COCKCROW:


Why picking church? Are you against God? Be plain in your words. Are there not mosques everywhere? Are there not secret cults everywhere? First condemn evil?

God will end all these evils once all can know this secret:

https://www.nairaland.com/4831069/truth-set-free-john-8

EVILFOREST:
That’s only what NIGERIA is good at.
The only INDUSTRY that works efficiently.

If you try to locate places in Nigeria, on google map, you will discover that there are NO INDUSTRIES.....rather you will find worship centers especially CHURCHES scattered everywhere.

What stops this Pastor from erecting an industrial edifice for himself and employ his capable members...??
He knows he may not be able to run such.
He knows, this church is already TAX FREE...

They are scared of businesses and taxes, yet they drill frustrated members to pay TITHES regularly.
NIGERIA is very Far from being Great
CRIME can only get worse.
Who knows the next level...??

U have made some valid points but it's quite dicey cos some might say its not d responsibility of churches 2 set up factories. D primary responsibility of d church is 2b d light of d world thru their conduct, character and behavior. But no one should serve God with empty stomach and that's were d church should play a role to ensure people can sustain themselves. That was d practice in Acts 4:34-35. Unfortunately, that isn't d practice today

yvelchstores:
this was exactly what Judas said. That the perfume poured on Jesus feet was a waste and could have been sold and the money given to the poor. Rebuke the voice of Satan over your head. Stop being influenced by the devil. The temple of God is never a waste. Renew your corrupted mind.

Acts 4:32-35

olaeffect:


And in the so called progressive economy it is the pastors and the church that are building factories abi?
Mr. Economy grower oya tell us how many industries the church has built in USA, China, UAE, etc

Your hatred for the progress of the church need no excuse. You can just simply say i hate this. You have the right to hate, dont lie or make excuse.

You wont face bad politicians that we elected and are killing us and our economy, be there hating on pastors/churches that are carrying out their own calling.

Mr man religion is the biggest scam of all time... that's the main reason why the African continent is the most backward.

List the 10 most developed countries and list the 10 most religious countries.

About 80% of the most religious countries are on the African continent but not even one of them is among the 10 most developed economies in the world.

You religious type need to get your heads out of your asses and face reality.

Religion plays no part whatsoever in socio and economic development of a country!

To make matters once Christianity which you people hold on to so much is not even an African religion... the original proponents of the religion have since moved on cos they have realised that the time for religion has passed but you guys are still in self inflicted darkness cos you want to be more Catholic than the Pope and more Anglican than the Archbishop of Canterbury!!!

Christian will later Build heaven on this sin Nation

fashionale:
After independence, in order to build a great nation, each country went to work. But in Nigeria, after independence, our people went to pray and fast. So, while we were praying, Malaysia came here and took our palm seedlings and built a great factory of it. While we were praying, Singapore went into investment in technology. While we were praying, India went into ICT. While we were praying, China went to massive industrialization. While we were shouting Allah Alakuba! UAE went into massive infrastructural development. While we were binding and casting Lucifer, Japan went into technological development. While we were speaking in tongues, Denmark went into education of her citizens. While we were mounting big speakers in our places of worship, USA was mounting man on the moon.

After our prayers, God, being a wise God decided to reward us according to our labour. Since those that went into industrialization, technology, infrastructural development, ICT, education etc have been rewarded accordingly. It's only wise God rewards us with our efforts in prayers. That's why today, Nigerian pastors are competing in building the biggest churches. And we have the richest Pastors in the world.

That's why there are more prayer houses and worship places than hospitals and schools. That's why people rush to prayer houses for medical and business solutions instead of hospitals. That's why we don't do business proposals before jumping into business since we are going to back it up with prayers. And when it collapse, we blame devil. That's why it's a sin to say anything negative about pastors and imams. That's why our pastors don't consider the opinion of engineers while building and blame devil when building collapse. That's why faith in God replaces building pillars and when it collapse we blame it on Lucifer. That's why our pastors are making sure they plant church branches instead of schools in every streets in Nigeria. That's why we always wait for God to do that which ability to accomplish we already have in us. That's why we want our teachers to labour on earth and go to heaven for their rewards.Nigeria is a prayer loving, God fearing nation. Religion has taken the place of technology, infrastructure, education and all. When we are traveling, we ignore all the necessary road requirements, servicing of our vehicles and pray. And, once we pray, we can put a half fit vehicle on the road and blame our step mother or mother in law if anything goes wrong. That's why there are more people dying on our roads. Because, we pray and fast and leave everything to God when we have all we need to survive and build a nation....... I hope it made sense to you

Point of correction. Nigeria is a praying nation but not a God fearing nation. Nice piece though

Sarkin:
Nonsense
This Christian jihad agenda shall never work.

