I saw choir members smoking and drinking alcohol - Cindy Thompson

Ghanaian gospel singer has revealed how shock she was when she saw members of a choir smoking and drinking alcohol.

According to her, she beheld the scenario before she had a performance at an event in Holland.

“I believe this so very much because I recall I had an event in Holland and before my performance, a choir came to sing very beautifully.

“After the show, we had to go and grab something to eat and to my surprise I saw the choristers taking their robes off, pulling out cigarettes and alcohol and I was shocked.”

“I went to ask them if they knew what they were doing was wrong and to my amazement, they answered that they were not Christians but only singers.

When Cindy Thompson probed further, she was told that they were not believers but were just urged to join the choir because they had good voices.

“Some said, they sang because they have the voice and people encouraged them to join the choir but they were not believers of the things of God or Christians.”

“I had another experience in Benin as well so yes it is not every Gospel artiste that is called by God,” she told Graphic Showbiz.

She also revealed how anyone called by God would behave:

“Anyone who is called by God understands the ministry he or she is in.”

“Whatever step one takes, one asks God for guidance; one waits for Him to speak before one-acts. When one has been called by God, one does not associate with the things of this world.

“One is not in competition with anyone because one trusts the person who has called you,” she noted.

Speaking on how she got into the music industry, Cindy Thompson said, “I was singing in the church and people often told me how good I was. The pressure was that I should do my song and produce an album etc but I felt that time was not right.

“So I went into my room and prayed, I asked God to show me a sign if indeed it’s His will and here I am today. It was so much to the extent that people actually came to me trying to poach me to their church etc.

“The fact that people tell you, you have a nice voice doesn’t mean you are called by God. You may have the gift which comes to everyone in different ways but God should direct you as to what you have to do with it and how to use it,” she said.