Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 11:03pm On Jun 15 |
I am seeking for justice.
I cannot just keep silent.
I don't want to keep saying it that the pain is too much for me to bear. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 7:23pm On Jun 15 |
Ishilove: If you had something financially productive to do with your time, trust me you won't have this kind of time. It is obvious Talking about having something financially productive, it's not all about being busy all the time. Do you know the shame, insult, humiliation, etc I went through as a result of relying on his ev*l strategic promise? The pain is too much for me to bear. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 7:20pm On Jun 15*. Modified: 7:40pm On Jun 15 |
Ishilove: Op, let it go. Dust yourself and move on. He promised and failed. He called you bad names. He was reckless etc.
Okay, agreed. The best form of revenge is success. Succeed and put him to shame, but you can't succeed if you're hung up in the past and refuse to move on.
Move on, because you are not going to win this. Try and get yourself something doing and block all those werey apps. Report their number as spam so you don't get their texts. Use Truecaller to mark their numbers as spam. MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE. Is it because I didn't mention the amount I am owing them here? It's not about blocking them, it's about looking for a way to pay the money. That is EXACTLY what the church headquarters wants, they think that by ignoring me for several months, at a point I will get tired and give up, and the matter will just die like that. Even if I won't win in court (as you have said), I don't want this matter to be a secret, I want it to go viral. The pastor/church are unlikely to take this matter to court because they know they won't win either. Even if I later leave it, many people would have heard about it. There is nobody this kind of thing will happen to who will not want to expose it. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:52am On Jun 15 |
People who are saying I went too far to report him, it's because they don't know the full story, so it's not their fault, they don't know the emotional distress this whole thing has made me go through coupled with the health problem I have been going through for several years.
I have reported this matter to another authority (with evidence) for consideration.
The church headquarters should continue to sleep on this matter. Their goal is that after ignoring me several times for several months, I will give up and allow the matter to die.
But I can't, until this matter is resolved. The more they ignore this matter, the more I escalate it. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 5:44pm On Jun 11 |
Later they said it doesn't concern the church, that it's a personal issue between me and the pastor.
I asked him several times if he will be able to fulfill his promise?, if he can't fulfill it, let me forget about it. He kept saying he will fulfill it and even claimed he doesn't make empty promises instead of being honest.
At the end, he said "I am a big thief, I want to reap where I did not sow". Manipulation is his hallmark.
Prost*tution came out of nowhere. He was telling me not to go into "prostit*tion" to get money to rent a house. It shows the kind of heart he has. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 5:31pm On Jun 11 |
voiceunheard: UPDATE FOR THOSE WHO SAID I WAS LYING OR ENTITLED:
Acknowledgement message from the church since 16th of January:
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your latest email and for sharing the draft statement you intend to publish. We have received this message and confirm that it has been read and noted with utmost seriousness.
First, please accept our sincere apologies for the prolonged silence you experienced following your earlier correspondence. We recognize that the lack of acknowledgment understandably compounded your pain, frustration, and sense of being unheard. For this, we are truly sorry.
We'd like to assure you clearly and unequivocally that your matter is now getting urgent attention. Your emails, including the allegations of unfulfilled commitments, inappropriate language, threats, and emotional distress, will be escalated to the appropriate authorities within the church structure for immediate review.
We deeply regret the emotional toll this experience has taken on you. While it is true that human beings can err — including making promises they are unable to fulfill — this in no way excuses, silence, intimidation, abusive language, or conduct that aggravates the distress of a vulnerable individual. God alone is infallible, faithful, and unwavering in keeping His word, and we encourage you to continue to lean on Him even as this process unfolds.
With respect to the statement you intend to publish, we kindly and respectfully request that you pause further public disclosure at this time. This appeal is made in good faith, not to suppress your voice or diminish your experience, but to allow the church conclude its internal review responsibly, confidentially, and without prejudice. Please be assured that refraining from publication at this stage will not hinder action being taken.
To enable us conclude our investigation promptly and accurately, we kindly request that you reconfirm or provide the following details (if not already fully supplied):
Your full name (for official records)
Your current phone number
The full name of the pastor involved
His church/area location
His contact phone number (if available)
Furthermore, to guide the resolution process appropriately, please let us know what outcome you are seeking in this matter. This may include (but is not limited to) clarification, apology, disciplinary action, pastoral intervention, restitution, or other resolution you deem appropriate.
Please be assured that allegations of threats, abuse, or misuse of spiritual authority are treated with utmost gravity. Where misconduct is established, appropriate disciplinary steps will be taken internally, and individuals will be held accountable in line with established procedures.
We also advise, in your own interest and wellbeing, that you allow this process to run its course rather than bearing this burden alone. You are not wrong to speak up, and your concerns will not be ignored.
You will be contacted as soon as the preliminary review is concluded. Kindly rest assured that prompt action is now underway.
Once again, we appreciate your patience and openness. Our prayers are with you for healing, peace, and restoration, and we trust that God — who never fails — will bring clarity and closure to this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Till now, no update from the church.
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Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 9:52pm On Jun 10 |
True righteousness is not found in beautiful sermons on an altar, it is demonstrated in how an institution treats a single, powerless individual who has been harmed by one of its leaders. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 9:38am On Jun 09 |
A serial promiser who systematically uses his spiritual position to trap vulnerable people in false hope. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 1:12pm On Jun 07 |
I was asked to put this matter into writing again after getting in touch with the wife of one of their high-ranking pastors. The pastor who called me and asked me to put it into writing read it and said he felt bad after reading it. Yet nothing was done about it, instead, the same pastor said "when a matter gets to them, they can only advise, they can't do anything about it", "it's because I trusted the pastor that is why I am going through all these", "sort yourself out".
