55 year Old controversial preacher Chris Okotie is a man of means........and he is not apologetic about how he lavishes his wealth on luxury cars.
Check out his fleet of cars ooh.
Should i congratulate his good taste of picking cars or ask him how he makes money to live the way he does?apart from being a preacher what else does he do?
I listened to Pastor TD Jake's preaching one time and he talked about giving to the man of God who delivers God's message to you...his message encourages people to give to the men of God because they are too busy with God's work to go out looking for money...well that is how i understood that message,it blessed me and i understood that we have to give to them but.....
How many people display such wealth in their garages?
Anyways someone should enlighten me on this and God should please forgive me if i am wrong!
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May the almight Lord judge us all.
ReplyDeleteMy dear all I know is anyone can claim to have heard from God but only the omnipotent knows his own.If u wanna analyse what men of God do my dear ur energy will be drained so to each his own .I pray God touches the heart of men of God to please show love to the less priviledge «««MON AMI»»»
DeleteStella I will share this with u, perhaps it will give u an indepth understanding to certain things that has to do with God, His church, and His REAL servants.
DeleteA while back a woman was seeking God for a particular blessing. She had prayed, fasted, cried, and done all humanly possible. But nothing was forth coming. So she decided to adopt another way of asking God, she wanted to provoke His blessing.. so she bought a brand new car and went to give it to her pastor to pray for her. The pastor here is Pastor Adeboye. I mention his name because many may have heard him give this testimony before.
She presented Adeboye with this gift of a car, and as usual he blessed her and prayed that God will answer her prayers. That's it. She went about her business expecting that God would fulfil His own side of the deal.
On the other hand, Adeboye also went about his usual business. The car was parked somewhere and he didn't touch it or think much of it. After all he gets gifts every single day, most of which he also gives out to others. So this particular car was not any special or different.
Until one day, God started to disturb Adeboye. And when he asked what God wanted..God answered that " do you know that u are the one withholding my daughter's miracle from happening? ". Surprised Adeboye asked how, and God said that because he(adeboye) has refused to use the car this lady gave to him, that her requests was being delayed...and that until he starts to make use of that car, nothing would happen. Adeboye then asked God to forgive him, as he didn't know that not using the lady;s gift could hinder her miracle. and he went ahead to make use of that car. Of cos the rest is history. This woman returned to testify to the goodness of God, even though she was oblivious to how it finally happened.
Stella my point here is that sometimes certain things have to be done in the physical to attract heaven's blessings upon ur head. Now I speak for only the spirit filled men of God. I speak for those whom God truly speaks and deals with...so many people have too much to give God for prayers that have been answered them. when u are so overwhelmed with joy u can give God ur last penny in appreciation. That is if u are grateful and not stingy. But can God spend ur money? can He ride your car? Can He eat ur food? No dear. It is the one whom He has used to bless u that u will bless in return. In this case ur pastor.
In case you wonder whose story I just told, I am the lady in question. So yes, there are so many others like me who like to draw God's attention by making an astounding sacrifice or commitment to box God to a corner.
Anon 5.44 u mean God had this conversation with Adeboye and he gisted u pple. This is the biggest joke i ve ever heard.
DeleteI tap into your anointing n faith. We need more sincere people like you to move God's kingdom forward. I have my testimonies too. They're tied to a huge some of money I sowedas seed and God honoured His word in my life.
DeleteGod bless you. .explicit Explanation!
DeleteAt above anonymous with Adeboye story. God bless you just enlightened me though I am Catholic.
DeleteAnon 9:08pm. Smh for u. So u do not believe that God speaks to His own? Ur problem is a fundamental issue that is way beyond this blog. Won't even bother to school u. U need Jesus.
DeleteStella they make extra bucks becos d government doesn't tax them,pple like dis shuld emulate dr d.k olukoya,dis man gives cars n money to those who graduate with 1st class from the university,he empowers youth,I tink he is d 1 G.O dat doesn't have a private jet
DeleteYou are right,dr .dk olukoya of mfm is worth emulating . Proceeds from his books goes to prisons, motherless homes n d needy. I pray God bless me,really wish to give bountifully to mfm .
