Rev Rowland Olajide Macaulay is a gay pastor who used to run a gay church in Nigeria called House of Rainbow, located at No 36/38 Yakoyo street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. I say used to run, because after a newspaper exposed the activities of his church, he packed up and relocated to London where he is still running his gay church. He appeared some time ago on CNN, where he proudly talked about his church of gays.

Rev Macaulay is in the news again because he's speaking out against the anti-gay bill which was passed in the senate recently. Continue to read a Vanguard Report on it...

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In 2008, Saturday Vanguard reported a story about a gay Reverend Rowland who was running a church secretly in Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow was situated at No 36/38 Yakoyo street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Reverend Roland some time ago reportedly appeared on Cable Network News, CNN, where he proudly talked about his church of gays.

The initial reaction about his exposure was that such a church could not exist within Nigeria as such things are common outside the country.

But an uproar in the Anglican communion in Europe on gay bishops brought up the case of Reverend Rowland, a Nigerian, and was residing in Lagos. He was also operating his gay church in Lagos.

In his plot 145 flat 1, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, where Rev. Rowland Olajide Macaulay, the gay pastor lived, the apartment was locked. It was learnt that the Reverend had left his house on Saturday, September 13, immediately after a national newspaper carried the story of his homosexual church.

According to the neighbours, the Sunday service was unable to hold both at the Jakande Estate branch and the Ojodu headquarters of House of Rainbow Ministries after that publication.

Right now, Rev. Rowland has relocated abroad where he is presently running his gay church,”House Of Rainbow Fellowship”.

According to him, “ My Church is a voice of the younger generation of citizens, activists, and diaspora, and our collective belief in a more progressive Nigeria. They are afraid of our growing influence as we gather allies not just from the West, a people that are not afraid but powerful and resilient.

“Right now, they are spreading their tentacles to every village, town and city around the world”. The Church is also calling on faithful and dedicated local leaders who believe in homosexuality and lesbianism. Ten House Of Rainbow Fellowship local leaders are in Ghana, Nigeria, UK, Burundi, and Lesotho.

According to the gay pastor, “any negative effect on the anti-gay bill will have detrimental effect on the work and mission of House Of Rainbow in Nigeria. The lives of LGBTI people and their friends, families and allies will be further frustrated with fear and prejudice. We need to pray and stand up against injustice”.

Nigeria is kicking against the practice of same sex marriage where homosexuality is punishable by up to 14 years in prison, so it might be a terrible time for both gay and religious leaders who are in support of this practice.

Meanwhile, Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay, the gay minister who founded the church, is leading a comeback even though he remains in self-imposed exile in London.


”Religion is a backbone to life in Nigeria, so we all want to go to church,” he said. “But we don’t want to lie to God about who we are.”

Macaulay first set up House of Rainbow in 2006, where he openly held Sunday services in a Lagos hotel hall decorated in rainbow colours. A public backlash culminated in members being beaten as they left the church. Macaulay fled to the UK after receiving death threats.

This year, he has recruited a small team that includes his local leaders in Lagos in his voluntary role.

The project could even spread beyond the borders of Africa’s most populous country. Macaulay has recently recruited a local leader in Accra, the capital of nearby Ghana. He is considering applications from Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Pentecostal pastors often see gay desire as the work of demons. “You might start casually but, once you get into it, you will be possessed by the spirit,” said Emmanuel Owoyemi, a pastor in Lagos.

Meanwhile, in the 12 sharia states in the North, gay sex carries the death penalty, although no executions have yet taken place.

A national anti-gay marriage bill, which pushes for jail sentences for anyone who even assists gay marriage, has been before Nigeria’s parliament since 2009 and was passed recently prohibiting the practice. Macaulay, however, is not taking any chances this time.

Prayer sessions are being held in secret locations. No unknown newcomers are being admitted. He continues to preach via YouTube from London – he thinks it would be unwise to return home. “We have learnt our lesson,” he said. “It is a hostile situation.”

Being gay is regarded as an offence across much of Africa.

Apart from being on the wrong side of the law, many homosexual Nigerians say exclusion from church is one of the hardest parts of being gay. ”We are brought up to believe that you should belong to a religion. We feel that, if we don’t go to church, God will not answer our prayers,” says a young gay man in Abuja, .

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Rev Rowland Olajide Macaulay ni mchungaji mashoga ambao walikuwa na kukimbia kanisa mashoga nchini Nigeria inayoitwa Nyumba ya Rainbow, ipo katika No 36/38 Yakoyo mitaani, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Mimi kusema kutumika kwa kukimbia, kwa sababu baada ya gazeti wazi shughuli ya kanisa lake, zinafungwa na zilizohamishiwa katika London ambapo yeye bado ni mbio kanisa lake mashoga. Alionekana mara iliyopita baadhi ya CNN, ambapo yeye kujigamba aliongea juu ya kanisa yake ya mashoga.

Rev Macaulay ni katika habari tena kwa sababu ya kuongea dhidi ya muswada wa kupambana na mashoga ambayo ilipitishwa katika seneti hivi karibuni. Endelea kusoma Ripoti ya Vanguard juu yake ...

Culled kutoka Vanguard ...

