What a male suitor threatened to do if I didn't marry him - Bola Are

Gospel singer, Evangelist Bola Are has revealed how a male suitor threatened to commit suicide if she failed to marry him.

She disclosed this in a chat with Mobola Sadiq in which she also spoke a bit about the changes experienced in Churches today.

When asked how she handles pressure of male admirers, she said:

"As a young lady, I didn’t look at men. Any man couldn’t even walk up to me and woo me anyhow. I wasn’t promiscuous. If I don’t know much about a place, you wouldn’t find me there. As a young lady, I was not someone men could toy with. Before I got married, a lot of suitors came. One even said he would commit suicide if I didn’t marry him. He tried to entice me with a brand new Volkswagen car. But, my spiritual father and I chased him after fervent prayers. We later discovered that the same man had impregnated another woman and was married to her".

When asked for her opinion on comedians cracking jokes in Churches, Bola Are said:

"That is what we call modern Christianity. If you bring comedians to the church and they crack jokes against Christianity, that is wrong in my own opinion. If you must bring any comedian, whatever the person says must be from the Bible. Anything outside that, then the comedian should not be on the pulpit. If the person is a secular comedian, he or she should not come to the pulpit at all".

On how she feels about gospel singers ministering in fashionable clothing and jewellery:

"As for me, I don’t wear jewellery. I like to be natural at all times, so I don’t adorn myself with them at all. However, dressing very well is part of our music but one shouldn’t just be too audacious or extravagant. People should not see one’s nakedness; it is bad if one dresses that way. I hear people classify some people as old-time (old school) but God is old-time too. It is important that we dress well but even if the clothes cost as much as N1m, it should be made decently".