By Ighomuaye Lucky. O
Nigerian Pastor and President of LoveWorld Incorporated , Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has kicked strongly against the way and manner Nigerian gospel artistes place financial gain over their spiritual callings of songs ministrations.
Speaking recently, Pastor Chris accused some gospel singers of exploiting the church and God’s name for personal profit.
The Pastor disclosed that he had to server ties with certain artistes who according to him, charged exorbitant fees to perform during church services.
“They used the church to make money because they overcharged for singing. I had to send them away”, Pastor Chris said.
He further criticized their actions, noting that their primary focus was on financial returns rather than the spiritual objective of winning souls for Christ.
“They’ll collect huge money to perform in over four churches in a single Sunday. Immediate they are done singing, they move to the next church. They don’t even wait for prayers or preaching”, Chris said.
He reiterated that gospel music is meant to glorify God and not to serve as a platform for personal financial enrichment.
“You are singing for God, and you will deny coming to perform because money is not complete? You are not doing God’s work, he said passionately.
Pastor Chris who is also the Founder of Christ Embassy, reiterated that he confronted the artistes about their behaviour, urging them to refocus on the spiritual essence of their calling.
However, their unwillingness to change left him no choice but part ways with them.
“I told them this was for the glory of God, not theirs, and they were not willing to change, so I let them go”, Chris said.
