Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Tells Gospel Ministers to Remember Their Source
The founder of Love World, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has criticised music gospel music ministers who departed their local assemblies after fame.
The cleric stated that the gospel music ministry should be dependent on the church, and would die if it stands alone.
According to Oyakhilome majority of those in gospel music ministry are cheating the church and using it for personal gain.
He argued that numerous singers who began their careers in church choirs have since sought worldly fame and wealth, exploiting their church ties for financial gains.
Oyakhilome suggested that these individuals are often driven by Satan’s influence, using their gifts for personal gain instead of serving the church.
He urged his followers to avoid supporting such artists, cautioning that doing so could lead them down a path to damnation.
The pastor stressed that genuine musical ministry should be grounded in the church, relying on it, rather than seeking success independently.
He said: “Probably in the last 40-50 years no one has cheated the church more than the music industry. What most of them has ever done was to use the church.
“And if you look at history, long before the years I mentioned, you will see many worldly singers that started in the church.
“They were in the choir leading praise. They ended up in the world. All they ever did was to use the church to make themselves popular. They either start a church with that opportunity or find a way to use that opportunity to make money. Satan enters into their mind to give them ideas how to leverage on the opportunity given to them in the house of God for financial reasons.
“I’ve told you don’t give them any chance anymore otherwise they’ll go to hell. Try to save them. Many of them who wouldn’t go to church. They don’t know the message, they are exposed to a poetic activity. Most of the things they write sinners can write them, they’ll just be nice.
“When you reprimand them, they’ll go and start another church, why with their popularity. But it’s only a matter of time. Those that gather with them are rebels like them.
“All the singers the Bible talked about were in the choir. No special singing ministry. It is a ministry that is dependent on the church. If it stands alone it dies.”
