{"id":464414,"date":"2018-02-14T22:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/stop-christianising-vals-day-celebrations-counsellor-lutterodt-to-churches\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:30:27","slug":"stop-christianising-vals-day-celebrations-counsellor-lutterodt-to-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/stop-christianising-vals-day-celebrations-counsellor-lutterodt-to-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop christianising Val&#8217;s Day celebrations &#8211; Counsellor Lutterodt to churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 14 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/55879529.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lut Vals1\" title=\"Lut Vals1\" width=\"295\" height=\"143\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Counsellor George Lutterodt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Controversial counsellor George Lutterodt has warned churches to desist from using Valentine\u2019s Day as an opportune time to heal the youth of promiscuity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what is wrong with some of our churches. The churches now are making this Valentine thing become another form of celebration in the sense of it being christianised,\u201d he fumed.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Ghanaweb, the counsellor expressed his distaste for the way churches were organizing activities in their quest to keep the youth away from promiscuity on Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>He said he did not see the motive behind forcing the day to become one for Christian activities, \u201cthinking that, when you do that for them, they will not go and do what they are supposed to do\u201d, he added, referring to the high rate of  sexual immorality during Valentine\u2019s day; a pattern the day has become known for.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the counsellor advised that the word of God be used all year round to impact people and \u201cstop wasting our resources on this one day.\u201d Counsellor Lutterodt topped it off with a caution to married women to lead exemplary lives for the unmarried to have something to look up to.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that events be organized for both married and singles \u201cso that we will treat the couples for the single to see the importance of marriage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cthis is what Valentine brought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the most part of the past two years, the Counsellor Lutterodt\u2019s name has become a household one and is easily linked to marriage and relationship counselling in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/vp03lJsp-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 73 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Source: ghanaweb.com 2018-02-14 play videoCounsellor George Lutterodt Controversial counsellor George Lutterodt has warned churches to desist from using Valentine\u2019s Day as an opportune time to heal the youth of promiscuity. \u201cI don\u2019t know what is wrong with some of our churches. 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