The news about cameroon banning protestan church was recieved with mixed feeling. While majjority are commending the precident for such brave decision, others are criticising and condeming the decision.before we take our stance, lets look at protestant church in nigeria and ask ourselves, how has protestanism benefited nigeria? Are the demerits outweighind the merits.? These questions will enable us answer third question should nigeria ban protestan church?

Protestant churches have been operating so far without any check and balance system unlike the catholic,anglican baptist who have priests, bishop, arch bishop, cardinal etc to limit abuse of pastoral powers. As long as one is a general overseer, he takes decisions . Most times, this autocraticy is used neegatively. The case of rev king is still fresh in our mind. Other pastor cases of criminal act and misconduct are increasing daily. Members dare not question their pastors or are rebuked biblically by ."touch not my annoited and do my prophet no harm. A bishop can easily slap a girl and claim he was casting out demons .

The prosperity message protestant pastors protray hasnt helped out. Pastors asking members to sow a seed by voluntarilg giving out all their possesion to the church with a promise that God would pay them a thousand fold.this makes protestant church sounds like a buisness venture where members invest with an aim of yielding interest. Most of which doesnt yield fruit. Thereby brainwashed church members end up poorer while the already rich pastors are richer.

The manner in which pastors display their wealth makes them look like a buisness venture. From acquiring expensive rides to private jet . In a country surrounded by abstract poverty

all these have giving impression that there is money in the church. What other way of making money than to start a new church,. In the coperate affairs commission, the number of churches applying for registeration surpasses any other group.

The annoying fact is that these churches make money more than buisness enterprises. Yet,they are not taxed. The govt uses bank and other bodies to regulate the economy but churches are excempted under deguise that there not profit oriented.

What should be done? Fold our hands and watch!. No.

We church members should be quick to "reason" with our pastors and not take orders from them.

Should they be banned? No. You dont kill a child for a missdeed.
Govt should stop the increasing protestant churches.they should take a leaf from soludo who reduced the number of commercial banks to 25. Or from jega forscalling down number of political parties.
The cooperate affairs commision should fix a benchmark lets say xmillion naira before any protestant church is allowwed to operate. Others who cant should merge or get closed down.
There should be a way of taxing them.
Religion shouldnt be overlooked in the process of sanitizing the nation.

Duh!

@OP
It is pentecostal churches that were shut down and NOT protestant churches.

Pentecostal churches are a MAJOR problem in our society because they contribute to the corruption and complacency of our people.From Redeemers to Winners to all these long named churches claiming to be Holy Mountain Fire Chapel this and that are in cahoots with the established "rulers". Then at the end of the day, they are the ones with private jets, multimillion dollar/naira camps, travel around the world to choice locations, and have millions of people calling them "Daddy", "Man of God", 'My pastor", and all types of disgraceful nonsense.

No wonder the Western countries are developed and we are still oning Gen.

THINK

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so what do you want to be done?

idnoble135: ^
so what do you want to be done?

What do you think needs to be done? Yes, I'm listening

You dont respond to a question with a question. Give me a reply first.

Pastor Kun: @OP
It is pentecostal churches that were shut down and NOT protestant churches.

noted,

idnoble135: ^
so what do you want to be done?

1) A means to check their excessses should be introduced

2)members should question their pastors

3) govt should stop allowing creation of more pentecoastal or protestant churches. The ones we have are much

4) a benchmark of say 16million should be set asside by protestant churches .any church without such amount should close or merge with another just like soludo did to banks

5) religion isnt above taxation.they make money more than some buisness enterprise

6) pastors stop laying emphasis on tithe,sow a seed, money etc

7) add urs

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What a joke! I should add mine? Nooo..... What you typed there is a dream... A dream that can never happen. The earlier you wake up the better. As a matter of fact, am laughing at what you typed.

They can migrate elsewhere.

Only the sincere ones though.

Afterall, thats how america was founded.

Pastor Kun: @OP
It is pentecostal churches that were shut down and NOT protestant churches.

no difference

No 2015 election if goodluck bans church

engrtee:

no difference

Story

tobechi20:

1) A means to check their excessses should be introduced

2)members should question their pastors

3) govt should stop allowing creation of more pentecoastal or protestant churches. The ones we have are much

4) a benchmark of say 16million should be set asside by protestant churches .any church without such amount should close or merge with another just like soludo did to banks

5) religion isnt above taxation.they make money more than some buisness enterprise

6) pastors stop laying emphasis on tithe,sow a seed, money etc

7) add urs

Good start

it is a wrong move. there are spiritual implicatn apart from physical implicatn.
dis move could role d country backward. dia could 100 false church in ur country but 1 genuine pentecostal could fare d country. imagine jerusalem,synagogue hw mch traf

ik de bring 2 dia contry. in nigeria hia dia ar thsands of chrches includn white garments only few we kno hw dey operate yet d genuine ones hav bn d reason nigria is united.rmov d chrch n ngria wil colapse. i hope cameron survives dis chkmate 4m Devl