Nigerian pastor and televangelist David Ibiyeomie has made interesting remarks about the effectiveness of preaching about hell to Nigerians when trying to win souls for Christ.

While speaking about the kind of messages Nigerians need to hear, he stressed that pastors and evangelists should prioritise messages of hope, love and transformation rather than messages that remind them of further suffering.

Ibiyeomie also noted that constantly warning Nigerians about hell may not have the desired effect because many already feel that their present circumstances are hellish.

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“You can imagine preaching hell to Nigerians. They are already in hell. There’s no way you preach hell to Nigerians and anybody will be born again. Just tell them God loves you. He can change your story. Then the man says, ‘Eh ehn,’ then you say, ‘Come to Jesus.’ But if you say you go to hell, the man will say, ‘Ah! The suffering, the suffering we are suffering now, what is it? Already the suffering is what?’ So that kind of message can’t convert one soul,” he said.