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Today , I was just wondering how did we end up with so many churches.

I happen to be in Maiduguri currently but I can't seem to find my church and the churches that are somehow close I haven't heard of them before. I don't know their doctrines nor the kind of their beliefs.

I am just stock. Thinking of just staying at home today and watch service online.

I wish we christians have just one church so that irrespective of where you are you can be comfortable going to any church.

My dear, stay at home, read your bible, pray and sing some praises to God, he will hear you. Na you dey make things hard for yourself.

We have more churches today because of the sharing formula of tithe and offering of a church. The owner of a church takes everything the gullible congregants bring to church, so people who want to partake in the free money quickly open their own church.

I have 3 churches and I'm not even a Christian. The free money is magical, you'll be surprised how rich you'll become in a short time. Having so much gullible people in the society is actually a blessing in disguise. Don't even bother making them understand what's going on. Their brain doesn't have the capacity to understand. They want to go to "heaven" when they die. You go talk tire.

Do not do yahoo yahoo, it is against the law. Instead open a church. This business is the only government approved scam. Don't be discouraged by the number of churches already in existence. There are more than enough gullible people for the free money to go round.


To open a church, go to any Bible college and employ a fresh smart bible college graduate, make sure the graduate is single and good looking, and also make sure he speaks fluent English with good accent.

MrsTwrite:
My dear, stay at home, read your bible, pray and sing some praises to God, he will hear you. Na you dey make things hard for yourself.

Lemme just go with this.

Hahahahaha, make I no just talk wetin dey my mind.

Because many Jesus dey!

Because many Bible interpretations dey!

Because many denominations dey!

Because churches churn out plenty dough!

I go just enter one mosque pray when it's prayer time!
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Prologue:
[Jesus said,] I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one. . . . I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me— so that they may be brought to complete unity. (John 17:20–23)

Paul said:
I appeal to you . . . that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.(1 Corinthians 1:10)

That’s a nice thought, but has any prayer failed more spectacularly? Christianity is more than just Roman Catholics and Baptists and Methodists, Presbyterian, 7days Adventists, Anglican, Redeem and maybe a thousand more—there are now over 45,000 denominations, and Christianity is fragmenting at a rate of two new denominations per day.

In Mathew 7:7, Jesus said ask and you will be given...But here Jesus asked but was not given!
So how to build a Central Church for all?

HOW TO BUILD A CENTRAL CHURCH
By Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman

Over the years, different Christian denominations have risen making it difficult to know which of these denominations are really following the teachings of Jesus Christ and which are the heretics. Each denomination with one or two differences in contrast to other denominations ranging from the number of books in their Bible, mode and time of worship and who exactly is to be worshipped.

It would surprise no one to know that Muslims have a unifying mode of worship, very unique, facing the same direction and reciting from the Quran consisting of the same chapters. I think it is high time Christendom rose to address and solve the problem of disunity among them.
The Muslims have a central mosque at local, state, national and international level respectively unlike Christianity. Now, the question is, is it possible to unite all Christian denominations probably by having a central church where different denominations can worship?? It is almost impossible or else the points listed below could be addressed/tackled.

I think one of the first step in successfully having a central church is for the Catholic Church to ask the protestant churches to "BRING BACK OUR BOOKS". It is obvious that the Catholic Bibles consist of 73 Books while the protestant Bibles consist of 66 books. After the protestants rebelled/revolted against the Catholic churches, they decided that God only inspired 66books.To have a peaceful and organized central church, there should be an agreement on how many books should the Bibles consist of so that there wouldn't be commotion in the central church.

Another issue that needs to be addressed to have a peaceful and organized central church is how to resolve the differences between the KJV Bible and the RSV, NIV and NWT Bible. The KJV Bible needs to tell these versions to "BRING BACK OUR VERSES". The RSV Bible unceremoniously expunged 16verses from its pages whereas these verses are in the Kjv Bible. If this issue is not addressed, there may be commotion in the central church because if a KJV Bible using pastor ask a RSV using member to open to Matthew 17:21,the member would search till eternity. Some of the verses expunged from the pages of NIV, NWT, RSV includes Matthew18:11,Mark7:16,Mark 9:44, John 5:4,acts 8:37, Romans16:24 etc.

Furthermore, the idea of having a central church looks almost impossible judging by the difference in the mode of worship of different Christian denominations. For example, if on a Sunday morning, different Christian denominations gather in the central church to praise and worship God and the service was conducted by a Christ apostolic pastor, if the pastor starts singing and clapping, Jehovah witnesses in the building would be like, WTF!!!, we are not going to clap. They wouldn't shout the way the pastor is shouting and the moment the pastor says Jesus is God, Jehovah witnesses and unitarian Christians in the building would be like, " Is this pastor is High on something?".

What would be done to the Mormons?? If a pastor from the church of latter day saints happen to be in charge of the service, the non Mormon members would be looking like zombie the moment he starts quoting from book of Moses or book of Nephi.
How about that awkward moment when a Celestial pastor is conducting the service and he orders everyone to pull of their shoes forbidding them to wear it in side the church...