If only reading it, he felt bad, then I that experienced it, they expect me to just go silent and sort myself out.
There is nobody this kind of thing will happen to and the person will not expose what happened especially since it involves a well-known church, because it is completely unbelievable that a church that preaches righteousness would handle a human being's life with such reckless disregard.
My outrage and my decision to speak out are completely justified. They created this crisis through their own actions, I am simply holding up a mirror to it. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 12:38pm On Jun 07 |
The matter got to the highest authority in Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), they can't claim they don't know about this. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 12:37pm On Jun 07*. Modified: 7:46pm On Jun 07 |
By mocking my vulnerability and breaking promises, the one who made the promise operates in total blindness to the spiritual consequences of exploiting the vulnerable.
To exploit the vulnerable is to choose to make God your direct adversary which he has done. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:04pm On Jun 06 |
One of the pastors was asking me "why will you be waiting for him to fulfill his promise when you didn't put money in his pocket?".
I never knew that for someone to fulfill his promise, money MUST change hands. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:02pm On Jun 06 |
This shows the height of wickedness dwelling within the church, and I refuse to let their wickedness remain hidden. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 8:20am On Jun 05 |
The pastor's actions show a complete misuse of spiritual authority. He weaponized my faith and vulnerability to control me, and then resorted to criminal intimidation when I demanded accountability |
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Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:14pm On Jun 03 |
MrEar: It's people like you Americans call "karen".
Be there crying because pastor failed to give you house. Have you finished blocking/running away after proving how unreason*ble you are? You said this word because you are sooo insensit*ve. |
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Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 7:59am On Jun 02 |
It doesn't matter if he had a good intention the day he made the promise. They don't judge a person based on how they started something, but rather on how the person finishes it.
That is why the end of everything is more important than the beginning. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:20pm On Jun 01 |
Talking about the pastor having a case with me, shame will not even allow him to take this matter to court because he will be found guilty, not just because of the death threat but also because of how the church headquarters handled this matter with negligence.
People saying it's too much/I went too far to report him, it's because they don't know the depth of what he has done.
Is it better to keep quiet and d*e in silence/commit suic*de or to say it out even if it will result to going to court?
Even as he said "he will d*e within a short time" and my neck was paining me, it's because I accepted the word (although I later prayed against it that is why it didn't happen), why? Because I was so tired and frustrated as a result of what I was going through where I was staying, waiting for him to fulfill his empty promise after misleading me and redirecting me from helping myself. Assuming I didn't accept that word, even if he put something in his mouth and said it, it won't work. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 9:58pm On Jun 01*. Modified: 2:23am On Jun 03 |
KARMA will catch up with him and it will be so disastrous for him. Even people who know him will deny him. Just as Living Faith Church (Winners' chapel) handled this matter with negligence, so will people be negligent to him.
Anywhere he is right now, let every living thing begin to fight against him.
God cannot be mocked, whatever a man sow, he will surely reap.
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Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:11am On Jun 01 |
Okash will not allow me have peace because I trusted/believed a serial deceiver.
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Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 4:15pm On May 31 |
The moment I demanded accountability by reporting him, he dropped the "pastor" act and showed his true nature. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 4:14pm On May 31 |
By confessing, "There are many people I have promised. I am settling them little by little," he exposed himself as a serial deceiver.
He routinely makes reckless commitments to people in crisis without the actual means or intention to fulfill them, using the church's altar as a shield. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 5:53am On May 30 |
One of the things a woman should hide is her pain. When pain is handled by the wrong hands (e.g Pastor Onyekachi Nwokolobia, including some commenters here, who assume/say "they" are the problem), it turns into shame, mockery, or manipulation. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 6:49pm On May 27 |
Responsible individuals honor their word. If circumstances change and they cannot fulfill a promise, they communicate transparently, apologize, and try to mitigate the damage |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 6:47pm On May 27 |
I didn't go too far by reporting the so called Pastor Onyekachi Nwokolobia of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), he was the one who went too far to make an unprovoked commitment he cannot keep. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 5:48pm On May 25 |
The pastor was using my background to mock me, thinking that because I don't have anyone, he can do me however he likes and nothing will happen. He has already concluded within himself that nothing will happen.
Which is why reporting him was the RIGHT move. A pastor who uses people's vulnerability to mock/exploit them, talking about going into prostit*tion. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:49pm On May 24 |
Matthew 24:4-5 NLT [4] Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, [5] for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many.
Matthew 24:11 NLT [11] And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.
PDP - Pastors Deceiving People |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 10:19pm On May 21 |
The pastor made a promise and was testing boundaries. Which was what made him say "since I stopped calling him, let him see how I will look for a way out". |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 11:44pm On May 20 |
Pauline25: From the way you have been handling this issue , I won’t be wrong to believe you are the person with issues... Many persons have advices you on what to do, instead you picked issues with almost everyone ...you can’t be the only one right.. From you dad to your room mate, to your room mate’s sister to pastor, to church headquarters and then to nairalanders.. You can’t fight the world... Pastor owes you nothing...he adviced you not to go to police and you decided not to.. You can’t hold him accountable for not recovering your money in full.. You just like to shift blames... This is a wrong way to go in life madam... Keep quiet. I don't care how you reason the whole thing, that is your problem. |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 11:41pm On May 20 |
Pauline25: You can’t tell the pastor what to promise and what not to promise.. Know this and know peace What you just said here, does it make any sense to you? |
Christianity Etc › Re: My Painful Experience With A Nigerian Pastor’s False Promise & Church's Silence by voiceunheard(op): 11:40pm On May 20 |
Pauline25: As your father abi? You just keep annoying me with your entitlement mentality God and get a job and move on... It was an unsolicited promise, I didn't ask him for it. I am not after his money (that is if he even has the money). |