DeleteHow else than church members offering, tithe and seed sowing.
ReplyDeleteGod 4give u 4 saying that...
DeleteGod forgive her for saying what, she jst said the truth
DeleteOk if not the money given to the church where else do they get their money
They do not have jobs except to preach, and even those who have schools and sell books still started by spending the money from the church to achieve all that
I'm not saying it is wrong because how else do we expect them to feed, its just the truth
How many people , only my two time divocee , disco dancer , jerry curl hair do Chris okotie
ReplyDeleteStella u never asked dt question to susan peters n all this celebrities what they do for a living to amass all this properties. So lv chris alone cos if he is impoverishn his members, surely someday he must pay.
DeleteMsewwwwww
ReplyDeleteCome to my garage and see wonder on wheels
Its not a big deal jare
and? we are talking about a Pastor and not an akwa spare parts dealer.
DeleteWake up, Eze.
DeleteMUMU comment! Is that the point Aunty Stella is making? Mtchww or did she say there aint people who have fleets of cars in their Garage?#irritant
DeleteYOU are YOUR OWN PROBLEM...
#doctorbobby
Ezenwanyi of Life!! Abeg send me recharge card o jare! *big grin*
DeleteAre you a woman of God abi should I say MOG? We are talking of Men of God and not ordinary men. Well all na vanity. If we die today, d no go bury us with the cars. So make dem enjoy am while it lasts. Life is too short to keep dwelling on who is right or wrong these days, abeg. Onye nwere imi, ya kpo anwuru.
DeleteLook at these poverty infested rats
DeleteThe cars are nothing ,BTW,am speaking for myself sha
It must ve hurt so much Lol
Eeyah,una don chop?
Bwahahaha
I undetstand ,keep praying and pushing oooooooo
No be me small Nigeria biko
Anon 12;47,those awka traders can buy ur entire village anuofia
@Mrs otu,I send u go marry poor man?
Anon,2;05nothing do u and may God bless u this 2014 in Jesus name
Nb;I don't need to boast,I know who and what I am.
Make una go find una size
Ndia agu
LoLzzzz...Eze wanyi of the Universe,remember us in your 'imaginary' kingdom o.
DeleteImaginary kwa?
DeleteIf only u know.........
eze nwanyi ..na you biko e no easy at all..enjoy it dear but always remember to enrich ur soul as well ...and also send me recharge card
DeleteEzewanyi of llife!
DeleteThe more u talk,d more dey won't believe u cos it's a known fact dat 'true riches and class doesn't make noise'!just chill jare and forget them,till the day dey see u face to face(tStella when will u Make that possible? )then them go know who be who.
Btw how come u insult everyone wey cuss u but u no answer ur loyal fans 'the anons wey dey beg u for recharge card?as a big madam wire them like 10k card each jare!.u can start from there.lol
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DeleteOffering and tithe money!!...*SMDH
ReplyDeleteSMDH? Shaking my dick here? U don get dick nii? Pls enlighten me if am wrong.
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Na miss gee you must be trolling not know the meaning of smdh! Smdh for you.
DeleteSo, Okotie is 55? Now, that's one good looking man. He's single, right?
ReplyDeleteOluyomi Odukoya
Hahahaha, u dey cut am eye?
DeleteAunty Stella oh, sometimes these MOG don't even take from the church that's what u shd know! They actually pay their tithes! Bishop Idahosa was paying about 80-90% of his income as tithe before his death. And so it is with some of them.
So what then is their source of income? Many of them write books...Adeboye, Kumuyi, Oyedepo, Gbile Akani, etc, the money their books bring in can actually sustain them and their families. Some also have their private businesses like every other person. Don't forget that most of these men were actually doing well b4 been called into the ministry...Adeboye was a lecturer, so was Kumuyi.
Then we shouldn't forget that people's gift are part of what they have. There are people that prefer to give to Men of God even when they have what they want to give them, because they believe in sowing and reaping. And trully its a way God blesses them(the givers) too. Some people can buy very expensive cars for their pastors!
