Dr. Francis Bola Akin-John, the founder of Church Growth International Ministries, in an interview granted Church Times Nigeria which was published August 2nd, he faulted the Nigerian church system, highlighted abuses and blame the government for its inadvertent omission to the activities of churches.

In his words, “Many churches are being run the way Nigeria is run. Everything about Nigeria is centralized. The Nigeria government has not allowed the component units to develop at their own pace. Rather, every state goes to the centre to collect funds. That is why we are not making progress. When a church is overly being controlled by the centre, such a church will not grow the way it should.”

He explained that many local churches in Nigeria are being controlled by the headquarter churches. They control their income. They are mandated to remit 80 per cent of their income to the headquarters.

The laws for setting up churches in the US and UK are the similar to that of Nigeria. But here in Nigeria, the laws are not being applied by the government.

The law gives the local church autonomy. But the indigenous Nigerian churches find a way around the law. They use the laws of the church to set aside the government law.

If the Nigerian government wakes up today, most church founders will go to jail. Many of them have ulterior motives in setting up the church. They set up branches of their churches and before long they are asking those branches to send as much as 80 per cent of their income to the centre.

In the US and UK, the pastors in charge of every local church reports to the Internal Revenue Services of those countries and they submit their statements of account to the government all the time for scrutiny. Church members in the US for instance don’t give money the way Nigerians do. When they give offering they indicate their names, passport number and all their details on the envelope they use to give the money. It is mandatory for them to do that so that the church can keep a record of their income for accounting sake.

They also keep such record so that the government can exempt them from paying tax. It is believed that if you give money to the church you are indirectly supporting the government to help the poor because the Church is seen as a charity. The interesting thing about the church in those countries is that churches are mandated to keep a record of their ...



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You haven't destroy the root yet to think of destroying the stem?

rattlesnake:
He explained that many local churches in Nigeria are being controlled by the headquarter churches. They control their income. They are mandated to remit 80 per cent of their income to the headquarters.
The laws for setting up churches in the US and UK are the similar to that of Nigeria. But here in Nigeria, the laws are not being applied by the government.
The law gives the local church autonomy. But the indigenous Nigerian churches find a way around the law. They use the laws of the church to set aside the government law.
If the Nigerian government wakes up today, most church founders will go to jail. Many of them have ulterior motives in setting up the church. They set up branches of their churches and before long they are asking those branches to send as much as 80 per cent of their income to the centre.

This man does not want to see GOs buying Mansions and riding Private Jets!

rattlesnake:
In the US and UK, the pastors in charge of every local church reports to the Internal Revenue Services of those countries and they submit their statements of account to the government all the time for scrutiny. Church members in the US for instance don’t give money the way Nigerians do. When they give offering they indicate their names, passport number and all their details on the envelope they use to give the money. It is mandatory for them to do that so that the church can keep a record of their income for accounting sake.

My passport number ke? People want to be able to claim it in their tax returns....

rattlesnake:
They also keep such record so that the government can exempt them from paying tax. It is believed that if you give money to the church you are indirectly supporting the government to help the poor because the Church is seen as a charity. The interesting thing about the church in those countries is that churches are mandated to keep a record of their ...

Well ...

The opposite of white is black..... that's the best way to describe the situation we find ourselves....

Same question every sound thinking person should ask....why should the local churches be remitting their money to the head quarter while the local churches have so many financial needs.... thereby putting unnecessary pressure on the people....and they will tell you not to ask questions, the moment you ask questions you are tamed Antichrist.........