Nigerians Blast Pastor Chris Oyakhilome OverN1000 Gate Fee for New Year CrossoverService

Revelations that worshippers at the headquarters of Christ
Embassy Church in Lagos had to pay N1,000 each as gate
fee to attend a New Year’s Eve service presided over by
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome have shocked many Nigerians and
infuriated others.
Worshippers who wanted to attend the crossover service at
Christ Embassy’s headquarters on Billings Way in Oregun
Area of Lagos on 31 December, 2014, were made to obtain
gate passes that sold for N1,000 each. Those who could
not afford such passes were turned back and told that they
could go elsewhere to worship or watch the service online
for free.
While the practice is not new in Christ Embassy Church, it
led to an uproar in January 2011 after it
was first introduced on 31 December, 2010.
According to PMNews , many people described it then as
extortion, abuse of ‘Jesus’ teachings and another
confirmation that some Nigerian churches and pastors are
more interested in making money than winning souls for
God.
But the church explained, though informally, that it was a
way of controlling the crowd and discouraging thousands
of people who come to church once a year on 31 December
and prevent “real worshippers” from securing seats at the
headquarters on that important night.
The argument did not win many fans and under a barrage
of criticisms, the church prayed the matter would be
forgotten. Nigerians also hoped gate fee collection would
stop. But the practice has continued and is now seen as
routine with those who cannot afford the money being
turned back on 31 December of every year.
With a sitting capacity of roughly 20,000 seats, Christ
Embassy might have made at least N20 million from the
sale of gate passes used for the crossover service.
Worshippers in Christ Embassy and former staff have
complained in the past that the emphasis was often too
much on money in the church rather than on spiritual things
Jesus Christ taught his disciples. While virtually all
prosperity churches in Nigeria apply the principles of
“giving to the church to receive from God”, many say the
level of financial demands and pressures in Christ Embassy
Church is unusually high.
Since the revelations about the gate fees collection at
Christ Embassy Church were made public last week,
Nigerians have continued to express shock, outrage and
indignation with many finding it hard to believe. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS

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