So please, before u start bringing calamity opon urselves peep, make sure u are saying the right things.
God bless u Anon 4:39pm. U have said it all. Most of them are professionals in their own rights, even before they heeded God's calling. Like my pastor now, he's a lawyer.
DeleteMoreover there are some individuals who apart from their tithe, have decided that they'll pay their pastor monthly salary. Not to mention gifts from all and sundry. Besides God is the one who provides for the birds of the air, so He provides for the ones who are called by Him. Even though some fakes claim to be of God and they dupe unsuspecting members. God help us.
God bless u!@Anon 4:39. U just wrote my thots.
DeleteI rememba Pst. Okorie was a musician and was doing quite well in d 70s n 80s. The man probably made wise investments of his royalties, and has businesses too.
A lot of this pple publish books and these are their intellectual property. If every book that Pst Adeboye, Bsh Oyedepo or Bro Gbile Akanni publishes is purchased by every single member of their congregation world wide, ....I'll leave u to do the maths.
Pastors who are rich and very successful in their ministry today in time past had their hungry days,those times when they did the evangelism alone, times also when they fasted and prayed for special grace and annoiting,and today their story has changed,God has indeed blessed them beyond their widest imagination.
ReplyDeleteWhen i see pastors flaunt wealth or buy private jets,i just tap into their blessings and wish my self Gods grace and favour.Pastor Okotie only just showed cars if you see what fellow pastors have in investment and cash,you will never underestimate God,this is my year of overflow, the same God who raised them from nothing is still that same God of today,Happy Sunday guys.
My dear people jst talk about God, but they no nothing about his power, n ds tins, explain it frm here till 2020, they will neva understand. A pastor does NOT even need d Sunday collections to live, yes I am one of them, today is Sunday n I do not hve an idea of hw much came in,I humbly say, for d sake of all dis noise that I'm d highest giver to d church purse, gifts from outside d congregation is far bigger than d entire church income (not exagerating) y will I now need d Sunday collection? Frm everytin I get, I gve d church purse 30percent, I will be delivering a speech in a corporate organization 2moro, church service is about 3hrs, d speech is less than an hour, even if I use a gun n gather ALL our menbers income, it won't get half of my 2moro's cheque, I receive n I gve out cars, pls let's jst take it easy, wat we dnt knw we shud not critisize
Deletefrom tithe and seed sowing.
ReplyDeleteAnd some of his congregation be living from hand to mouth..Amen
ReplyDeleteHonestly stella am with u on this. Its really amazing how they spend so much money in the midst of lack and poverty. Sum ppl wuld say he gives out nd does charity but I don't believe dat. Am still of the belief dat U can neva give enof. There re just so many poor people in our land. I dnt knw if am d only one dat feel dat we Nigerians don't give enof except buying rice nd giving caprisonne during christmas season or birthdays. I don't knw what a man of God who is meant to be a role model and also touch as many lives as possible is busy acquiring exotic nd luxirious cars. I can't talk ill of him but what I can say is dat God shuld touch our hearts to do the right tin nd also bless those who are in need. Pls we shuld give more nd God wuld abundantly bless us.
ReplyDeleteHve u tot about d wealth of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, hve u tot about David, Solomon, Job? Ds are men of God in their days, Okotie's is broke compared to this guys, are u saying they were not giving to d poor? Do u knw wat happens to d man that gives to the poor, such a man will need to aquire more land as garrage
DeleteHve u tot about d wealth of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, hve u tot about David, Solomon, Job? Ds are men of God in their days, Okotie's is broke compared to this guys, are u saying they were not giving to d poor? Do u knw wat happens to d man that gives to the poor, such a man will need to aquire more land as garrage
DeleteMy dear SDK how can you be wrong? To think that this same man of devil is there judging catholics!!! Mtcheeew. I am still asking him what God say's about divorce in the Bible! It is obvious his down fall is near! Mtcheeew.
