Pastor Adeboye orders intending couples to undergo genital test

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has instructed all mission outposts of the church that all intending couples must undergo genital test before their marriages are conducted.

The instruction is contained in a memo signed by Assistant General Overseer to Pastor Adeboye on Administration and Personnel, Pastor Johnson Funso Odesola, and made available to TheNewsGuru.

“We have the directive of the General Overseer to instruct all the Mission’s outpost that forthwith, premarital medical examinations for intending couples should also include genital test,” read the memo titled: “directive on pre-marital examination.

TheNewsGuru reports that medical examination of the male genitals may be undertaken to detect various ailments, or to verify a person’s age or biological sex.

For the male genital examination, the exposure of the groin and genital area with adequate lighting is required. The ideal position is with the professional sitting in front of the patient.

The examination may take place with the patient sitting or in supine position, but to investigate possible varicocele and hernia it is necessary that the patient is standing in front of the examiner.

In a genital examination, the doctor can detect abnormalities such as phimosis, lumps, tumors, redness, excoriation, edema, lesions, swelling, cancer and many others.

For women, the genital exam involves a pelvic exam. The pelvic exam allows a doctor or health care provider to check the internal and external reproductive organs for signs of disease.

In females the reproductive organs include the vulva (the outside of the vagina), the vagina, the cervix, the uterus, the fallopian tubes, and the ovaries.

Various lymph nodes in the groin area are also examined. The pelvic exam is often accompanied by a pap smear, which is when a sample of cells is removed from the cervix for testing.

Pastor Adeboye said the church is alarmed by the rate of marital crises resulting from falsehood.

“The Mission Authority has observed the recurrence of cases of marital crises resulting from falsehood, especially in the case of undeclared or unconfessed reproductive/genital status,” the memo read.

The General Overseer also instructed that Provinces of the church are to register with trusted government approved hospital for the various premarital medical examinations for intending couples.