₦airaland Forum

Pavore9:
Historically the Church has bred thinkers.

CAPSLOCKED:
THEIR ONLY ATTEMPT HAS BEEN VIGILS, PRAYERS, STUPID PROPHECIES, SNAKE OIL SALES, AND MANY OTHER POINTLESS THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FAILING SO ATROCIOUSLY.

oneolajire:
Mr church hater, tell us what your religious group or association has done or will do for this nation to achieve rapid nation building or you remain silent for ever. If you can't boldly come forth to tell us what your organisation is doing, then it is a liability and a parasitic one.

ednut1:
The government not churches abeg. Which country church don develop Thier business is salvation

SalomonKane:
thinkers who use their brains to perpetuate all sort of evil for the church, right?

oneolajire:
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In my last article, Christians, Churches And Tithes Are Not Nigeria's Underdevelopment Problems . https://www.nairaland.com/4611907/christians-churches-tithes-not-nigerias  I promised to write on how churches and christians can help accelerate socio-economic development of Nigeria. Yea, the strength of the churches in Nigeria is massive because of the financial strength they possess as this can be harnessed to help more in nation building.‎

Agriculture: Agriculture is a major sector that the church needs to invest massively to help achieve rapid development. If each mega church can invest a minimum of 20 million naira into cattle ranching in almost all the geopolitical zone in Nigeria, there will be abundant meat for local consumption and export.

The terrorism perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen against the farmers and Christians would be a thing of the past as the evil monopoly of beef production will been broken when there is massive investment in modern cattle rearing. Other sources of animal protein should also be explored to create varieties.

I believe that if the church can invest thirty percent of her investment in university education and TV broadcast alone on cultivation of rice, palm oil, and other staple food items, the number of unemployed in the churches will also reduce greatly. 

I believe the church should learn much from a Nigerian called Rev Father Nzamujo, Songhai Farms, www.songhaifarms.org, Port Novo. He left his comfort zone in the US to start a multi-disciplinary farm in Port Novo after he was rejected in Nigeria. He succeeded at winning souls for Christ as well as meeting the physical needs of people.  ‎
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 Library: Library provision is another major aspect the church can help Nigeria achieve rapid transformation. Ben Carson, Thomas Edison and many other Americans achieved greatness because they made use of public libraries. For a nation to develop, I believe students should be more familiar with the libraries than the political parties and entertainers.

Technology hubs: Menlo Park, USA, was the world's  first privately owned research and development lab/workshop, established by Thomas Edison. Several products were developed there while Henry Ford later developed his first car from this same workshop. After then, several other people and organisations have built their own research and development centres. 

I have seen and read several prototype inventions made by Nigerians which could not be developed into commercial products.  So many ended up on the shelves while some were lucky to be developed abroad. It would be a great thing if the church can invest in creating few technology hubs in Nigeria to help commercialise technology prototypes, probably in association to the universities they have.

Installation of solar power facilities are have been discovered to be a potent solution to the problem of power supply in Nigeria. Unfortunately, solar power facilities are very expensive, but I believe if the church can use her technology hub to invest in the manufacture of this product  in large quantities, there will be cheap source of power supply for all.

Impact Makers: The most effective way the church can make tremendous impact in our society is to produce impact makers like Joseph, Daniel, Esther and Nehemiah. The political and economic situation in Nigeria  is terrible because it is filled with visionless and greedy people as a result of the absence of impact makers. We need more of the former NAFDAC DG, late Dora Akunyili who will courageously take their Jesus to workplaces and make generational impact.


Note to Christians: Christians must understand that their major duty is not just about evangelism and running other church programmes, but must learn to provide for the needs of the worshippers as well. In Act 6: 1-7, the apostles made provisions to meet the needs of the disciples. In Act 4:34-37, disciples sold their properties and the funds were used for evangelism and welfare of their worshippers. Thank God they sold their properties because persecution later dispersed them.‎

Today, Nigerian Christians do not necessarily need to sell their properties for social services because there is no persecution to disperse anylonger, but to engage in ventures that will be used to better the conditions of living. Christianity is not a state religion in Nigeria so this is the reason why total dependence on the government is dangerous. It must be understood that making economic impact in the society makes Christianity more acceptable.
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Finally, It is so unfortunate that Nigeria is now known to be the world's capital of poor people. Blame game produces no development. Poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment is a common feature of all tribes, religion and association. Therefore all hands must be on deck to turn situations around. ‎

pro2010:
The church needs to be taxed, that way more funds will be available for development.

