TORI NG
The Dunamis International Gospel Centre has lashed out at a Nigerian, Maazi Chukwudiaso Onyema for demanding a refund of all the tithes he has paid so far from the church. Recall that Onyema made the request in a video that has since gone viral. He claimed he was not in the right frame of mind when he paid his tithes, alleging that he has been suffering financially despite tithing. In response to Onyema’s plea, one of the regional overseers, Pastor Ezekiel I. Pius via his social media page, shared a lengthy write-up tagged “IN RESPECT OF THE MAN DEMANDING THE REFUND OF HIS TITHE.”
Onyema was advised by the cleric to seek help from the church and not try to blackmail the church of God and giving channels approved by the Bible He maintained that God is too big to depend on man, adding that no genuine church depends on the resources of man to function. The post reads, “The church of God is God’s embassy representing the Kingdom of God on earth. “The church exists to spread the good news of God’s Kingdom, and demonstrate God’s love and goodness to mankind. “The church is therefore an agency for the administration of God’s welfare package to humanity. “Every genuine church exists to give and not to take, to help and not to hinder, to enrich and not to impoverish, to feed and not to starve her members. “In the same manner, the instructions of God as contained in the Holy Scripture are for the profit of man. God instructs us to our profit (Isaiah 48:17). “No teaching of God’s Word by a genuine pastor is intended to extort money from people or cause losses to them. “Furthermore, the earth and the riches thereof belongs to God (Psalm 24:1). “The people come to church to be helped spiritually, physically, emotionally, materially, financially, maritally.” He also slammed Onyema for calling out the church in the media, saying that it is an unwarranted assault on the church…