Mwaka 2008, Jumamosi Vanguard taarifa hadithi kuhusu mashoga Mchungaji Rowland ambaye alikuwa kuendesha kanisa kwa siri katika Nigeria. Kanisa inayoitwa Nyumba ya Rainbow alikuwa hali katika No 36/38 Yakoyo mitaani, Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Mchungaji Roland muda iliyopita iliripotiwa alionekana kwenye Cable News Network, CNN, ambapo yeye kujigamba aliongea juu ya kanisa yake ya mashoga.

majibu ya awali kuhusu mfiduo yake ni kwamba kanisa vile hawakuweza kuwepo ndani ya Nigeria kama mambo kama hayo ni ya kawaida nje ya nchi.

Lakini ghasia katika ushirika wa Anglikana katika Ulaya juu ya maaskofu mashoga kuletwa hadi kesi ya Mchungaji Rowland, Nigeria, na wanaoishi katika Lagos. Pia alikuwa uendeshaji kanisa lake mashoga katika Lagos.

Katika shamba lake 145 gorofa 1, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, ambapo Mchungaji Rowland Olajide Macaulay, mchungaji mashoga aliishi, ghorofa ilikuwa imefungwa. Ni kujifunza kwamba Mchungaji alitoka katika ile nyumba yake ya Jumamosi, Septemba 13, mara tu baada ya gazeti kitaifa kufanyika hadithi ya kanisa lake mashoga.

Kwa mujibu wa majirani, huduma ya Jumapili hakuweza kushikilia wote katika tawi Jakande Estate na makao makuu ya Ojodu wa Baraza la Rainbow Wizara kuwa baada ya kuchapishwa.

Hivi sasa, Ufunuo Rowland ina walihamishwa nje ya nchi ambapo kwa sasa ni kuendesha kanisa lake shoga, "Nyumba ya Rainbow Fellowship".

Kulingana na yeye, "Kanisa langu ni sauti ya kizazi mdogo wa wananchi, wanaharakati, na nje, na imani yetu ya pamoja katika Nigeria wa kimaendeleo zaidi. Wao ni hofu ya ushawishi wetu kukua kama sisi kukusanya washirika si tu kutoka Magharibi, watu wasiwe na hofu, lakini kwa nguvu na ushujaa.

"Kwa sasa, ni kueneza tentacles yao kwa kila mji wa kijiji, na mji duniani kote". Kanisa pia wito kwa viongozi waaminifu na ari ndani ambao wanaamini katika ushoga na lesbianism. Kumi Nyumba ya Rainbow viongozi wa Ushirika wa ndani ni katika Ghana, Nigeria, Uingereza, Burundi, na Lesotho.

Kulingana na mchungaji shoga, "athari yoyote mbaya kwa muswada dhidi ya mashoga itakuwa na madhara makubwa katika kazi na utume wa Nyumba ya Rainbow katika Nigeria. maisha ya watu LGBTI na marafiki zao, familia na washirika itakuwa zaidi kuchanganyikiwa kutokana na hofu na chuki. Tunahitaji kuomba na kusimama dhidi ya udhalimu ".

Nigeria ni mateke dhidi ya mazoezi ya ndoa hiyo ngono ambapo ushoga ni adhabu ya hadi miaka 14 jela, kwa hiyo inaweza kuwa mara ya kutisha kwa viongozi wote wa dini mashoga na walio katika msaada wa zoezi hili.

Wakati huo huo, Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay, waziri mashoga ambaye alianzisha kanisa, ni kuongoza comeback hata kama yeye hubaki katika kujitakia uhamishoni mjini London.


"Dini ni uti wa mgongo wa maisha katika Nigeria, hivyo sisi wote kwenda kanisani," alisema. "Lakini hatutaki kusema uongo kwa Mungu juu ya sisi ni nani."

Macaulay kwanza kuanzisha Nyumba ya Rainbow katika 2006, ambapo yeye waziwazi huduma uliofanyika Jumapili katika ukumbi wa hoteli Lagos decorated katika rangi ya upinde wa mvua. kuwepo kwa kuzorota umma katika kilele wanachama kupigwa kama wao kushoto kanisa. Macaulay walikimbilia Uingereza baada ya kupokea vitisho vya kuuawa.

Mwaka huu, yeye kuajiri timu ndogo kuwa ni pamoja na viongozi wake wa ndani katika Lagos katika jukumu lake kwa hiari.

mradi ingeweza hata kuenea nje ya mipaka ya nchi wakazi wengi barani Afrika. Macaulay hivi karibuni kiongozi wa serikali za mitaa katika kuajiri Accra, mji mkuu wa Ghana jirani. Yeye ni kuzingatia maombi ya Rwanda na Zimbabwe.

Wachungaji wa Pentekoste mara kwa mara kuona hamu mashoga kama kazi ya mapepo. "Unaweza kuanza kawaida lakini, mara moja kupata ndani yake, utakuwa na pepo," alisema Emmanuel Owoyemi, mchungaji katika Lagos.

Wakati huo huo, katika majimbo 12 ya Sharia katika Kaskazini, jinsia mashoga hubeba adhabu ya kifo, ingawa hakuna kunyongwa bado yamefanyika.

kitaifa ya kupambana na mashoga ndoa muswada huo, ambayo inasukuma kwa adhabu ya kifungo kwa mtu yeyote ambaye hata kusaidia ndoa mashoga, imekuwa kabla ya bunge la Nigeria tangu 2009 na ilipitishwa hivi karibuni kuzuia vitendo. Macaulay, hata hivyo, si kuchukua nafasi yoyote wakati huu.

Vipindi vya maombi yanafanyika katika maeneo ya siri. Wageni hakuna haijulikani ni kuwa alikubali. Anaendelea kuhubiri kupitia YouTube kutoka London...