Iamzik:
Then why are you called the light?

You can't preach salvation to a hungry man.

Even Jesus carried out the full fold ministry.
He fed the multitude twice and preached to them as well.

Read James 2:15-16

The reason why you are educated today is because missionaries brought salvation message along with education, healthcare and infrastructural development. They didn't leave our fathers in their unclothedness and primitive state

The gospel is not all about evangelism and Crusades alone. We must make visible impact and that's the essence of this post

oneolajire:
‎
In my last article, Christians, Churches And Tithes Are Not Nigeria's Underdevelopment Problems . https://www.nairaland.com/4611907/christians-churches-tithes-not-nigerias  I promised to write on how churches and christians can help accelerate socio-economic development of Nigeria. Yea, the strength of the churches in Nigeria is massive because of the financial strength they possess as this can be harnessed to help more in nation building.‎

Agriculture: Agriculture is a major sector that the church needs to invest massively to help achieve rapid development. If each mega church can invest a minimum of 20 million naira into cattle ranching in almost all the geopolitical zone in Nigeria, there will be abundant meat for local consumption and export.

The terrorism perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen against the farmers and Christians would be a thing of the past as the evil monopoly of beef production will been broken when there is massive investment in modern cattle rearing. Other sources of animal protein should also be explored to create varieties.

I believe that if the church can invest thirty percent of her investment in university education and TV broadcast alone on cultivation of rice, palm oil, and other staple food items, the number of unemployed in the churches will also reduce greatly. 

I believe the church should learn much from a Nigerian called Rev Father Nzamujo, Songhai Farms, www.songhaifarms.org, Port Novo. He left his comfort zone in the US to start a multi-disciplinary farm in Port Novo after he was rejected in Nigeria. He succeeded at winning souls for Christ as well as meeting the physical needs of people.  ‎
‎
 Library: Library provision is another major aspect the church can help Nigeria achieve rapid transformation. Ben Carson, Thomas Edison and many other Americans achieved greatness because they made use of public libraries. For a nation to develop, I believe students should be more familiar with the libraries than the political parties and entertainers.

Technology hubs: Menlo Park, USA, was the world's  first privately owned research and development lab/workshop, established by Thomas Edison. Several products were developed there while Henry Ford later developed his first car from this same workshop. After then, several other people and organisations have built their own research and development centres. 

I have seen and read several prototype inventions made by Nigerians which could not be developed into commercial products.  So many ended up on the shelves while some were lucky to be developed abroad. It would be a great thing if the church can invest in creating few technology hubs in Nigeria to help commercialise technology prototypes, probably in association to the universities they have.

Installation of solar power facilities are have been discovered to be a potent solution to the problem of power supply in Nigeria. Unfortunately, solar power facilities are very expensive, but I believe if the church can use her technology hub to invest in the manufacture of this product  in large quantities, there will be cheap source of power supply for all.

Impact Makers: The most effective way the church can make tremendous impact in our society is to produce impact makers like Joseph, Daniel, Esther and Nehemiah. The political and economic situation in Nigeria  is terrible because it is filled with visionless and greedy people as a result of the absence of impact makers. We need more of the former NAFDAC DG, late Dora Akunyili who will courageously take their Jesus to workplaces and make generational impact.


