“We have made religious worship expensive. If I have to bring Mercy Chinwo to come here and sing, how much will I pay her? Rev. Fr. Chinenye Oluoma says
With immense authority on religious matters due to his position as a Catholic priest within the Abuja Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Chinenye Oluoma recently voiced his concerns regarding high-performance fees from acclaimed gospel artists like Mercy Chinwo when performing in church settings.
In a trending video shared across social media platforms, Fr.Oluoma criticized rising numbers of Christians who measure the value of worship through wealth rather than authenticity and strength of faith.
“We have made religious worship expensive. If I have to bring Mercy Chinwo to come here and sing, how much will I pay her? How much does a gospel artiste of Mercy Chinwo’s status charge to come to an event or in a Church, it has reached N10m now.
This is the tragedy that we have turned Christianity into, that an artiste will come to a church and lead in ten minutes praise and worship for N10m, N5m. So if that particular artiste doesn’t sing Jesus you love me too much, that means God didn’t love you too much? And some people are asking should they be paid? Why wouldn’t you pay them? If you must bring them you must pay them because what you are bringing them for is entertainment. We have turned worship into entertainment.
We have copied the world. In those days, those who composed songs we are still using for worshipping nobody even knows them,” he said
Watch video of him speaking below…
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