ReplyDeleteYou what did God say? People jst shout bible, bible, yet they only carry it about, keep it under their pillow n never study it, when his first wife left, do u really think God expected him to be alone? See first Cor 7v15, n think again, plssssssssssssssss Rev. Christian Okotie has a right to live, Okotiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee is a human being o, he does not hve d key to heaven, so can not lock Catholics out, wat he said is his opinion, n I dnt believe him, but people shud leave him ALONE, n u Stella, Stella, Stella, na over smart dey kill monkey o, I be expert na him driver take get accident o, I sabi jump na him them dey take break leg o. Chris Okotie is a man of God, peeeeeeeerioood
Deletestella and i must remind you that church business is good business,risk free business
ReplyDeleteThis is too much jare.....2 is enough after all he can't be in all cars at the same time.
ReplyDeleteNUNsense! And there are poor people in his church who can't even afford a 190! Yet they pay tithes and give offerings and their pastor uses d money to keep up with his affluent lifestyle. Mtchww that is why d catholic church still satnds out no matter what! Anyways i blame his congregation... THEY are THEIR OWN PROBLEM
ReplyDelete#doctorbobby
You seem not to be aware that the vatican is one of the richest countries in the world.
DeleteLet's be fair here, even if you don't touch Tithe and offerings, a pastor as well known as Chris Okotie should have big big members that follow the biblical instruction that u should "take care" of prophets/Pastors nau, + I think Pastors control Offering but not Tithe.
ReplyDelete2ndly most pastors are Authors they sell devotional and Books, they get invited to preach abroad and these people make sure they are well cared for.
Not to mention connections.
No matter how u preach,offerings would be given.
ReplyDeletePainful seeds wld b sown.
Tithes wld be paid.
Me am tayad of discouraging the gullible souls.
It's another Sunday u know?
Am sure he has other places.where he makes his money,mayb oil,politics etc who knows?
ReplyDeleteThe truth is, as far as the people giving him the money are not complaining, then everyone should mind their business. Yes, we all know that religion has a major role to play in a religiously hypocritical society like Nigeria and these men focus on enriching themselves instead of making societal changes, but they have done no wrong. They have not offended their neighbor, neither have they been disloyal to their country. I can't remember any law that talks about religious manipulation being a crime, except it tramples on another person's rights.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for this comment.
DeleteOffcourse they tap into tithe to continue their life style. After our politicians,pastors are the most corrupt in Nigeria. I pray one day all of them will answer us here on earth. Pastors are so rich while members suffers in poverty is sad situation. If we need change in Nigeria it must start from churches and mosque.
ReplyDeleteDear Stella,
ReplyDeleteI completely see your point, because some pastors actually live ostentatious lives and flaunt their excesses in the faces of the less privileged. However not all pastors do that. I will list for you some of the ways in which pastors earn legitimate monies that enable them live comfortably-
1. Honorariums from travelling and speaking engagements
2. Royalties and profits from the sales of their intellectual property products. eg books and CDs
3. Personal business ventures, which they are perfectly entitled to run, as long as they are not conflicting with their conscience and the time spent leading their Churches.
4. Salaries paid to them by the Church for their administrative and spiritual work at the Church which sometimes can be a 24 hour job.
Now, some pastors legitimately earn enough for them and their families to subsist from 1, 2 and 3, that they get to a point where they refuse to collect a salary from the Church any more. I know of a number of pastors like this. As an intellectual property consultant myself, I can tell you that government sponsored studies have determined that the world is currently powered by what is called a "knowledge economy". Gold, petroleum, etc, have given way to intellectual property. That is why pastors, bloggers, programmers, and musicians now seem to be "smiling". If you ask me, this is not a bad thing economically. It is actually causing the growth of the middle class, and closing the gap between the rich and the poor.
