The General Overseer of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, widely known as Prophet Odumeje, has publicly declared that he does not collect tithes or preach about tithing in his church.
The controversial cleric made the disclosure during a recent appearance on the Honest Bunch Podcast. He stated that his ministry is strictly focused on demonstrating spiritual power, criticising some modern churches for placing undue emphasis on collecting money from their congregation without showing practical evidence of miracles.
Odumeje admitted that he does not consider tithing inherently wrong, but maintained that the decision to pay a tenth of one’s income should remain a voluntary agreement between an individual and God.
“I don’t collect tithes. Nobody pays me tithes. I am not saying that tithe is bad. It’s a decision between you and God if you want to pay tithe. Tithe is real. But it is something that you must decide. Not something that somebody will be brainwashing you, forcing you,” he said.
The cleric added that weaponising tithes to threaten church members with hellfire is unbiblical.
“Give it to you that if you don’t do it, you will not go to heaven. That is not from God. So that is a decision between you and God,” Odumeje added.
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