Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has begged his members to stop paying tithes and offerings until after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Federal Government had announced the relaxation on the ban on religious gatherings in the country.

It however comes with some conditions that worshippers should wear masks, properly sanitise their hands, among other health guidelines to tackle the spread of COVID-19.

But Giwa while addressing his members in Akure said it does not make sense to ask members to be paying tithes and offerings in these trying times.

Besides, the pastor also faulted the federal government for mandating worshippers to wear masks.

He said: “I don’t think it makes sense for Pastors to ask their members to pay tithes or offerings during these difficult times.

“Things are extremely difficult now; giving is not by force but by one’s own volition. The Scripture tells us in the book of Exodus 35:29 children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to Jehovah, every man and woman whose heart prompted them to bring for all manner of work, which Jehovah, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.

“I have begged my members to stop giving out tithes and offerings till everything becomes normal.

“The Scripture also tells us that one can give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctant or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

“However, if any of them chooses to still give out their voluntary offerings and tithes, so be it.”

On wearing facemasks to churches, Giwa asked the Federal Government to withdraw the condition.

He also faulted the one-hour mandate handed down to churches, stating: “Let me also use this medium to tell the federal government to withdraw some conditions given to the church. It’s wrong to give us time to be end our services.

“It is also not acceptable to mandate us to be using masks in the house of God. You don’t love us by telling us to follow the guidelines laid down by human beings.

“Our God is bigger than any disease. We will maintain social distancing, but wearing a mask is unhealthy.

“If they love us, they would have fixed our electricity since 2015. If they love us, they would have made arrangements to deal with hunger in Nigeria.

“They have further showed us that they don’t mean well for us by asking us to be wearing masks.”

dre11:
But Giwa while addressing his members in Akure said it does not make sense to ask members to be paying tithes and offerings in these trying times.
Besides, the pastor also faulted the federal government for mandating worshippers to wear masks.
He said: “I don’t think it makes sense for Pastors to ask their members to pay tithes or offerings during these difficult times.
“Things are extremely difficult now; giving is not by force but by one’s own volition. The Scripture tells us in the book of Exodus 35:29 children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to Jehovah, every man, and woman whose heart prompted them to bring for all manner of work, which Jehovah, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.
“I have begged my members to stop giving out tithes and offerings till everything becomes normal.
“The Scripture also tells us that one can give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctant or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
“However, if any of them chooses to still give out their voluntary offerings and tithes, so be it.”

Prudent200:
so you mean you prefer Catholic to Pentecostal

Gracealone:
The rate at which so many pastors strive to be politically correct and accepted on social media these days scares me.

dre11:


https://thenationonlineng.net/covid-19-pastor-begs-members-not-to-pay-tithes-offerings/

MuttleyLaff:
Bishop Gerald Glenn, 66, US pastor who blasted social distancing measures and said "The virus is out there, yeah, but God is out there too. God is larger than this virus et cetera" and so defied social distancing, only to come die of the same virus aka COVID-19.

Pastor Landon Spradlin from Virginia US, who didn’t think COVID-19 was a hoax, as his son said he knew it was a real virus died from illness, criticising the panic surrounding the coronavirus aka COVID-19 calling it "mass hysteria"

Frankline Ndifor, aged 39, Cameroon Prophet who claimed to heal COVID-19 patients by laying hands on them, died of Corona virus.

Pastor Charles Kayiwa, originally from Uganda, who moved to the UK in 1993 having spent seven years prior, living in Sweden, the disease took him so quickly. He was admitted to hospital on Monday and by Sunday he was gone.

Prominent Iraqi Shia scholar Ayatollah Sayed Hadi al-Modaressi contracted the novel Coronavirus, official sources confirmed.

Dr Paul Kasabele, "gifted" eye doctor and Woolwich pastor, died of COVID-19 after warning others to take it seriously.

Ballymena man Pastor Edwin Cotter, from Republic of Ireland died from COVID-19.

Gracealone:
The rate at which so many pastors strive to be politically correct and accepted on social media these days scares me.