Oluoma also argued religious worship has turned into entertainment, accusing churches of acting like unbelievers
By Kehinde Okeowo
An Abuja based Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Chinenye Oluoma has lamented the exorbitant fees charged by gospel artistes to make appearances in churches.
According to the clergy, popular gospel singers such as Mercy Chinwo now charge N10 million and above to perform in churches.
Oluoma made this known in a now trending video on social media, where he berated gospel singers who ask for huge sums to sing in a place of worship.
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In the now-viral clip on Twitter, the priest also decried how religious worship has been turned into entertainment, while also accusing churches of following the path of the unbelievers.
Oluoma 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.
“We have copied the world. In those days, those who composed songs we are still using for worshipping nobody even knows them,”
