I was invited to a church(to be precise a pentecostal) today by my friend. During the course of ministration the pastor said something that suprised me, he said an Alhaji was part of the people that had to donate to the church when they were looking for funds to complete the church building during the period the church building was yet to be completed....
He further said that if we believers fail to carry out our responsibility then God will use unbelievers to carry them out .
Am not criticising the church or trying to bring out any thing from this but I was just surprised cos this is my first time of hearing such thing...
Nairalanders what's your say on this?

Arlex:
I was invited to a church(to be precise a pentecostal) today by my friend. During the course of ministration the pastor said something that suprised me, he said an Alhaji was part of the people that had to donate to the church when they were looking for funds to complete the church building during the period the church building was yet to be completed....
He further said that if we believers fail to carry out our responsibility then God will use unbelievers to carry them out .
Am not criticising the church or trying to bring out any thing from this but I was just surprised cos this is my first time of hearing such thing...
Nairalanders what's your say on this?

good behaviour is totally different from religion

kudoxs:
good behaviour is totally different from religion

ya accepted but should the church have accepted d donations

So an Alhaji is an unbeliever,use ur brain and get better adjective to qualify things in the future

Arlex:
ya accepted but should the church have accepted d donations

depends on the belief of the pastor of the church, some will not while some will.

King James Bible- Isaiah 61:6****
But ye shall be named the Priests
of the LORD: men shall call you
the Ministers of our God: ye shall
eat the riches of the Gentiles, and
in their glory shall ye boast
yourselves.

Arlex:
ya accepted but should the church have accepted d donations

I see nothing wrong with that, unless he was forced to do so. However, I don't fully appreciate the pastor's statement about God using unbelievers to do what believers won't do.

My opinion; I stand to be corrected.

dajoaneke:
King James Bible- Isaiah 61:6****
But ye shall be named the Priests
of the LORD: men shall call you
the Ministers of our God: ye shall
eat the riches of the Gentiles, and
in their glory shall ye boast
yourselves.

Thank you.

It's scripturally "not wrong"

What is your definition of an unbeliever?

If satan himself brings a donation, the church should accept it. The earth is the lords and everything in it. This includes all the money, so it does not matter who is bringing it.

you would rather accept stolen money shebi?

People don't even understand what they follow ....nonsense

The church is gaining from the wealth of the gentiles, It's scriptural!