Daddy Freeze said divorce should be seen as an option by churches in certain circumstances, as it might have saved Osinachi‘s life
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nigerian broadcaster and radio talk show, Daddy Freeze, has challenged an old post on divorce by Becky Enenche, the wife of Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Gospel Center, Abuja
Freeze disagreed with the old tweet where Pastor Becky stated that divorce was not an option suggesting that the teaching was partly responsible for the death of gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu.
He claimed that there is danger in views like that of Becky, as it prevents people in violent relationships from quitting and saving their lives.
Freeze, in a post via his Instagram account, countered the assertions of the female pastor that children from a broken home end up being wayward.
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He also wondered why as pastors, she and her husband were unable to discern that the late singer made a wrong choice in marriage.
He wrote: “There is a danger in these kinds of teachings. The pastor in her 2018 tweet, said most wayward and rough children are from ‘divorced’ homes. This man is a pastor. Are his children not damaged despite the fact that their parents were married and ministers?
“They were taught by their married pastor father to beat women according to emerging reports, won’t divorce have reduced this damage?
“The church needs to start accepting and in certain instances encouraging divorce and remarriage; it’s biblical! Matthew 19:9, Deuteronomy 24:1-2, 1st Corinthians 7:15.
“Dear Madam, I completely disagree with your tweet from 2018, especially in the light of what just happened to the Late Osinachi.
“Osinachi was a gospel singer, so are we suggesting that she didn’t pray enough or get a revelation from God before she married a Christian man?
“Please who was her ‘daddy in the Lord’? Didn’t he see who she was getting married to in the spiritual realm? Didn’t he pray and have revelations about the marriage? How much more ‘shine your eyes’ could she have done?
“The reality is that people make mistakes and marry wrong. When this happens, they shouldn’t become slaves and lose their lives unnecessarily.”
He added that the notion that kids from broken homes end up badly has been laid to rest by a 2002 study on the subject, which stated that the children are only affected for a short period but they get back to their normal lives shortly after.
He went on to say divorce should be seen as an option in certain circumstances, as such precaution would have prevented the death of a music talent like Osinachi.
“Now let’s address the claim that most children from divorced homes are ‘wayward and rough’. An article from Scientific American disagrees:
“According to a 2002 study by psychologist E. Mavis Hetherington of the University of Virginia and her then graduate student Anne Mitchell Elmore, divorce affects most children in the short run, but research suggests that kids recover rapidly after the initial blow.
“They also found that many children experience short-term negative effects from divorce, especially anxiety, anger, shock, and disbelief. These reactions typically diminish or disappear by the end of the second year. Only a minority of kids suffer longer. Most children of divorce also do well in the longer term.
“If we take all this into account, my candid suggestion would be that divorce should not only be allowed by the church, it should actually be encouraged in certain instances, so talents like Osinachi would no longer be buried in early graves.”