Pastor Femi Lazarus has rebuked those who criticise the church or pastors, saying it is not their place to do so.

The clergyman stated that the church has a hierarchy and it is the duty of the pastor to maintain that order.

According to him, the church will no longer stay silent while ministers and their ministries are criticised on social media.

"The matter of the local church and the body of Christ is not a conversation for every Tom, Dick and Harry,” he said.

He pointed out that the hierarchy in the church means that as a pastor, he has the authority to call music ministers to order.

"A music artist is not a kingdom-based minister, hence a music artiste is not for the church."

He went on to highlight the differences between a music artiste and a music minister, saying that when he is correcting singers, he is speaking to music ministers, not music artistes.

This comes following the criticism he received for condemning gospel singers for charging huge sums to minister in churches.

Femi Lazarus, while speaking at church, revealed that three ministries have joined forces to form a coalition and they will now work to bring down the platform of anyone who criticises pastors or their ministry online.

He said, "The moment you go online to publicise what is wrong about the ministry, in one minute, the three ministries will come together, there's a platform now, we'll bring down your platform immediately."