David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi
The Anglican Communion in Aguata local Governmnet place of Anambra state has barred proceeding couples within the diocese from dwelling collectively in addition to being pregnant earlier than wedding.
Other practices banned in the diocese are conducting church wedding ceremony earlier than traditional rites and the bride and her maids setting on attires which divulge components in their our bodies, among other fees.
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The injunctions were a part of the presidential address of the Bishop of Aguata Diocese, Rt Rev Dr. Samuel Chukwudi Ezeofor, to mark the first session of the fifth synod of the church, with the topic: “Jesus Christ: the inspiration and chief corner stone,” held on the Cathedral Church of St John, Ekwulobia.
Bishop Ezeofor stated the church might be higher off if members comply with God’s standards of, and worse off, if they rejected it to do it their very own way. He said marriage has been grossly abused inside the society and had to be corrected.
He instructed the church that fake and faulty foundations in marriage spell doom and disaster and provide satan dangerous preserve on houses and families. He stated this is why it is of paramount significance that marriage “henceforth, should be reduced in size in step with the authorized Christian norms based at the phrase of God, which is the guide that tells us the mind of God who instituted it.”
He said each authorised conventional rites and sports have to be completed before church wedding, which he stated should be the final blessing of the marriage.
The bishop warned in opposition to pre-conjugal relationship and stated it's miles unchristian for intending couples to live together and/or the girl pregnancy earlier than wedding. He instructed the congregants that pregnancy, genotype and HIV exams should be carried out and submitted one week before wedding.
Such checks, he said, ought to be accomplished in diocesan accepted hospitals alone. In step with him, those with HIV and genotype troubles ought to accept the right counsel to avoid coronary heart aches and unpleasant reviews in future.
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