Wetin dey happen for Naija? E get as Toke Makinwa, that fine media personality, don talk say she don stop dey pay her monthly tithe to church matter. She come decide say e beta make she redirect that money go help hospitals, widows, and people wey dey find am hard to survive.
For one video wey she post for her YouTube channel, Toke yarn say, “I kind of stopped paying tithe to the church because all the churches I know are rich.” Abeg, no be lie. She reason am say why she go dey carry money go give church wey don get plenty, when real people dey suffer for street? She determine say hospital bills and widow matters dey her mind pass.
She no just dey sit down dey calculate at all. According to her, she prefer to take the money wey she go fit use for tithe carry go maternity ward and pay all the bills there. “I would rather when strangers come to meet me, I would tithe my tithe to them because they are telling me their actual needs,” she talk. Na real talk be this o!
Toke come drop bombshell: “How can I say I love God? I have the money this person is looking for to pay rent, and I’m carrying it to a church?” See as she dey shine light on the sad palava wey dey happen around tithe matter. People dey suffer wey sometimes na church money dem go carry go give when dem suppose help their neighbor.
This babe no just dey stop for tithe matter alone, she still dey support church programs and dey give offering when she dey go church. But that monthly tithe? No way! She dey use am for bigger purpose now. Na skillful move she make.
And no be say Toke no sabi wetin she dey talk. She cast her mind back to some years ago when she carry her whole brand endorsement fee go church as tithe. She don learn from that side, so she dey encourage people make dem dey act according to wetin dem believe. “Do whatever it is in your conviction to do,” na wetin she yarn.
No be only church matter dey ground o. E get as e be when wey pastors dey build their own empire, dey pass leadership to their family members. Na true, when pastor don die, e go fit be im pikin or wife go take over. Abeg, no be small wahala dey for this our church matter.
Naija people, make we shine our eyes as we dey hear this gist, because wetin Toke dey emphasize na say our money fit go better place. So, if you dey think say your tithe dey help the church pass your neighbor wey dey suffer, abeg run your own calculation well.
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