At least d Christian jihad doesn't entail bombing people indiscriminately, killing innocent men, women & children and slitting peoples throats

EVILFOREST:
That’s only what NIGERIA is good at.
The only INDUSTRY that works efficiently.

If you try to locate places in Nigeria, on google map, you will discover that there are NO INDUSTRIES.....rather you will find worship centers especially CHURCHES scattered everywhere.

What stops this Pastor from erecting an industrial edifice for himself and employ his capable members...??
He knows he may not be able to run such.
He knows, this church is already TAX FREE...

They are scared of businesses and taxes, yet they drill frustrated members to pay TITHES regularly.
NIGERIA is very Far from being Great
CRIME can only get worse.
Who knows the next level...??

Our environment allows religious institutions to thrive. People want miracles. No hardwork

omy it is the pastors and the church that are building factories abi?
Mr. Economy grower oya tell us how many industries the church has built in USA, China, UAE, etc

Your hatred for the progress of the church need no excuse. You can just simply say i hate this. You have the right to hate, dont lie or make excuse.

You wont face bad politicians that we elected and are killing us and our economy, be there hating on pastors/churches that are carrying out their own calling. [/quote]

Is d progress of d church measured by d no of magnificent buildings they are able to erect? I thought Jesus said something about d emphasis of d church moving from buildings made by d hands of men to building d lives of men?

Get your record straight, the first 100,000 seaters church was built by The Apostolic Church at Olorunda Ketu, Lagos and was commissioned by Ayo Oritsejafor years back.

agadam:
see our tithe money at work

Be truthful to yourself. What is in this building do you think your one year tithe can buy? Answer to yourself.


People wey dey pay tithe no dey talk, na you wan show yourself

God bless you

Good edifice i must confess but one thing these men of God fail to realize is that Christ did not come to die for the building or the magnificent edifice which they call church Christ came to die for you and I. to transform our soul so that our lives can have a meaning here on earth. This is like putting the cart before the horse. Many lives would have been transformed if such resources is ploughed back to salvage the lost souls, help members who cannot put food on their table, create job opportunities for their members, feed the poor and give home to the homeless, help the orphan and the widows among them and so on this is Christ message but our Bishops and men of God are completely doing the opposite.
May God open their eyes and anoint them with eye salves to pursue the vision of heaven, that they should wake up and preach the message of the cross to deliver souls who are heading to hell on a daily basis. If the purpose of Christ's death on the cross if for the building then his death is in vain indeed.

how i wish that much as Nigeria is creating world record in the building of churches....so also, evils such as ritual killings and raping

and kidnapping of innocent Nigerians are reducing...but alas!...the opposite is the case!

how i wish more pastors will tell their congregations about heaven and show them the way to heaven through Christ love ..

but the opposite is also the case as pastors prefer to show the people more about money and evil is spreading like wild fire...this is shameful..

olaeffect:


And in the so called progressive economy it is the pastors and the church that are building factories abi?
Mr. Economy grower oya tell us how many industries the church has built in USA, China, UAE, etc

Your hatred for the progress of the church need no excuse. You can just simply say i hate this. You have the right to hate, dont lie or make excuse.

You wont face bad politicians that we elected and are killing us and our economy, be there hating on pastors/churches that are carrying out their own calling.

Is d progress of d church measured by d no of magnificent buildings they are able to erect? I thought Jesus said something about d emphasis of d church moving from buildings made by d hands of men to building d lives of men?

MarianaTrench:


Mr man religion is the biggest scam of all time... that's the main reason why the African continent is the most backward.

List the 10 most developed countries and list the 10 most religious countries.

About 80% of the most religious countries are on the African continent but not even one of them is among the 10 most developed economies in the world.

You religious type need to get your heads out of your asses and face reality.

Religion plays no part whatsoever in socio and economic development of a country!

To make matters once Christianity which you people hold on to so much is not even an African religion... the original proponents of the religion have since moved on cos they have realised that the time for religion has passed but you guys are still in self inflicted darkness cos you want to be more Catholic than the Pope and more Anglican than the Archbishop of Canterbury!!!

