of this house will deliver you’. Or, a man of God will say, ‘The grace upon my life will open doors for you’; ‘If you touch me, you've touched grace’. And then a new one that I'm hearing these days, ‘There is blessing on this altar’; ‘This is the altar I prayed and God heard me,’” he said.

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The distinguished pastor remarked that instead of leading people to Jesus Christ, these pastors are drawing attention to themselves.

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“Where is Jesus in all of these things? Where is Jesus? The witnesses have chosen to be the light. So, the people believe in them instead of the light they must point to.”

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Pastor Mensa Otabil has been criticized by several notable Ghanaian pastors for his doctrinal views.

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Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Waves Church International, warned Pastor Otabil against his statement that God no longer unveils divine mysteries to humans.

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Badu Kobi dismissed Otabil’s perspective as baseless, maintaining that God continues to speak and disclose hidden revelations to humanity.

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While addressing his congregation on Sunday, February 9, 2025, during a sermon titled “Don’t Fight What You Don’t Understand,” he stated, “Listen to the last one that he said, for which today I am replying to him. He is attacking the prophetic while he is not attacking the teaching ministry.

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“He said God is not speaking to anybody, and it is because maybe he is not hearing the voice of God. And how can you be a church leader and not hear what God is saying?"

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He added that, “Now, the question is if you say prophets are not there, no problem. Which God sent you to teach the Bible? The Bible is for reading so anybody can read it. So, why are you teaching it for people to accept it? Then when it comes to the direction and things of God, you say that one is not there. What kind of inconsistent man are you? For you, you should teach, but the prophet must not prophesy what God is saying.”

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Prophet Badu also weighed in on Pastor Otabil’s stance on the Bible, calling it a completed book.

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“A few moments ago, he came and said the Bible is a closed book, and I laughed. Write this and keep it: the Bible is not the end of the kingdom. Before God, there are books. If he doesn’t know, some of us will have to teach him. He said everything about the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is a closed book, and it is not true. God is still speaking. My problem with the fathers is that most of them don’t understand the kingdom system,” he said.

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