Founder and Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), Nigeria, Dr Paul Enenche, has said the church does not collect offerings at crusade grounds.
He said the church is not after the money of those attending its crusades but after their souls. He, however, said members of the church and a few others donate towards the conduct of the crusades.
The popular cleric said this during a sermon on Sunday March 9.
Enenche was preaching on the sermon he titled, “God’s Financial Dominion Plan for His People.” He took the text from 3 John 2
“That is why we don’t have any reason to take offerings on crusade grounds. That is why there is no need, no use, no reason (to take offerings).
“First of all, we didn’t go to preach to take money from the sinner. We came to preach to take the souls to God.
“Somebody came to say that you should bring an offering, how is that? He came drunkeous, smokeous and you say ‘pay into the offering basket.’ He said ‘what am I paying for?’ He might ask that question. ‘Is it for a cigarette? Or what would they give me for the payment?”
Past and coming crusades
Enenche’s Dunamis church has organised some of the largest crusades locally and abroad in recent times.
The church is currently holding a two-day healing and deliverance crusade in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, South-South Nigeria.
It will proceed from Calabar to Awka in Anambra State and Maiduguri in Borno State later in the week.
Two weeks ago, it organised crusades in Warri, Delta State, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and Lagos, all of which drew massive crowds. Before then, the church had held a massive crusade in Idah, Kogi State.
Among other healing and deliverance crusades already lined up for the year are Pakistan, Togo, Ghana, London, Canada and the United States.
Last year, DIGC held such crusades in Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Kaduna, Ethiopia, London, Kenya, Canada, Malawi, Gaborone and FrancisTown in Botswana, Baltimore, Fort Worth and Houston, Texas in the United States,
Locally, crusades were also held in Lagos, Asaba in Delta State, Suleja in Niger State, Sokoto, Adoka and Otukpo in Benue State, Apo in Abuja, and Okpo in Kogi State.
Some of these crusades are only comparable to those held by the late German-American Pentecostal evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke.
Spreading the gospel is not cheap
During the sermon, the medical doctor-turned pastor said spreading the gospel is not cheap.
According to him, the devil is comfortable with a church with poor members because after praying for souls they would not have the resources to go to the field to evangelise souls into the kingdom of God.
“The devil does not mind a poor church because poor church means minimal outreach, minimal efforts to reach the lost.
“Dunamis TV has been running for over 15 years. There is nobody that is on Dunamis TV that is paying to be aired on it. Kenneth Copeland is aired on it; Daddy GO (Pastor Enoch Adeboye) is aired on it; Papa Oyedepo is aired on it; Bill Winston is aired on it. Everybody is aired on it.
“Millions per month is what we pay as a subscription, not N5 million, not N10 million, not N20 million per month, not per year. There are some you pay in dollars. Then as the exchange rate goes up, you need more naira,” he said.
“The gospel is not cheap. That is why the devil is running crazy, He is comfortable with a poor church. He is comfortable with a poor church. He’s comfortable with poor church members. They won’t trouble him as much. You can trouble him with prayer. But you can pray in poverty. After you have finished praying, you don’t go to the field to bring in the harvest you prayed about.
“Three crusades in one week! Who does that? When last did you hear that? You took no offering and you are moving. (There are also) night prayers.” Who does things like that?
“I prophecy to everyone here, the devil will not laugh at you for poverty.”
Prayer for congregation
During the sermon, Enenche also spoke on the need for Christians to possess financial power to sponsor God’s programmes on the earth.
He prayed that God should empower His people for the spread of the kingdom on earth.