A General Overseer asked me to buy his church – Catholic Bishop decries monetization of churches
Catholic Bishop of Yola Archdiocese, Stephen Mamza, has condemned the proliferation of churches that seem to prioritize commercial gain over spiritual salvation.
He said in Nigeria today, people just want to become general overseers and own private jets, asserting that Nigerian clerics now have more jets than their colleagues in the rest of the world put together.
Mamza, the immediate past chairman of Adamawa State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, stated this during a special Mass in Yola.
He said; “Even the holy spirit will find it difficult to count the churches in Yola. Churches are set up today just for business.”
The clergyman mentioned a particular personal experience when the general overseer of a particular church asked him to buy his church because the church was not yielding financial fruits.
Mamza added; “A general overseer approached me to buy his church. He said things were not moving well for him and he knew of a place where things would work and where he wanted to go.
He continued; “Pope Francis invites us this World Communications Day to examine AI and how it affects communication. Although platforms for communications offer fantastic opportunities, they take out the humanity in us. Any gadgets that deduct from how humanity comes together for impactful close-touch relationships are not good enough.
“Many circumstances crop up every so often when you need to be touched or touch someone when you need to stand right by somebody or have somebody stand by you. Only human communication can do this. In our pursuit of technology, may we always consider the need to strengthen human communication with all the necessary empathy that it possesses.”
