Could it be true that Christ Embassy charged N1000 gate fee for their end of the year Watch night service because there were too many people who came for the service? How much did Jesus charge from the thousands who thronged him? I choose not to believe this story, perhaps PM News got the information wrong.

please tell me this is a joke where is joagbaje?

MAYOWAAK:

Could it be true that Christ Embassy charged N1000 gate fee for their end of the year Watch night service because there were too many people who came for the service? How much did Jesus charge from the thousands who thronged him? I choose not to believe this story, perhaps PM News got the information wrong.

noetic16:

please tell me this is a joke where is joagbaje?

It's not about charging people because many people came, that will be like taking advantage of people. The idea is to discourage people and reduce the attendees . The venue served as a studio where the programme is broadcast live. And it can't take all the people. The church has several centres all over Lagos where people were encourage to go and participate through satellite , they don't have to pay to enter those centres , even some of them are close to the main venue for people that lives arround there , so that they don't have to go too far to attend a centre ,and they are all free. The church also pay for all tv stations to broadcast it live so that people can stay at home to watch. So it's only the studio centre that was ticketed to reduce attendance there and to ensure each person has a sit without overcrowd. People were encouraged to attend the free centres or stay at home and participate by satellite. The studio broadcast is beamed world wide and it will be embarrassing to have crowd problem witnessed world wide live. A studio has to be controlled.so the idea is that everybody must not come over here. It can only take about 20- 25,000 or so. But members are well over 100,000. If you make the tisket free,every body will get. So the idea is to discourage attendance there may be stampede. We had trouble in Uk with crowd in the last crusade there.

Besides we have seen people organised Christian conferences that people pay to register,or Christian music shows that people pay to attend. So it is not like taking advantage of people. If it's about money, then every church would have been mandated to issue ticket all over the world. Some churches used stadium as centres . More money would have come in.

So, charging 1000 is supposed to be for crowd control,right? Does it mean other strategies can't be applied to control crowd? What happened to crowd management without pay? Really, what would JESUS do? I think we should be more strategical in our approaches to life. As a church, we can't allowed people to ridicule Christ and christendon as a result of what we do. As church leaders that we are, we shud always try to control and check our pastors when they are going astray. May the LORD set our eyes on the path of light and righteousness. Cheers

Joagbaje:

church has several centres all over Lagos where people were encourage to go and participate through satellite , they don't have to pay to enter those centres , even some of them are close to the main venue for people that lives arround there , so that they don't have to go too far to attend a centre ,and they are all free. The church also pay for all tv stations to broadcast it live so that people can stay at home to watch. So it's only the studio centre that was ticketed to reduce attendance there and to ensure each person has a sit without overcrowd. People were encouraged to attend the free centres or stay at home and participate by satellite. The studio broadcast is beamed world wide and it will be embarrassing to have crowd problem witnessed world wide live. A studio has to be controlled.so the idea is that everybody must not come over here.

I think the idea was to raise enough cash to defray the cost of broadcasting, and probably make a little profit in the process.

micklplus:

So, charging 1000 is supposed to be for crowd control,right? Does it mean other strategies can't be applied to control crowd? What happened to crowd management without pay? Really, what would JESUS do? I think we should be more strategical in our approaches to life.

The problem with our pastors these days is that they think in 'money language'. Everything is monetized including problem solving.

Joagbaje u can't defend this one.
How can somebody that takes himself as man of God charge people for any reason at all, !!!!! Heeeeeeeeeeeeey!
I believe the world is coming to an this year end. Only God knows what Nigeria will look like after april election. 1000 times 1million equals to satan moni.

hehehehehehehe why am i not suprised?

And the likes of Joagbaje has the guts, effrontery, audacity and temerity to defend such shameless charade

Its really a shame

micklplus:

So, charging 1000 is supposed to be for crowd control,right? Does it mean other strategies can't be applied to control crowd? What happened to crowd management without pay? Really, what would JESUS do? I think we should be more strategical in our approaches to life. As a church, we can't allowed people to ridicule Christ and christendon as a result of what we do. As church leaders that we are, we shud always try to control and check our pastors when they are going astray. May the LORD set our eyes on the path of light and righteousness. Cheers

you should have been at the venue to observe security agents,crowd control marshalls ,ushers and so many others function,and who says other crowd control management options were not carried out.

the truth is the facility has a particular amount of persons it can take so there are no issues of stampede that have been recorded in some other programs elsewhere,

there were other viewing centres where  tickets were not sold, this was only done to ensure that only the right amount of people get into the venue considering that the man of god will be ministering live at this venue and a whole lot of people will want to get in.

more-so these tickets were sold in church alone and not in public places,if the target was to make money am sure we would have had all the eateries media houses, and so many other vendors selling, am sure tickets would also have been sold online.

Unbelievable!! Why not just tell them you are at maximum capacity! Pure theft!

SirJohn:

And the likes of Joagbaje has the guts, effrontery, audacity and temerity to defend such shameless charade  

PRINCE4CHRIST:

Joagbaje u can't defend this one.
How can somebody that takes himself as man of God [b]charge people [/b]for any reason at all, !!!!! Heeeeeeeeeeeeey!