If they want to worship God and they have English, Chinese, Yoruba, Hausa, Spanish, etc. speaking congregation, what language would they use in worship that's gonna make then United??

Having a central church MIGHT be possible, it's just going to be like "FUJI HOUSE OF COMMOTION"

Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman

Kalatium:
Today , I was just wondering how did we end up with so many churches.

I happen to be in Maiduguri currently but I can't seem to find my church and the churches that are somehow close I haven't heard of them before. I don't know their doctrines nor the kind of their beliefs.

I am just stock. Thinking of just staying at home today and watch service online.

I wish we christians have just one church so that irrespective of where you are you can be comfortable going to any church.

End time churches

Money oh. Simple and short

Because that's the most lucrative business in Nigeria as at today 17th Sept., 2023

I'll Tell you

Kalatium:
Today , I was just wondering how did we end up with so many churches.

I happen to be in Maiduguri currently but I can't seem to find my church and the churches that are somehow close I haven't heard of them before. I don't know their doctrines nor the kind of their beliefs.

I am just stock. Thinking of just staying at home today and watch service online.

I wish we christians have just one church so that irrespective of where you are you can be comfortable going to any church.

Don't worry the anti christ is coming with one world religion

Shebi you are paying tithe na. Keep asking.

Question you should ask is...
Why so many churches and yet so few good men and women when the church is supposed to be filled with good people....

Business men got into ministry

Simply because Man is CAPITALIST by nature and likes FREEDOM.😏🙂

When the Roman Catholic Church held sway as the World's only church,
They Amassed stupendous Wealth.

When King Henry VIII broke away to form the Anglican Church, he saw the Massive Wealth, there is.🤨🙂

Other Churches also Broke out continuously from the Anglican Church and saw same things, too.🙂

Kalatium:
Today , I was just wondering how did we end up with so many churches.

I happen to be in Maiduguri currently but I can't seem to find my church and the churches that are somehow close I haven't heard of them before. I don't know their doctrines nor the kind of their beliefs.

I am just stock. Thinking of just staying at home today and watch service online.

I wish we christians have just one church so that irrespective of where you are you can be comfortable going to any church.

Don't worry the a.nti christ is coming with one world religion

NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHY.
The issue started with the catholic faith, what their religion taught was indoctrination and people wanted freedom. This was not what the apostle taught. Then as a catholic u dare not have the bible , they taught the people fear but people got fed up and there was uprising, Martin Luther, the protestant (they protested) SUPPORTED BY HENRY VIII king of England because he wanted to marry AIMEE as against the catholic and ofcourse christian faith of marrying two wives.

Then we have proliferation of doctrine, everyone wanted to have a say in the christian faith.

One of the major issues is the issue of doctrine. We have ministries that work in faith and works and they believed everything is faith, another believes in supernatural forces must be dealth with .so each one with it's doctrine SO CHURCHES BECAME MUCH UNNECESSARILY

Lol

Greedy and lack of unemployment

Black people want to be still slaves as simple as it .

imagine pastors flying in planes while paupers will come to nairaland to beg in name of god.

Common White people know the scam of religion and are avoiding ,but trust the black slaves to do what white masters want them to do .

Human selfishness and regional politics contributed to why we have many churches.

But in Nigeria it's mainly because of lack of job that's why you see churches springing up every corner.

But my annoyance is that.... Christianity in Nigeria and to a large extent in Africa is becoming a joke because of Pentecostal churches.

Pentecostal churches messed up Christianity big time, now churches are more of party than a religious place.

The word of God must go round.

Christians cannot have one singular church. It can't work.

For instance, some churches still don't believe in the deity of Jesus Christ

Love of money by dubious devious jobless people who make themselves pastors from begining of 21st centures

Iseoluwani:
Don't worry the anti christ is coming with one world religion

Rubbish.
We are talking about reality and you are talking vague.

Righthussle:
We have more churches today because of the sharing formula of tithe and offering of a church. The owner of a church takes everything the gullible congregants bring to church, so people who want to partake in the free money quickly open their own church.

Exactly

Business ventures.

We End up with many churches as a result of greedy, joblessness and quest for Authority at all.

Kalatium:
Today , I was just wondering how did we end up with so many churches.

I happen to be in Maiduguri currently but I can't seem to find my church and the churches that are somehow close I haven't heard of them before. I don't know their doctrines nor the kind of their beliefs.

I am just stock. Thinking of just staying at home today and watch service online.

I wish we christians have just one church so that irrespective of where you are you can be comfortable going to any church.

You get more of protestant churches there

GBÁJUẸ

We have many churches in the south because everyone wants to have access to tithe money and also to control kpekus. What we are practicing in Nigeria is not Christianity. See below pictures of multiple churches in one building

Mat 7:15  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 
Mat 7:16  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 
Mat 7:17  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 
Mat 7:18  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 
Mat 7:19  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 
Mat 7:20  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 
Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 
Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 
Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 



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