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Pastor Adeboye: “The Richest Man in the World” – By Femi Aribisala

Daniel Oyetoro by Daniel Oyetoro
August 17, 2015
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“I have houses in at least 188 countries in the world, so I am richer than Bill Gates.” (Adeboye).

Recently, a friend took me to the jewel-in-the-crown of the Redeemed Christian Church of God; a glitzy parish called “City of David” in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Displayed resplendently on a wall in the church-office is a design of their current building project; a 14 storey architectural extravaganza titled “Trinity Towers.”

Is Redeemed still a church or is it now essentially a business concern? The Trinity Towers project shows the lines are now totally blurred. Jesus warns: “No one can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and Money.” (Matthew 6:24).

Nevertheless, this Tower of Babylon being built with church funds is designed both for the worship of God and for the worship of money.

The project is an appeal to crass commercialism; a blatant celebration of wealth. In this poverty-stricken Nigeria, the foundation of the building alone is expected to cost over 2 billion naira. Side-by-side with a 5,000 seat auditorium for church services are high-brow restaurants, cafeterias, indoor swimming pools, cinema halls, gymnasiums, retail shops, games arcades, lawn tennis courts, relaxation spots, and a helipad as the crowning glory. Of what relevance is all this “supermarket” in a church?

Anointing for carnality
A church-member, overwhelmed by the grandeur of it all, buttonholed me in the hallway. I did not know him from Adam, nevertheless, he held me hostage as he waxed lyrical about how the Redeemed Church was, to use his words: “taking over.” “We have already got the vice-presidency,” he said. (The vice-president of Nigeria is now a Redeemed pastor). “Next we will get the presidency,” he continued; “and then we will get DSTV;” (a South African satellite television network).

The anointing for this pride of life flows right from the top. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Church is Pastor Adeboye. A few years ago, he decided he needed a billion naira without which his “work of God” could not be done. So he confounded the Christian faith by establishing a “millionaire’s club.” To be a member, you had to hand over a million naira to him in Jesus’ name.

Thereafter, he upped the ante by calling for a “billionaire’s club.” He announced that he would be building an auditorium that can only be described as “fantabulous.” It would be a ginormous three kilometers in length and three kilometers in breadth. This project is clearly more designed to get Adeboye into the Guinness Book of World Records than it is to get the members of Redeemed into the kingdom of God.

Declared Adeboye on that occasion: “We need 1 billion naira from ten people. If you are one of them, please see my personal Secretary after we finish today.” Who are those likely to have this kind of money to give in the Nigeria of today except those who have cornered public funds? Thereafter, an announcer sought to know the members of the church who were “willing to join hands with our Father in the Lord to build a new auditorium to God’s glory.”

Vanity upon vanity
The proposed auditorium is not to the glory of God. The proposed auditorium is to the glory of Adeboye. Adeboye’s project is reminiscent of Saul’s, who built a monument to himself. (1 Samuel 15:12). Nowhere in the entire New Testament was money ever collected for putting up a building. Money was only collected for the poor. The temple of God is no longer a physical building. The temple of God is now Jesus Christ.

Pastor Adeboye is getting increasingly carried away by vanity. I have a tape of a question-and-answer session he had with his church-workers a number of years ago in which he boasted that the time would soon come when, before anybody could aspire to be president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he would first have to talk to Redeemed Church. Nothing in the scriptures can be construed as suggesting this as one of the stated objectives of Jesus Christ.

A Redeemed church-member told me of another meeting he attended captioned: “A Day Out with the G.O.” It was a dinner for financial sponsors of one of the annual “Holy Ghost Festivals.” Pastor Adeboye boasted tongue-in-cheek on that occasion that the time would soon come when the Queen of England would plead to join Redeemed in order to work as an usherette. The audience reportedly responded with wild applause and shouts of “Amen.”

Richer than Bill Gates
At the just-concluded 63rd Annual Convention of the Redeemed Church, Adeboye declared that he is now richer than Bill Gates; widely acknowledged as the richest man in the world. He said: “I have houses in at least 188 countries in the world, where we have our churches, so I am richer than Bill Gates. Each time I visit these countries, my children would be struggling and saying daddy, come and stay with me.”

These “houses” don’t belong to Adeboye; they belong to Redeemed church. Knowingly or unknowingly, Adeboye distorts the gospel. Jesus says: “All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given a hundred times as much. They will also have eternal life.” (Matthew 19:29).

However, Jesus words are spirit. (John 6:63). Therefore, his “houses” are entirely spiritual, while Adeboye’s are physical. Jesus does not make his disciples richer than Bill Gates. Instead, he says: “God will bless you people who are poor. His kingdom belongs to you! But you rich people are in for trouble. You have already had an easy life!” (Luke 6:20/24).

Adeboye continued: “If I announce here that tomorrow morning, I need a car to travel to the new auditorium, how many cars do you think would be made available to me by you my children? Those of you that do not have a car of your own, very soon, God will give you your own cars. So, I am appealing to you to become an incurable soul winner before you leave this convention ground and your cup will overflow.”

Anathema to Christ
This is nothing but the enticing word of man’s wisdom. Believers don’t preach the gospel in order to receive cars. We do because God commands that we do so.

Jesus had neither chariots nor horses. He had no lands and houses. Indeed, he warned a prospective disciple who wanted to follow him they would not be staying at the “Sheraton Hotel:” “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20).