The i dea was not chaging But it was not madatory to pay, alternative arrangement was made for those who couldn't get into the main auditorium. Last year, many officials and  pastors were locked out. Pastor chris ,is very strict to such things , when they say should be locked , it doesn't matter who is outside. Some officials who had seats had their seats taken over by strangers. Some people are very unruly, especially in an open programme like this where none members come also. Even when you tell them that a seat is reserved , can you imagine people dragging seat in a live programme. Nigerians need to develop his mid set.  Those who bought ticket didn't complain, At least they are sure of their seat and they are glad. But plans were made for other people without ticket. Everybody must not be in the main auditorium. We should not over blow the matter unnecessarily.

I have been involved in  crowd control before. We set up overflow with sound and projectors . When the stadium became full ,but some people will still push at the gate , crushing some others climbing everywhere . It is a Nigerian challenge. Every body must not be in the main auditorium. There would be no need for ticket if all would abide by rules.

 

SirJohn:

And the likes of Joagbaje has the guts, effrontery, audacity and temerity to defend such shameless charade

PRINCE4CHRIST:

Joagbaje u can't defend this one.
How can somebody that takes himself as man of God [b]charge people [/b]for any reason at all, !!!!! Heeeeeeeeeeeeey!

The i dea was not chaging But it was not madatory to pay, alternative arrangement was made for those who couldn't get into the main auditorium. Last year, many officials and pastors were locked out. Pastor chris ,is very strict to such things , when they say should be locked , it doesn't matter who is outside. Some officials who had seats had their seats taken over by strangers. Some people are very unruly, especially in an open programme like this where none members come also. Even when you tell them that a seat is reserved , can you imagine people dragging seat in a live programme. Nigerians need to develop his mid set. Those who bought ticket didn't complain, At least they are sure of their seat and they are glad. But plans were made for other people without ticket. Everybody must not be in the main auditorium. We should not over blow the matter unnecessarily.

I have been involved in crowd control before. We set up overflow with sound and projectors . When the stadium became full ,but some people will still push at the gate , crushing some others climbing everywhere . It is a Nigerian challenge. Every body must not be in the main auditorium. There would be no need for ticket if all would abide by rules.

Azibalua:

you should have been at the venue to observe security agents,crowd control marshalls ,ushers and so many others function,and who says other crowd control management options were not carried out.

Was the ticket sold prior to or on the day of the event? I am sure a lot of people willing to pay the N1,000 were not given ticket because the venue was already filled to capacity. And I want to believe they constitute a good proportion of the people that were sent back to viewing centers. The real control could not have been the money but the efforts of the security agents, crowd control marshals, ushers e.t.c.

Zikkyy:

Was the ticket sold prior to or on the day of the event? I am sure a lot of people willing to pay the N1,000 were not given ticket because the venue was already filled to capacity. And I want to believe they constitute a good proportion of the people that were sent back to viewing centers. The real control could not have been the money but the efforts of the security agents, crowd control marshals, ushers e.t.c.

now you understand,for you to think that a good proportion of people were sent to the viewing centres it means you believe the crowd was more than double of what the facilty could take.

There is no justification for charging people to enter the house of God, the crowd control thing na afterthought jare.

na ppl wey carry their legs go there be fool.

I was at the main auditorium and I didn't pay at all,

MAYOWAAK:

Could it be true that Christ Embassy charged N1000 gate fee for their end of the year Watch night service because there were too many people who came for the service? How much did Jesus charge from the thousands who thronged him? I choose not to believe this story, perhaps PM News got the information wrong.

Church business really moving up,i wonder how much they will make if they truly charge 1000 per head,well God sidon dey look oo

This is shameful,  charging people to enter the church under the guise of crowd control is appalling,

The end times are here,  definitely,

NLanders, why do we take every opportunity to slander Men of God and God's work, see I tell you this tins are beyond us, the Man of God has good reasons and I believe based on this, he is justified, forget all other thoughts. When u drop ur offering in church, do u go back and request for accountability or request dat church accounts be audited,

nakedall:

na ppl wey carry their legs go there be fool.

I couldn't agree more. I will pay that amount to go see a comedian than see religious actors  

Na waoooooooooooooooooo.

MAYOWAAK:

Could it be true that Christ Embassy charged N1000 gate fee for their end of the year Watch night service because there were too many people who came for the service? How much did Jesus charge from the thousands who thronged him? I choose not to believe this story, perhaps PM News got the information wrong.

A colleague of mine who is a member of Christ Embassy, said the money was for seat reservation
and its not compulsory, those who where not able to get the ticket also attended the service.

seyibrown:

It wasn't compulsory to be there! Those not happy with the fee could have watched from home or from a designated centre. It is NOT COMPULSORY TO GIVE TO GOD OR GOD'S WORK! Some people put in their time FOR NO PAYMENT to make that event possible! Some people too can put in SOME MONEY to enjoy the work of those who put in their time! Giving IS NOT BY FORCE and God is not constrained to THAT PARTICULAR VENUE!

crabs_oyst:

NLanders, why do we take every opportunity to slander Men of God and God's work, see I tell you this tins are beyond us, the Man of God has good reasons and I believe based on this, he is justified, forget all other thoughts. When u drop your offering in church, do u go back and request for accountability or request dat church accounts be audited,

All pastors are thief! QED. Show me the God and I will give him the money myself. The only difference between pastors and fraudsters is that they steal ur money legally.

mon1881:

I was at the main auditorium and I didn't pay at all,

thats what we talking about.he didnt pay and he got in, so imagine how many devoted christians beat this measure. nigerians! sharp people!. it was simply wrong and the pastor is not necessarily to be blamed for this like we all like to do, should he be at the gate and as well at the podium?