Don’t Give All Your Money To Church, Give The Poor

- Pastor W. F. Kumuyi

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi has told his congregation not to give all their money to the Church but rather they should make the poor a priority in their giving.

He made this known in a recent message titled, Emmanuel Jesus the healer, monitored by Church Times online.

Kumuyi who expressed great concern for the poor and the hungry in the message urged the leaders of DLBC to bring to his attention those who need help so the church can reach out to them.

He cited the example of a pastor who called for an offering but later asked the congregation to give the money they wanted to give to the church to the poor.

The pastor according to him had asked for those who could give various amounts of money. “I learnt of a preacher somewhere. He told his congregation now, we are going to collect offerings. He asked those who had N10,000 to give to raise their hands, and he asked those who had N20,000 to give to raise their hands.

“He asked those who had N50,000, they raised their hands. And he said all the money they wanted to give to the church, they should go and give to the poor in their neighbourhood rather than bringing it to the church.”

Kumuyi then told his listeners that they should always make the poor and hungry a priority in their giving adding that it makes no sense to give to a church building when the people inside are hungry.

He said, “All the offerings are not just for church. There are poor people around. There are unemployed people around. There are indigent people around. But we must build our campground. I understand. We are going to build. But while you are building your neighbours are dying. Those who do not have anything to feed are there. Your fellow brother, your fellow sister have nothing to send children to school.”

Kumuyi said the church will begin to budget millions of naira for the poor as the church used to do in the “good old days”

The DLBC pastor confessed that he has silver and gold and that he was not going to give everything to the building of the Deeper Life Conference Centre but that he was going to give to those who need it.

He said, “I am looking for those who are dying, those who are impoverished and some of the money will be given to them. If you know them, tell your coordinator, tell your leader. Tell the people. We will not be guilty of giving all the money to a building that will not be raptured when Christ comes. Christ is not coming to rapture the church building, he is coming to rapture the people.”

Church Times
27.12.23

Hmmmm

We are getting there

Ok ooo

Nice one

I already known that

Hope other mega churches starts giving back to the poor

adem30:
■ He said, “I am looking for those who are dying, those who are impoverished and some of the money will be given to them. If you know them, tell your coordinator, tell your leader. Tell the people. We will not be guilty of giving all the money to a building that will not be raptured when Christ comes. Christ is not coming to rapture the church building, he is coming to rapture the people.”

He is looking for them where exactly? More than 75% of his congregation fall smack under that category, yet he claims to be looking for the poor and impoverished for how many years --- over 4 decades of running this church of his?

Una no serious! Na now wey the end don dey creep closer na him this one wan begin pretend say God whom he has treated like a mumu all this while will do him good if he tries a bit harder.

Na him followers I pity the most. Blind individuals who don't realize that they have been duped..

tommy589:
Hope other mega churches starts giving back to the poor

If you believe this man knows Jesus Christ then ask yourself. Why didn't this man get this right from the beginning. Why did it take him over 40 years to consider asking this of his followers. That should at least cause you to doubt many of the claims this man has made to date as he too does.

Beautiful truth.The Deeper Life Church is one of the extremely few churches I respect and can attend any time, because the GO speaks the undiluted truth and don't add or subtract in the teaching of the Word.
The pulpit bandits like Oyedepo and his likes would never tell you this,but rather rant and rave like mad dogs over tithes to the church, using emotional manipulation and blackmail on the foolish and undiscerning.
The day religious revolution begins in Nigeria, pulpit bandits will run out of business and go more broke than a church rat.

Fully support this.

It's already strange that most church leaders hardly teach their congregation to give to the poor as Jesus did.

Kobojunkie:
If you believe this man knows Jesus Christ then ask yourself. Why didn't this man get this right from the beginning. Why did it take him over 40 years to consider asking this of his followers. That should at least cause you to doubt many of the claims this man has made to date as he too does.

Knowing Christ is not like knowing the teachings of Jesus Christ. The congregation that Jesus fed were there not as Christians, but you won't see many Christians follow Jesus exemplary ways. Baba is likely having another epiphany, just like his congregation were no longer forbidden to watch TV

tommy589:
■ Knowing Christ is not like knowing the teachings of Jesus Christ.
■ The congregation that Jesus fed were there not as Christians, but you won't see many Christians follow Jesus exemplary ways. Baba is likely having another epiphany, just like his congregation were no longer forbidden to watch TV

I can't seem to make heads or tails of this pronouncement of yours.

2. You were never told in Scripture that those whom Jesus Christ fed where His followers/disciples so again, i can't make heads of tails of your statement here.

Kumuyi, the man, only just realized, after over 5 decades, this which he now sells to his gullible followers, and you go off talking about people who were fed or what not. You no even attempt to broach the content of the statement you quoted.