Former Nigerian pastor who dumped Christianity mentions amount church paid him monthly

• After adjacent to 2 decades arsenic a Christian, a erstwhile pastor renounced Christianity successful its entirety and present identifies arsenic an apostle of cognition to the nations
• In an interrogation with Legit.ng, the erstwhile pastor recounted his exploits arsenic an Abuja-based pastor, however occupation started successful his erstwhile church, and what helium soon realised astir Christianity
• The 38-year-old opened up astir the powerfulness tussle astatine his erstwhile church, however helium resigned and however overmuch helium earned monthly arsenic a past cleric

Ex-pastor Genesis Eririoma grabbed headlines months agone after elaborating connected wherefore helium near Christianity aft years of pastoral enactment and service.

Genesis, a younker pastor astatine United Believers Mission successful 2007, started his idiosyncratic outreach named Balm successful Gilead Healing And Evangelistic Ministries (BIGHEM) successful 2012 and became a full-time pastor years later, but astatine the infinitesimal is an atheist who believes Christianity is simply a fraud.

Genesis Eririoma was a Christian for adjacent to a decennary earlier leaving the faith. Photo Credit: Genesis Eririoma
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In an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng, the erstwhile clergyman opened up astir his achievements and untold stories of his erstwhile religion and however overmuch helium received monthly.

Ex-pastor recounts pastoral travel and travails

Genesis, known successful the past arsenic Pastor Genesis Omoghene, hails from Oleh, Isoko South LGA successful Delta State and is happily joined to a pastor's daughter, who is present irreligious, according to him.

When quizzed astir his pastoral journey, Genesis told Legit.ng that helium was already deconstructing from Christianity erstwhile helium joined the Life of Faith Church, Abuja, successful 2022, adding that the pastoral opening was the lone occupation helium recovered successful Abuja.

"I came to Abuja successful 2022 via a occupation I got aft I was hunted by chartless assailants done incessant equipped robberies. After I near the job, I searched online for weeks to get a job. The lone occupation I recovered was a pastoral opening astatine the Life of Faith Church. "I applied and I was scheduled for an interrogation with the G.O. BIshop Anjorin successful Bauchi. I travelled to Bauchi and met the Bishop who offered maine the pastoral Job aft my palmy interview. I took implicit from Pastor Peter connected my day connected October 2nd, 2022 introduced to the religion by the Bishop himself..."

Genesis, a YouTuber and the writer of Commonsense Understanding of the Bible, recounted his achievements arsenic a pastor astatine the Abuja-based worship centre.

"I laboured faithfully to assistance the religion grow. I recorded respective successes wrong my abbreviated spell, fixing the church's dependable equipment, commencing the roofing of the pastor's bureau that was leaking (a instrumentality structure), amongst others."I helped a fig of members get established financially done prophecy and counsel... Conducted deliverances and healings, notably that of Samuel. Before I joined the church, I was already an apostle successful Christianity with my idiosyncratic outreach ministry, Balm successful Gilead Healing And Evangelistic Ministries (BIGHEM) with the Wisdom Foundations Outreach."When I near for Abuja, I had hoped to proceed with my idiosyncratic ministry, but I needed a occupation astatine that clip urgently... I hoped to service the Life of Faith Church for astir 2 years earlier leaving..."

On however occupation started for him astatine the church, Genesis said:

"Trouble started erstwhile the Bishop saw my email was bearing the rubric apostle due to the fact that we utilized to speech correspondence done emails."He would nonstop the messages for the midweek and Sunday services, which doesn't springiness the pastor country to thatch according to his understanding, which truly gave maine a pugnacious time, but I managed to adjust. "Severally, helium tested my capableness and allowed maine to hole a teaching outline for a one-month programme which helium praises truthful much...I knew I was mode up of him successful understanding, but I respected his property and ne'er disrespected him. When helium saw the apostle earlier my name, helium was threatened. "He queried maine erstwhile we went to Bauchi to be a program, and I explained to him I wasn't bearing it portion moving nether him arsenic a pastor..."

He claimed that different contented that created a misunderstanding betwixt him and his erstwhile religion leader was the situation of concern and the rank target.

"Another happening that brought issues was the fiscal and rank targets. He didn't person a wide strategy for realising the people of a monthly income of 200,000 monthly income and rank of 500 per year. "As an outreach person, I suggested outdoor crusades due to the fact that that was my spot alternatively of conscionable the accepted location fellowship strategy which helium tried to replicate citing Yonggi Cho but helium refused. He gave maine Yonggi Cho's publication to survey truthful I tin replicate it but I knew it wouldn't work..."

A flyer shows a 2019 programme wherever Genesis Eririoma ministered successful arsenic a pastor. Photo Credit: Genesis Eririoma
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How overmuch ex-pastor earned arsenic salary

Genesis described the wage helium was paid past by the religion arsenic meagre, adding that the religion inactive takes tithes from the salaries. In his words:

"The religion collects tithes adjacent from pastors from the meagre wage they wage pastors. When they refused, the religion head threatened to retreat it straight from my salary, but aboriginal rescinded the determination and ordered maine to wage it myself, oregon other I would look disciplinary action. "They didn't adjacent see my welfare, but I remained unfazed and continued my work. I helped a caller acceptable of leaders and a younker pastor look done their Bible School Training Program, which they forced maine to be besides and I did, and graduated with them.."

Legit.ng asked Genesis however overmuch the churchpaid him monthly and helium disclosed that helium earned N60k, but that a tithe of N6k is deducted from it, leaving him with N54k.

"The wage was conscionable N60,000, and the tithe was 10%, which is N6,000, which means I was near with conscionable N54,000 monthly."

He added that the religion failed to wage him each the allowances helium was promised earlier taking the pastoral job.

"All the allowances they promised successful my engagement letter, they didn't wage immoderate but I worked wholeheartedly. I utilized my idiosyncratic talker and different resources to enactment the enactment but they were unappreciative lone driven by the tendency for instant occurrence successful finances and rank without providing the enabling environment..."

Legit.ng asked Genesis if helium would reconsider his pastoral stance should helium get an connection of N500k to pastor a church, and helium replied:

"No, I ne'er adjacent pastored due to the fact that of money...In fact, I had the accidental of starting my ain ministry with offers of sponsorship, but I declined due to the fact that my conscience wouldn't fto me, having known truthful overmuch astir Christianity."

Ex-pastor apologises to those helium made Christians

Meanwhile, Legit.ng antecedently reported that a former pastor had apologised to those who surrendered their lives to Christ and became Christians aft listening to his sermons.

The 38-year-old, formerly a pastor for years earlier leaving Christianity, penned the apology connected his Facebook partition connected Monday, April 28. In a chat with Legit.ng, the erstwhile Christian shared wherefore helium apologised publicly.

"If you ever became a Christian due to the fact that of my teachings and preachings erstwhile I was a Pastor, I americium sorry. I did it successful ignorance," his Facebook station read.

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Source: Legit.ng