Again, from what the Bible says, the Tithe is actually what is used for the welfare of men of God, workers in the house of God, and widows and orphans who call on the Church for assistance. The Bible says to bring in the Tithe so that there may be food in the House of God. As a (PK) preacher's kid myself, I can tell you that growing up, we had hordes coming into our house, whom we constantly fed. No matter the time of day or night, we fed them. My parents also paid the school fees of many, and my parents were not even tithe-receiving-pastors. They were just Lay-Preachers. For the pastor whose working hours do not allow him to engage in other business activities, the Tithe is essential to the welfare system that the Church provides through him. Still, I cannot put my hand on my heart and say that ALL pastors live like this. All the same, I will not let the abuse of a good thing deter me from being a part of that good thing. Fundamentally, I give my Tithe because I know that everything I earn is because of God's goodness to me, and so when I give it, I acknowledge that He is my Source and that my hustle cannot sustain me. So I will give my Tithe, and let God do the judging of the pastor's administration of Tithes.
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DeleteMy thoughts exactly.
Remain blessed hun
**OBY
Tell them dear, God bless who ever you are.
DeleteVery intelligent n meaningful coment.
DeleteWow. Love this comment
DeleteAbsolutely brilliant. Very explicit.
DeleteStella I hear he owns a lot of properties. As in running into billions . He invested into real estate many many year back. So forget church. Okotie is a buisness man aswell.
ReplyDeleteI am as confused as u stella. Biko d pastors in d house shd tel us how dey mk it coz me ma no knw...
ReplyDeleteI tireo. Pls hw do dey mk d money. Seems church business is rlly moving well in dis country. Me masef is beginin to consider it...
ReplyDeleteWhen people say tithe and offering, it marvel my imagination. Do you want to tell me that this man have not invested over the years. I want to believe he makes his money through these investment. @ sparkle
ReplyDeleteDont let pastors deceive u. Many of dem are into drug biz. They have boys & do juju for dem. If they are about to be caught, they hit their back at d nearest wall & confusion go dey & dem go kukuma disappear. I knw of a pastor dat Is into it. He Is stanky Rich
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you do your bit as requested by the bible and leave the rest to God to judge?The Lord says touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm.Defamation of character and hasty generalisation actually harms the pastor's integrity and person as a whole.Honestly,Stella am disappointed with this post.*smh*.This is blasphemy and the Lord forbids it.The bible has instructed that as christians we should pay our tithes and offering.What ever is done with the money is between the church management and God.I pray the opens our eyes and heart.Amen
DeleteOnly God knows how u know pastors dat do juju.
DeleteI need moni 4 my house rent,na jst 60k.. God do miracle b4 my hostel managmnt eject me amidst disgrace...Baby lawyer
ReplyDeleteChoi,see moni eh if I say I wanna see d pastor 4 help now dey wee say I wan go seduce am.its ok God remember dz baby lawyer o
ReplyDeleteI need moni 4 my house rent,na jst 60k.. God do miracle b4 my hostel managmnt eject me amidst disgrace...Baby lawyer
ReplyDeleteFor argument sake, let us say that all pastors make their money legitimately, but what i cant fathom is they are suppose to be men of God yet they are flaunting their wealth when they are thousands of Nigerian living in extreme poverty. Let them take Jesus as a role model and try and live humbly and help others.
ReplyDeleteStella pls stop, leave pastor chris alone alone joor. Secondly have u seen other pastors garage d very same or even more but d question here is that we are all running a race here on earth.i tap into every pastors blessings for a bigger me. I can never ever stop paying my titthe
ReplyDeleteContinue my dear slave!!!
DeleteWell, every mallam with I'm kettle.salvation is personal. I don't want to be a pastor on this post preaching to gullible followers of their own pastor.
ReplyDeleteOkotie's lifestlye is too extreme for a supposed man of God, but what's my own?
My dear u have not seen any thing one came to my church and told me and my Husy to go and bring 700k the next monin by 8am. My dear I look at my Husy and he look at me at that peroid our account was in red the next monin we went there with th anointing oil he also told us to come with. Hwen we entered the church office th first thing he asked of was the cash when we told gim we don't have and gave him the anointing oil the man vex and told us that what he need is the money and not the oil asked my Husy when he will bring it and he said he doesn't know the man said he is not going to pray for us that we shoul go we left what am trying to say is that the some pastors have turn church to pure business must of them are not called but flashed they force people put fear in them all the name of bring money so bad meanwhile am not saying that to give or pay ur tithe or offiring is not good am one person that can even give my last and go hungry but ofcourse it has to be by God' spirit not what a man says or carjole me into.
