Abuja Post: Guy Which Church You Dey Go?

It's no news that we Africans pretty much take religion more seriously than any other continent, it’s easy to forget that the white man brought religion to us because of how so far gone they are from it these days, the level of deviation and back sliding is somewhat alarming and quite questionable. Now I’m not saying religion is bad, we just take it to levels that is cloaked in hypocrisy and lies. In Naija, almost everywhere you turn, there's a church there and sometimes more than 4 on the same street in a residential area, even worse you can find 2 churches in the same plaza, once they have night vigil just join them in your house because you won't be able to sleep anyway. One of the good things about churches in Abuja is they are not located in residential areas or at least most of them and although it makes the journey to church a bit lengthy, at least it helps others with other faiths as regards noise and comfort. (More after The cut).

In Abuja, its church business with a drop of politics, where the rich are the pastor's favorites and can act as they please as long as their tithe and fat vows keep coming in, the poor are neglected and if possible sidelined from the church. It’s all about packaging and branding which less likely involves the word of God and more about prosperity and battle seeds, in fact there are some churches that poor people can't even attend because it’s too high class for them, imagine a church where there are senators, commissioners, top business men etc, coming to church in expensive cars, dressed to impress,  using their gadgets as bible, even you that has normal hard copy bible will be feeling somehow, fat enveloped offerings, everything soft. All these things kinda like distractions from the actual word of God which makes up 20% of why they even attend the church. If you're just managing and just normal, will you even want to attend? When it’s like church now has to do with class?  There's a lot going on that are far from what God wants from us as humans in my opinion.  I went to a church in Abuja and it honestly felt like I was at a show and I went there because someone told me it was and he wasn't lying.  Church like VMAs perfectly organized for entertainment and enticement for those with high taste. I'm not saying church shouldn't be posh and embrace technology o, all I'm about is why is church now a form of business?  Why does the church give preferential treatment to the rich and abandon the poor? Some churches in Abuja don't even have poor people among them because shame won't allow you attend church dressed like that, with no car or gadgets to flaunt during the service. In Abuja you see pastor's lobbying for presidential visit as advertorial and as a way of getting money too. Well now that the president is not a Christian I'm sure it’s bad market for many. Please what is going on in the church?

(The Picture Above does not imply that I'm referring to it in particular, its just  to illustrate my post)

Part 2 will be out.