Note to Christians: Christians must understand that their major duty is not just about evangelism and running other church programmes, but must learn to provide for the needs of the worshippers as well. In Act 6: 1-7, the apostles made provisions to meet the needs of the disciples. In Act 4:34-37, disciples sold their properties and the funds were used for evangelism and welfare of their worshippers. Thank God they sold their properties because persecution later dispersed them.‎

Today, Nigerian Christians do not necessarily need to sell their properties for social services because there is no persecution to disperse anylonger, but to engage in ventures that will be used to better the conditions of living. Christianity is not a state religion in Nigeria so this is the reason why total dependence on the government is dangerous. It must be understood that making economic impact in the society makes Christianity more acceptable.
‎
Finally, It is so unfortunate that Nigeria is now known to be the world's capital of poor people. Blame game produces no development. Poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment is a common feature of all tribes, religion and association. Therefore all hands must be on deck to turn situations around. ‎

oneolajire:
Mr church hater, tell us what your religious group or association has done or will do for this nation to achieve rapid nation building or you remain silent for ever. If you can't boldly come forth to tell us what your organisation is doing, then it is a liability and a parasitic one.

oneolajire:
Mr church hater, tell us what your religious group or association has done or will do for this nation to achieve rapid nation building or you remain silent for ever. If you can't boldly come forth to tell us what your organisation is doing, then it is a liability and a parasitic one.

Iamzik:
Then why are you called the light?

You can't preach salvation to a hungry man.

Even Jesus carried out the full fold ministry.
He fed the multitude twice and preached to them as well.

Read James 2:15-16

The reason why you are educated today is because missionaries brought salvation message along with education, healthcare and infrastructural development. They didn't leave our fathers in their unclothedness and primitive state

The gospel is not all about evangelism and Crusades alone. We must make visible impact and that's the essence of this post

oneolajire:
‎
In my last article, Christians, Churches And Tithes Are Not Nigeria's Underdevelopment Problems . https://www.nairaland.com/4611907/christians-churches-tithes-not-nigerias  I promised to write on how churches and christians can help accelerate socio-economic development of Nigeria. Yea, the strength of the churches in Nigeria is massive because of the financial strength they possess as this can be harnessed to help more in nation building.‎

Agriculture: Agriculture is a major sector that the church needs to invest massively to help achieve rapid development. If each mega church can invest a minimum of 20 million naira into cattle ranching in almost all the geopolitical zone in Nigeria, there will be abundant meat for local consumption and export.

The terrorism perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen against the farmers and Christians would be a thing of the past as the evil monopoly of beef production will been broken when there is massive investment in modern cattle rearing. Other sources of animal protein should also be explored to create varieties.

I believe that if the church can invest thirty percent of her investment in university education and TV broadcast alone on cultivation of rice, palm oil, and other staple food items, the number of unemployed in the churches will also reduce greatly. 

I believe the church should learn much from a Nigerian called Rev Father Nzamujo, Songhai Farms, www.songhaifarms.org, Port Novo. He left his comfort zone in the US to start a multi-disciplinary farm in Port Novo after he was rejected in Nigeria. He succeeded at winning souls for Christ as well as meeting the physical needs of people.  ‎
‎
 Library: Library provision is another major aspect the church can help Nigeria achieve rapid transformation. Ben Carson, Thomas Edison and many other Americans achieved greatness because they made use of public libraries. For a nation to develop, I believe students should be more familiar with the libraries than the political parties and entertainers.

Technology hubs: Menlo Park, USA, was the world's  first privately owned research and development lab/workshop, established by Thomas Edison. Several products were developed there while Henry Ford later developed his first car from this same workshop. After then, several other people and organisations have built their own research and development centres. 

I have seen and read several prototype inventions made by Nigerians which could not be developed into commercial products.  So many ended up on the shelves while some were lucky to be developed abroad. It would be a great thing if the church can invest in creating few technology hubs in Nigeria to help commercialise technology prototypes, probably in association to the universities they have.

Installation of solar power facilities are have been discovered to be a potent solution to the problem of power supply in Nigeria. Unfortunately, solar power facilities are very expensive, but I believe if the church can use her technology hub to invest in the manufacture of this product  in large quantities, there will be cheap source of power supply for all.

Impact Makers: The most effective way the church can make tremendous impact in our society is to produce impact makers like Joseph, Daniel, Esther and Nehemiah. The political and economic situation in Nigeria  is terrible because it is filled with visionless and greedy people as a result of the absence of impact makers. We need more of the former NAFDAC DG, late Dora Akunyili who will courageously take their Jesus to workplaces and make generational impact.


