Pastor
Morayo Adegboro, the founder of Kingdom Purpose Assembly speaks on church’s
challenges over the years, urged churches with schools and hospitals to reduce their
school charges by 50% and to make their medical service free for the
congregations.
Although,
Kingdom Purpose Assembly does not have university or Hospital like other
churches in Nigeria but they still assist their members according to the Pastor.
Pastor Morayo Adegboro in his reaction to questions asked during interview with
Punch newspaper revealed it.
Pastor
Adegboro said, “At our level, we have
been able to do that. We have a scheme through which we feed the needy. If you
come to our service and you are hungry, all you need to do is go to our welfare
department. We give some quantity of food items and condiments. We don’t have a
clinic of our own but we pay the hospital bills of those who are in need and
approach us in this direction. We also do not have a school of our own but we
pay 50 per cent of the school fees of needy people who approach us for help.
“Some of our pastors are beneficiaries of
missionary schools. I strongly think those missionaries left the comfort of
their homes to do a selfless service. That is the same attitude we should have
as missionaries. There is no justification for any church to charge fees that
90 per cent of their congregation cannot afford. That is a betrayal of trust.
Church money is on trust. I strongly do not subscribe to this. Most of these
institutions are expensive to maintain and most of them are maintained by
charity and the church’s purse. The churches should cut those fees by 50 per
cent and make their medical care free for the people because if you talk about
subsidising medical care, an average congregant may not be able to afford it. They
cannot afford to run the schools for free though, but the fees can be reduced.”
I think this man has said it all. Church members should enjoy church
facilities including the Schools and Hospitals. Churches should show us good examples;
if our politicians are not trustworthy then we should have church to control
the situation. Church owned schools and Hospitals should be subsidized.
You can’t imagine this; there is a church (here in Nigeria) that you have
to pay for toilet use even when you come to their programme. God have
mercy!!!!!!
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