THE CHALLENGES OF IMMORALITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE GROWTH OF CHURCH: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED CHURCHES IN IKWO L.G.A, EBONYI STATE

Abstract

The Church of God today should prepare to separate herself from claws of immoral acts. God is not God of confusion that would want His Church to be wallowing in immorality and see herself as holy before God who does not play with sin. Such evil acts sink the good image of the Church in the mud when necessary steps to curb it are not put in place. The research work adopts library/field based approach; this includes the study of related materials, books and the use of questionnaire and oral interview. Data were collected and analyzed and finding observed among which were the lack of focus on the message on repentance in Churches has encouraged immorality. The researcher therefore recommended that Church should educate their members about various forms of immorality and its consequence and teaching them God’s standard of holiness constantly. He further recommended that cases involving sexual immorality should be addressed head - long with strict discipline for offenders coupled with prayers as an essential factor to arrest the situation.