Pastor Sunday Fatoye of CAC Solution House, Wolverhampton, UK, has called on Nigerian church leaders and congregations to turn away from what he described as the “gospel of materialism” and return to the simple, transformative message of the cross.
Delivering a message titled “The Nigerian Church at a Crossroads,” Pastor Fatoye lamented a troubling shift in the church’s priorities.
“The altar, once a sacred place of self-denial, has become a marketplace of acquisition. We have traded the cross for comfort, the Spirit’s power for the applause of mammon. Our pulpits now echo more with the language of business seminars than the thunder of Calvary,” he said.
He further warned that the church risks raising a generation “that seeks God’s hand but not His heart, chasing miracles without knowing the Miracle Worker, and pursuing wealth without the wisdom of heaven.”
He appealed to pastors, ministers, and church workers to strip away idols of status, power, and luxury and to remember the example of Christ, who had nowhere to lay His head, yet possessed all authority in heaven and on earth.
“History will not remember us for the fortunes we amass, but for the faith we defend and the truth we tell.
“On the last Day, the Lord will not ask for the keys to our mansions or the balance sheets of our ministries. He will ask if we fed His sheep, if we preached His Word, if we carried our cross,” he said
Pastor Fatoye noted, “For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. This is our call. This is our warning. This is our stand.”
