By Vera Chinonso Aliyu, YeyeNews.com, November 21, 2021
A mega church in Lagos has suspended a member for donating less money in the church fundraising event than he gave out to musician Davido during the artist’s “100,000,000 Naira Challenge”. The letter conveying the suspension as seen by YeyeNews.com reporter stated that the member “donated a paltry N50,000 in the fundraising while you gave N450,000 to a worldly musician who has done nothing to attract God’s blessings to your life or to set you in the path of salvation… This letter is therefore to bring to your notice the decision of the Board of Trustees that you either review your donation to reflect God’s blessings in your life within one week or you automatically stand suspended from every of the church activities. May God touch your heart to do what is right”.
The suspension of the member has set tongues wagging in the church. Some church members have accused the members of the Board of Trustees of overstepping the bounds of decency. “This decision of the BoT of the church is devoid of logic. How do you measure God’s blessings in a person’s life? The BoT got this completely wrong. The minimum wage in this country is N30,000 and they are complaining that somebody who gave N50,000 donation has not done enough. This is a wrong message they are sending to the general public”, a member who pleaded anonymity told YeyeNews.com reporter.
But one of the pastors backed the decision of the BoT calling it a “bold step in the direction of setting our spiritual priorities right”. The pastor insists that the action of the member to give so much in celebrating a circular artist while donating a “paltry sum” towards the wellbeing of his spiritual fathers is irresponsible. “Every action has consequence. I think the church is right to suspend him. We must be bold and fearless in the spiritual warfare we are waging. You can not be in our midst reaping from the vineyard of God we took our time to cultivate and then you use the products to pay homage to Mammoth. It is either you shape up or you are shipped out. May God bless the BoT members”, he concluded.
