hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whether we like it or not Pastor Adeboye & RCCG has really done well, they have been able to meet and are still meeting both physical and spiritual needs of people, i am really surprised and shocked at recent beef for Pastor Adeboye

The donation is indeed a welcomed one and those suffering in Haiti would appreciate that. Whether it is hypocritical shouldnt be an issue. It gives people an avenue to help those people. I would love to help but theres no available channel nearby to do that.

Although, one is tempted to ask why it is being publicised. I havent heard of such news of RCCG helping Niger Deltans or maybe the news isnt publicised. maybe they are making such contributions in their parishes in the ND.Have they donated to those in Jos? I just think people are using this Haiti thing to display acts of being generous. We shouldnt wait for a natural disaster to help people. We should do so everyday, and not necessarily publicly. ANyway, they sha donated. Which one you don do to help?

Doing charity/ God's work is not in the character of RCCG, they should be encouraged for this one off publicity stunt.

The church is supposed to lead the way in helping the needy and the down trodden, unfortunately the church has allowed the "secular" world to far out do them in this area of their supposed core competence. See what those who are considered "unbelievers" [hollywood stars] are doing to help the needy and the down trodden[christ, ref : matthew 25: 31-40]


[size=20pt]All-star Haiti telethon raises $57 million, so far[/size]

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer
Sat Jan 23, 4:18 PM PST

Organizers for the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon say the event raised $57 million — and counting.

"The public has set a new standard of giving for a relief telethon with 'Hope for Haiti Now,' and the donations continue to come in," Lisa Paulsen, president and CEO of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, said in a statement released Saturday. The group is helping to oversee the funds gathered from the event.

The two-hour telethon aired Friday night on the major networks and dozens of other channels, including MTV, Bravo, and PBS, and was also streamed live online. Stars like Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and more used their presence to encourage donations for Haiti, following a Jan. 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people.

The total released Saturday includes money raised by phone, text and the Web. It does not include donations by corporations or via iTunes, where people are able to buy performances of the event for 99 cents each, or the entire album for $7.99. Those funds also go to Haiti relief.

The "Hope for Haiti Now" CD is the biggest one-day pre-order in the site's history and the new song "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" by Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bono and the Edge, debuted during the telethon, is the No. 1 single on iTunes.

People can donate via text, phone or through the "Hope for Haiti" Web site for the next six months. Among the organizations who will receive funds from the telethon include Oxfam America, UNICEF, and the Clinton-Bush Haiti Foundation.

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20100124-us_haiti_telethon