'Worship is now expensive' - Clergyman slams Mercy Chinwo for charging N10m to perform in churches

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Clergyman and Mercy Chinwo

Renowned gospel singer Mercy Chinwo has come under fire from a Catholic priest in the Abuja Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Chinenye Oluoma, for charging N10 million to perform in churches.

Father Oluoma criticized gospel singers who demand high fees to perform in a house of worship during a recent service as he lamented how expensive religious worship has become.

The clergyman used Mercy Chinwo as an illustration and maintained in a popular video that the singer demands N10m to play in churches.

He said: “We have made religious worship expensive. If I have to bring Mercy Chinwo to come here and sing, how much will I pay her? How much does a gospel artiste of Mercy Chinwo’s status charge to come to an event or in a Church, it has reached N10m now.

“This is the tragedy that we have turned Christianity into, that an artiste will come to a church and lead in ten minutes praise and worship for N10m, N5m. So if that particular artiste doesn’t sing Jesus you love me too much, that means God didn’t love you too much?

“And some people were asking should they be paid?Why didn’t you pay them? If you must bring them you must pay them because what you are bringing them for is entertainment. We have turned worship into entertainment.

Here are some reactions

finegirl.joy: "Apart from bringing her to the church to get her paid, what about investing in the choristers to become more developed effectively just like pastor Christ. Honestly, we have a lot of talent in the church unnoticed"

amyshine0: "GOD gave her the gift to make money! So, she should be singing for people for free"

suparay_dike: "Gospel singers are slowly becoming entertainers by copying the worlds pattern. Many of them won’t know yet because they are clouded by fame, many are slowly fading away, just check the big names of them and now! This is what pastor Chris is trying to correct in the body of Christ but many are forming deaf ears until they are totally forgotten then they will start running to beg God for mercy. A gospel singer can be rich but his talent is for blessing the body of Christ and not entertaining them"

noblindiva: "So many people on this comment section listen just for listening sake and not for comprehension. This man is making a very great point that most of you are blinded to. He meant that if you invite gospel artist's to your church you must pay them. And the reason you invite them is for entertainment and therefore they must be paid. But that same entertainment, the choir or praise team can still do it too."

Watch him speak in video below