Note to Christians: Christians must understand that their major duty is not just about evangelism and running other church programmes, but must learn to provide for the needs of the worshippers as well. In Act 6: 1-7, the apostles made provisions to meet the needs of the disciples. In Act 4:34-37, disciples sold their properties and the funds were used for evangelism and welfare of their worshippers. Thank God they sold their properties because persecution later dispersed them.‎

Today, Nigerian Christians do not necessarily need to sell their properties for social services because there is no persecution to disperse anylonger, but to engage in ventures that will be used to better the conditions of living. Christianity is not a state religion in Nigeria so this is the reason why total dependence on the government is dangerous. It must be understood that making economic impact in the society makes Christianity more acceptable.
‎
Finally, It is so unfortunate that Nigeria is now known to be the world's capital of poor people. Blame game produces no development. Poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment is a common feature of all tribes, religion and association. Therefore all hands must be on deck to turn situations around. ‎

Tundeobama:
please let mosque and traditional worshippers also contribute to development not only killings should they involve in.i like the way winners have invested in agric with landmark i want rccg,catholic,Anglican,choosen to follow suit and the rest.

Firebomber:
yes, since all the tax your useless government are collecting are been use for development right?

MrMcJay:
The church in itself is Nigeria's socio-economic problem.

I have more than 23 churches in my street and I have heard different kinds of funny doctrines. Some balanced, some extreme and some outrightly foolish. Instead of encouraging dignity of labour, we claim to 'tap' into other people's blessings. Instead of encouraging honest and righteous labour, we endorse criminality and dishonesty and call it unmerited favour.

I remember when Mr. Lawrence Agada of Christ Embassy stole money from Sheraton hotel and donated it to Christ's embassy, he was written a commendation letter personally signed by Mr. Chris Okotie.

Go to Oregun Industrial Estate in Ikeja and see how churches have turned the factories into churches. They're saying it's spiritual revival but spiritual revival doesn't add to a nation's gdp, it only increases the pastor's networth. It doesn't provide work for unemployed members, doesn't do anything for broke members.

I think the brand of Christianity practiced in Nigeria is not what is in the Bible as commanded of us and we must tell ourselves the truth that it's doing more harm than good.

oneolajire:
It takes vision to pursue a mission, it takes a man who sees the need to fill in the gap, it takes people who sees a lack before provisions can be made. God be praised for these exploits from Pastor Oyedepo, We pray for more visioneers for greater mission in nation building.

UyiIredia:
I highly agree. If the rate at which Nigeria builds churches and mosques especially in Lagos here went to schools, hospitals and craft centres Nigeria will be better than it is especially if we have good leaders take advantage of the ensuing skills and collaborate well to ensure such thing entities work well.

However, kudos to Oyedepo and I hope more churches follow in his footsteps.

CAPSLOCKED:
THEIR ONLY ATTEMPT HAS BEEN VIGILS, PRAYERS, STUPID PROPHECIES, SNAKE OIL SALES, AND MANY OTHER POINTLESS THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FAILING SO ATROCIOUSLY.

HigherEd:
Meanwhile, at Winners Chapel!

Technology Hub: Winners Chapel would be building her first Technology hub very soon. Although as usual it would be routed via her flagship university - CU. It would be housed in a twin mega structure with a bridge linking it. With over 2,000 systems.

Already, the Hebron startup lab which is an integral part of CUCRID - which is partly funded by David Oyedepo Foun. Initial 1 billion naira grant has nurtured about 43 start up businesses.

CUCRID on its core mission now has over 23 research clusters with massive year to year funding from both David Oyedepo foun and the school herself. The center now serves as the place with the highest activity in Multidisciplinary research with over 162 research publications(SCOPUS) and 20% of all Nigeria's multidisciplinary research as attested by Times Higher. It is also probably the largest indigenous private funder of research in Nigeria.

There is also plans for an agro - research institute at Landmark university later in the coming months. The church is also supporting LMU in her quest of putting the first Sattelite in space right here from inside Nigeria via a partnership with Kyushu Inst of Tech, Japan and NASDRA.

The Church is also providing 15,000 housing unit which would be transforming for Ota and would be a significant church led attempt in reducing the housing deficit of 17 million unit. I

So you see Churches are doing fairly great on the development side of things. Most of them just have PR issues.