“Our members have stopped paying tithe, gives ‘tear tear’ Keke NAPEP change as Offerings” – Pastor Abel Damina cries out.
In a recent viral video, Abel Damina, Founder and President of Abel Damina Ministries International and CEO of Kingdom Life Network has cried out that, “My members have stopped paying tithe, gives ‘tear tear’ Keke NAPEP change as Offerings. They’re selfish. We can hardly buy diesel for service.”
He further revealed that his ministry is facing severe financial difficulties. Damina explained that the ministry’s income drastically decreased after he stopped preaching the “prosperity gospel” and teaching tithing is not a requirement.
According to Damina, the ministry’s financial struggles began when he shifted his focus from prosperity teachings to preaching Christ and emphasising the importance of understanding God’s grace. He acknowledged that this change led to a significant drop in donations and tithes from followers.
“We were never in competition with anybody, just walking with God,” Damina said. “We are not angry. We are happy. We come to church, teach you the Word of God, bless you.”
As a result, the ministry had to downsize its operations to stay afloat. Damina and his wife, Mama, made the difficult decision to shut down the television station, Kingdom Life Network, reduce staff, and cut costs. They also suspended vacations and focused on essential aspects of the ministr
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“We started thinking, should we drop all the staff? But if we drop all the staff, ministry will not go on,” Damina said. “So Mama and I started calculating, what do we do? Things were really getting really tight and really bad and really tough, but we never told you, we just come to church, smile, teach you the Word of God, go home and just pray and just walk with God in our experience.”
Damina emphasised that the decision to downsize was not taken lightly and was done to ensure the ministry’s survival. He expressed his commitment to continuing the ministry’s work, even in the face of financial challenges.
“If God makes money available in the future, we go back,” he said. “We are not impressing anybody at this level. We have gone past impressing people.”
(C) Summit Post News