DeleteGbam, I think the word should be modesty, I don't expect a man of God to be showing off, there should be a difference btw a worldly man and a true man of God, at the end of the day, it is all vanity.
DeleteChurch business is d best buzness in Nigeria! Make all of una forget bible quotation it ain't gonna change nanting.
ReplyDeleteSpeak it again, sister! You got pastors making people eat grass, you got pastor making people give them their body for their sexual pleasure, you got pastors making people do anything they want. Anybody can get up and say they received an anointing and call them self an evangelist. Then they cloak themself until Bible verse, their favourite being, "touch not thine anointed".
DeleteI don't know how Nigerian pastors make their money. But I know here in the west, many of the pastors write books, or sing and make cds, they also do a lot of paid speaking engagements/gospel concerts and are able to amass their wealth that way,and some of them really don't have touch the money from offerings, because they make so much in other ways. Others do depend on those offerings for survival though and so they are able to attain some wealth from dipping in the tithes bucket. As a child the tithing plate was just a dish, nowadays most church have a deep bucket..lol
Tithe or offering chopping is not the p, the p hear is the showing off part, being vain is a sin! If Chris okotie is committing this sin why would his Followers nott think ts allowed to be vain! Yeah church business is good business but this pastors (real and fake) should fear God!
ReplyDeleteDs new year pls guys take it easy oooo, entire world knws dat church business is very lucrative.
ReplyDeleteI cant stop laughing
ReplyDeleteSapelewaterpikin... Nawah ohh see life pastor dey cruezze exotic dey enjoy himself meanwhile me dey here dey hustle to buy tokubo corolla I no even get the complete bar ahhh pastor chris come dash me one car na abi u go buy ma corolla for me ni, it is well
ReplyDeleteI need us to pls calm down a little, and think of the calibre of people that worship in his church, do u believe that all this professionals and retired Generals are foolish? Every church of such class, has a finance department, and is not run by the pastor, pastors sometimes do not even have access to church money the way we think, I can categorically tell you that, he most times have to get approval from diffrent departments before he gets the money he needs, and he will still come back to give account of how d money was used
ReplyDeletethnks my dear............when u gv a to a prophet u receive a prophet reward..........the shunanite woman also did same to Elijah nd d rest is history.....
ReplyDeletePls does this scripture make sense: 1 Timothy5:6-12: "To b sure,it is a means of great gain,this godly devotion along with self-sufficiency. For we have brought nothing into d world,and neither can we carry anythg out.So having sustenance n covering,we shall b content with these things. However,those who determined to b rich fall into temptation n a snare n many senseless n hurtful desires, which plunge men into destructn n ruin.For d luv of money s a root of all sorts of injurious things,n by reachg out for this luv some have stabbed themselves all over with many pains. However,you,O man of God, FLEE from these things.But pursue righteousness,godly devotion,faith, luv,endurance,mildness of temper. Fight d fine fight of d faith,get a firm hold on d everlasting life for which you were called.... Pls somebody shd tell me: Does this scripture speak to d so called Men of God as much as it speaks to d rest of us?
ReplyDeletePls does this scripture make sense: 1 Timothy5:6-12: "To b sure,it is a means of great gain,this godly devotion along with self-sufficiency. For we have brought nothing into d world,and neither can we carry anythg out.So having sustenance n covering,we shall b content with these things. However,those who determined to b rich fall into temptation n a snare n many senseless n hurtful desires, which plunge men into destructn n ruin.For d luv of money s a root of all sorts of injurious things,n by reachg out for this luv some have stabbed themselves all over with many pains. However,you,O man of God, FLEE from these things.But pursue righteousness,godly devotion,faith, luv,endurance,mildness of temper. Fight d fine fight of d faith,get a firm hold on d everlasting life for which you were called.... Pls somebody shd tell me: Does this scripture speak to d so called Men of God as much as it speaks to d rest of us?
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