Na so una dey take fail exams..the moniker you quoted asked you how many of those industries in America or Europe was built by churches and you veered off with pointless and unverified statistics! You won't hold the people you vote at the ballot boxes and pay taxes to responsible for the dearth of industries and job opportunities in the country na for church una strength dey..bloody cowards! You say you are against pastors, churches and tithes and yet you still want the churches to give you industries? Na church abi na pastor name you see for ballot boxes?? Keep shifting blames and keep shying away from demanding that those you voted to deliver..nigerians eh! Misplaced priorities ma una problem..

Imagine, he built the largest auditorium and his son built something larger. The prayer of every parent is that their child should be bigger

samuelchimmy:
How I wish Dr. Oyedepo can be the President of Nigeria.....visionary leaders like this....but unfortunately Nigerians will stone them to death before they even mention their good intentions

Thank God people are waking up from their slumped

samuelchimmy:
How I wish Dr. Oyedepo can be the President of Nigeria.....visionary leaders like this....but unfortunately Nigerians will stone them to death before they even mention their good intentions

The largest church auditorium in the world is in one of the poorest countries on earth where there are no factories, hell we can't even produce matches, Africans are indeed cursed.

sammychimex:



You that is not being sucked dry how much is your account balance. The only proof of wisdom is prosperity so if you are not richer than the people you accuse you need to humble yourself and learn get wisdom from them

Flawed logic.

If i had 1million and pay 100k a tithe, i would have 900k

Those persons would have had much more if they weren't paying tithes.


I am not making any case for or against tithing though because i am indifferent.

agadam:
see our tithe money at work

see your deluded mentality

MrGoogle88:

The largest church auditorium in the world is in one of the poorest countries on earth where there are no factories, hell we can't even produce matches, Africans are indeed cursed.

Africans are not cursed,we know the right thing to,but w have refused to do it,

While the church that Jesus built was celebrating achievements of the spirit, today's church is busy celebrating church buildings!

EVILFOREST:
That’s only what NIGERIA is good at.
The only INDUSTRY that works efficiently.

If you try to locate places in Nigeria, on google map, you will discover that there are NO INDUSTRIES.....rather you will find worship centers especially CHURCHES scattered everywhere.

What stops this Pastor from erecting an industrial edifice for himself and employ his capable members...??
He knows he may not be able to run such.
He knows, this church is already TAX FREE...

They are scared of businesses and taxes, yet they drill frustrated members to pay TITHES regularly.
NIGERIA is very Far from being Great
CRIME can only get worse.
Who knows the next level...??

Bros it's not the primary function of the church to build factories.they are supposed to be evangelizing, If any church chooses to build factories it's just out of there own free will.

fashionale:
I remember when this building was started, that was 2-3yrs ago and they said it will be completed in 2018. Now it has come to pass. This is the same Nigeria where we have been told several times that we will have stable power by so so year and it never happened. I know for sure that some government officials @ various level do worship here and they must have made everything possible to contribute their own to ensure completion of this edifice... But they can never do it when it comes to government projects..... I weep for this country.....

The best and most insightful comment here so far.

To be candid, I never really thought of it this way until you brought it up.

Really illuminating

Impacting people for earthly gains and reward with 0% heavenly consciousness. Christianity is not a game of numbers abeg

samuelchimmy:
How I wish Dr. Oyedepo can be the President of Nigeria.....visionary leaders like this....but unfortunately Nigerians will stone them to death before they even mention their good intentions

We don't need more churches. Convert them into factories.

BluntBoy:



In this age, you are still talking about temples made of wood and stones. God last lived in these types of temples ages ago. Our bodies are now the temples. Build the soul, not edifices.

And please, stop reading the Bible in isolation. The story about the perfume is metaphorical and had to do with Christ's foretold death. He made it clear that He would not always be with them. But do your pastors say these when they erect mansions in a country where millions are hungry?

the bible says the poor you will always have with you. So because there are poor people the church should have services under the mango tree? And pls don't say in this age cos the word of God is living and doesn't go out of date. Tanku

Akpacha:
lol those are d Bible verses used to confusing ur poor brain! I pity u, I wish u wouldn't die in ur ignorance.

the bible records that the "wisdom" of man is foolishness to God. Keep your "wisdom", I am fine with my "confusion and ignorance" so far it's the word of God. Bless u

PotatoSalad:

Shut the hell up.
You appreciate these things but will take vacations in France and dubai where things work. All you do here is pray pray pray.

you make absolutely no sense.

tonquendo4u:
We don't need more churches. Convert them into factories.

its seems you are not aware of this mans huge strides... Go ask around

Wow, nice one, just remembering me on how Solomon built a magnificent building for the Lord in the Bible.