Nigerian singer/songwriter, Timi Dakolo has expressed dissatisfaction with the Gospel Minister, Pastor Femi Lazarus, for his apparent hypocrisy, claiming he was doing so out of love and respect for the minister.
The singer ranted online about how he was charged $150 for Femi Lazarus’ Ministry School, despite the pastor criticizing other gospel ministers who have also charged for their schools/ministries.
He mentioned how the pastor had claimed that if a person charged to minister they were not gospel artists but were performers, yet he was doing the same by charging 150 dollars for his ministry school.
He Wrote;
All this was said in love and with respect sir.
I am not a gospel artist but a Christain raised in church.
Let’s not shift the goal post.
By your definition, if anyone charges to minister, they are not Gospel artist, they performers.
And by that definition, if any preacher charges to teach and minister, they are merchants of hope and motivational speakers and performers too.
Sir, you are charging as low as 150 dollars per person for your school of ministry. Teaching and preaching Jesus. Probably having as much as 1000 students . Let’s do the maths. You even have premium and standard for God house?
Are you not selling the Gift and revelation freely given to you?
Again let’s not keep shifting the goal post.
Sharing receipts of the alleged transaction, Timi accused the pastor of selling the “Gift and Revelation” that was freely given to him by God.
Lots of netizens however did not agree with his claims, defending Pastor Femi Lazarus. They believed he had every right to charge as it was a school, not a charity.
Read some of the comments below;
@africanflamingo_ Timi why this thing still dey pain you. He was referring to gospel ministers and not gospel artists/musicians
@doctall_kingsley lol, you called it a school yourself. Has he ever charged to come and preach, that should be the question ? 
@mi_nwachukwu1 Is there any school that doesn’t collect fees? No go get problem with God ooooo, uncle rest,
@__dozie_x I totally agree with Timi, abeg.. nobody should be paying a dime for that. Even if the school has to charge, it shouldn’t be expensive. For the body of Christ, it should be subsidized so that low-income people who are called by God to be ministers can actually afford it. Did Jesus ever drop account details when He was teaching His disciples?
@avalonokpe @timidakolo press him neck well well
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