Jesus does not speak like Adeboye. He says: “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master.” (Matthew 10:24-25). Jesus’ example is anathema to Adeboye’s declaration that he is now the richest man in the world.

This is the word of Jesus the Adeboyes of this age choose to ignore: “It’s terribly hard for rich people to get into the kingdom of heaven! In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God’s kingdom.” (Matthew 19:23-24).

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Comments 13

  1. xtiana says:
    8 years ago

    This person really needs to seek God’s forgiveness. Did he attend the convention to see how God healed the lame and made them work. Didn’t the writer hear about how God raised the dead? Didn’t he hear about the woman that was barren for 20 yr’s, that God Gave her twins?
    if the writer was in camp for the 7 days convention, he would have know that daddy G.O WAS TRYING TO MAKE POINTS. Pls you guys should talking bad about true men of God so that you can have a place in the kingdom.

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  2. Janice Nelson says:
    8 years ago

    Rich in what??? Health wealth or spirit!!!!

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  3. Cudjoe Godwin says:
    8 years ago

    Can’t u get that? have all tins if u have Jesus, as ur savior u all tins

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  4. tunde says:
    8 years ago

    Its obvious that. When the world doesn’t seems 2 know their bearing they choose to find. A way of distracting and cooking all forms of false hood either for them to win fame or get recognized bt my brother n friend why do you resort to judging the man of God? When he said he has houses in 188 countries yes and thank God u noted it they are his children’s n when they are his children’s they are his so please for God sake let go of your criticism rather if you are not please then yOu owe him a duty to pray for him rather than falsehood and criticism

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  5. peace says:
    8 years ago

    May God have mercy on u.

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  6. Anonymous says:
    8 years ago

    May God forgive you.

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  7. Viktor says:
    8 years ago

    whoever wrote this write up is nothing but a devil spoiling the name of the pastor. the main purpose for building the auditorium is to make an auditorium that would be able to contain a large number of people because the present auditorium is now too small to contain the crowd that attend the programs. Also when he said he had houses in almost every nation in the world, he didn’t mean personal houses. he meant many people always wanted to house him because of who he is. and when he said he was richer than Bill Gates, he was actually talking about spiritual blessings. please next time you want to write an article, get true facts before writing things like this. this shows how poor your education is. you are just trying to tarnish the image of this innocent man.

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  8. Rosine says:
    8 years ago

    I hope the person who compiled this Profanity is aware of what happened to Moses’ siblings in the willderness. It is not our business to judge those in spiritual authority. Let God décidé that. You have no idea what God shares with him in private. You hhave no clue how long he stays on his knees before the mercy seat. You have no clue what he sows in to the kingdom. Just so you know, these men of God are entitled to wealth. Abundant wealth. Abram left home w nothing, ended up as Abraham w more wealth than he cud count. Jacob ran away from home empty handed and ended up with enough n to spare. For clarification, i do not belong to the RCCG. Im à bible believing Christian disgusted by the share ignorance expresse in your write up. Do not attract the wrath of God. Thank you very much. Shalom

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  9. Joseph says:
    8 years ago

    Femi, you are fulfilling scripture… 2 verses away from one of the scripture you referenced (Luke 6:26) says…

    “Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
    For so did their fathers to the false prophets.”

    The body of Christ is not expecting you to speak well of Pastor Adeboye even God is not, as you see in the verse above. God knows those who are His… by discernment, His children also know.

    Peace.

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  10. Alexander A. A. says:
    8 years ago

    I’m nt a member of redeem church bt dis is d happiest news I had eva heard, pls wat s wrong wit d body of christ, is poverty part of christ callin? Will u be happy seing a man of God in poverty? Why people are happy seing an unbliva as d richest man in d world and a sin 4 a bliva to be the richest man, I bet u dnt giv a dime to ur man of God and see if God will not provide 4 him, dis is jst d beginin d bible says dat d wealth of the Gentiles is ours, He s d 1 dat gav us wisdom to acquire wealth, Jesus is never a poor man even on earth cus I had neva seen any were in d bilble dat he beg. Poverty is a course and nt a sign of spirituality pls undastan dis, is your money lost No why are u crying? If u had eva givn anytin dat u r nt api wit it pls go and colect ur property bak, cuz dat wil neva stop his prosperity pls dnt judge on issues u knw notin abt. So u ll b api if its an unbliva bin d richest on earth pls change ur mentality. Dnt quate d bible upsyd dwn, we ve bcom so heavenly conscious and earthly useles dat mentality most b corectd, if u tink ur givn is wat s makin him rich pls 4 God sake stop givn and see if he ll b in lack I can’t wait 2 even hia dat he s richer dan King Solomon d richest dat eva live if u go to heaven ask God why papa is richer like dis, dis is nt a question 4 man 2 ansa cus he ll only ansa wat he dnt even knw so pls dnt incure d wroth of God by speakin against His anointd one u r nt d one 2 judge . Papa I love you may God continue to bles you d more. IJN Amen.

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    • Nnaleche Michael Caleb says:
      8 years ago

      What makes you to think that the world richest man is an unbeliever?

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  11. Lakini Pacheko says:
    8 years ago

    Pastor! Please share with me what you have I’m hungry

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  12. chief okorchekete says:
    8 years ago

    The world has not seen anything. The church is just starting, eyes have not seen nor ears heard what the Lord has in mind for those who love him.

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