By Abubakar Yunusa
The presiding pastor of The Master’s Place International Church, Korede Komaiya, has said families, not weapons or armies, are the true strength of any nation.
Komaiya made the assertion in a recently released video message titled All Round Family & Marital Rest, which has since attracted wide attention online.
Addressing congregants, the cleric said families form the foundation of society and ultimately determine the peace or instability of a nation.
“The families that make up a nation are more powerful than the military of that nation,” Komaiya said.
He explained that every soldier, leader and public official comes from a family, stressing that a stable home produces stable citizens.
According to him, a good home represents “heaven on earth”, while a troubled family or marriage amounts to “hell on earth”.
Komaiya noted that true rest is impossible without peace at home, regardless of success in business or career.
“If business is stressful and you return home to peace, you will still find rest. But when there is no peace at home, you will lack peace everywhere,” he said.
The pastor described the home as the primary space where values, convictions and attitudes are formed.
“The home is where attitudes are cultivated. The families of a nation will produce its government and its teachers,” he added.
Building on this, Komaiya warned that societal peace cannot exist without peaceful homes.
“When the home is not peaceful, society will not be peaceful. The better the families, the better the church, because everybody in church comes from a family,” he said.
In another part of the message, the cleric emphasised love as a core principle of leadership and human relationships.
“Nothing attracts people like loving them,” Komaiya said.
He also highlighted what he described as a stakeholder-based relationship between employers and employees within his ministry.
According to him, the church demonstrates care for its workers through a 13th-month salary, an additional 50 per cent December bonus, full scholarships, free accommodation and comprehensive medical care.
Komaiya said these measures reflect a leadership philosophy rooted in love and long-term investment in people.
“Leadership is love expressed through administration and care for people’s future,” he said.
