THE LATEST WONDER OF NIGERIA – Can we be serious with ourselves for once?

THE LATEST WONDER OF NIGERIA – Can we be serious with ourselves for once?

The first known branch pastor, Azemhe Azena, who secretly built his own church edifice before resigning from his former church over health issues.

How he managed to pull this without Prophet Suleiman knowing and preempting him is worthy of note. The name, Azemhe Azena, should enter Guinness World Records.

See the screeded pop interior and thoroughly finished and furnished architectural masterpiece.

Church proliferation in Nigeria rarely stems from doctrinal interpretations. It’s mostly about independence, avarice, ownership, or security.

If anything, one lesson many serving pastors learnt from the abrupt retirement of Bishop Abioye by Bishop Oyedepo despites his undying loyalty is to plot their exit dramatically while still serving.

Ministry today in Nigeria is wearing garments of financial and commercial enterprises, with pastors breaking away at ease under every given circumstances.

This makes church proliferation most notably driven by economic hardship, unemployment, a search for financial security, and the desire for power/wealth.

This is a defining feature of modern Nigerian Christianity, with some urban areas featuring dozens of churches on a single street.

Can we be serious with ourselves for once?

Martin White-Ufuah