The Redeemed Christian Church of God used 80,000 ushers and a 1,500 strong choir for the single night of Lekki '98 in December 1998. The church estimated the crowd at 6.5million instead of the expected 3million while CNN put it at 7.2million.

this is why they win elections...

QueenOfNepal:
Yes. A bible one not a church one

johnwizey:
Winners dey pay tithe to Redeem, who redeem con dey pay to?

BleSSedMee:
Mormon Church

Never knew this. Thanks for sharing OP.


I see my church up there. *smiles*

VargasVee:
The only fact I do know is, church in Nigeria is a Business


Nothing else.

QueenOfNepal:
Yes. A bible one not a church one

QueenOfNepal:
Do i need to be part of a team to know what's happening there? The result of their works is what we are basing our judgement on.


Missionary work is not only about preaching and sharing bibles it's about building schools, hospitals, empowerment, feeding the hunger and promoting other social works.




My grouse is the money the church rakes in cannot be felt by the common man around. Our Pastors are now billionaires and busy building mighty church edifice while the members are groaning under suffering

Statsocial:

Lol I am going to find out soon. But I don't believe all Pentecostal churches in Nigeria practice this. This is probably limited to the Living Faith and the churches it mentors e.g Dunamix, Daystar, Pastor Ibieyomie's church.

BleSSedMee:
Mormon Church
Never knew this. Thanks for sharing OP.

I see my church up there. *smiles*

elantraceey:


Wow, the Christian is the church and the church is the Christian but since you don't even realize that I won't talk about it.


Lemme ask,,, Have you spent hours on your knees to pray for lost souls?
How well have you tried to affect positively the lives of the poor around you?
When last have you gone on your own to preach the gospel?
Can you be called a living Word yourself?



If your answer to any of this is no then please go do your part in the great commission and for heaven sake stop criticising those that are making an effort.


I rest my case, God bless you.

eyinjuege:


How much effect do you think can be felt from the tithes?
Do you know what it takes to build a single hospital and to run it? Much more expecting them to build hospitals in all communities. Same with schools. That's nearly impossible, especially for a largely populated country such a s Nigeria
Even countries that generate 10 times more cannot do what you're asking conveniently. It's not sustainable at the end of the day. In the UK, now you pay university fees whether citizen or not. They realised free uni wasn't sustainable. Even their NHS is facing crises because it's not sustainable.
Billions of dollars are used to run hospitals abroad, millions to run schools.
It definitely can't be free, as that's not sustainable. If you want it standard, you'll have to pay big at the end of the day. Some of the church universities are subsidised.
I know many people who the church has helped. Scholarships, hospital bills etc. The help cannot reach everybody, and that's the truth.
The only relatively sustainable thing any church can do these days is cooking in large bulk and people that are hungry can always come there daily to eat, but within a short time, that will also become unsustainable because everyone seems to be hungry in Nigeria.

Statsocial:
Pls anyone who has an idea or knows total number of churches in Nigeria should let me know. I was able to obtain the total number of denominations in Nigeria. But I couldn't get the number for all churches when you count them as individual entities. The best I could get from church leaders was the figure for Lagos. I ve been able to get the figures for US and other western countries but it is all meaningless if I can't get figures or estimates for total Nigerian Churches.

VeniJu:

Based on statistics, by the NBS, the total churches in Nigeria as at February, 19th was 32Millions, 691 Thousand, 857... U can see things are boomings.

eyinjuege:


How much effect do you think can be felt from the tithes?
Do you know what it takes to build a single hospital and to run it? Much more expecting them to build hospitals in all communities. Same with schools. That's nearly impossible, especially for a largely populated country such a s Nigeria
Even countries that generate 10 times more cannot do what you're asking conveniently. It's not sustainable at the end of the day. In the UK, now you pay university fees whether citizen or not. They realised free uni wasn't sustainable. Even their NHS is facing crises because it's not sustainable.
Billions of dollars are used to run hospitals abroad, millions to run schools.
It definitely can't be free, as that's not sustainable. If you want it standard, you'll have to pay big at the end of the day. Some of the church universities are subsidised.
I know many people who the church has helped. Scholarships, hospital bills etc. The help cannot reach everybody, and that's the truth.
The only relatively sustainable thing any church can do these days is cooking in large bulk and people that are hungry can always come there daily to eat, but within a short time, that will also become unsustainable because everyone seems to be hungry in Nigeria.

Statsocial:
Pls anyone who has an idea or knows total number of churches in Nigeria should let me know. I was able to obtain the total number of denominations in Nigeria. But I couldn't get the number for all churches when you count them as individual entities. The best I could get from church leaders was the figure for Lagos. I ve been able to get the figures for US and other western countries but it is all meaningless if I can't get figures or estimates for total Nigerian Churches.

thesuave10:



Total number of churches?? Or total members in churches??

VeniJu:

Total Numbers of CHURHES; sir. Not members.
Dis days, a man can easily convert his 1 room apartment into a church. Or rent a classroom in a school compound.

thesuave10:


The blood of jesus

kiddoiLL:
Mormon isnt what you might be thinking, Mormon is the name of one of the Church's early prophet i think. Their members are always called to serve for a certain time, they believe everyone has to win a soul for the kingdom of God, and this is one of the most heart warming Church's i've been to. Besides LDS is the church with the best choirs in the world i think. They keep simple doctrines, no instruments except Organ on Sundays, their music pieces is always Hymns. I'm not a member but the church is really really good. This is not like our local churches dat wont teach you how to live or succeed in this life but give u prophecy upon prophecy without leading you. This is a church that'll teach you the word of God and still teach you how to farm and get products you need...LDS has a far wild mentality, maybe cause its a white man's church..i dunno but that Church is also top. My sister's been going to LDS from Very young age, and well last year i did with em and learnt bout em.