Pentecostal megachurches promoting a prosperity gospel, led by millionaire superstar pastors promising economic salvation and HIV cures, are on the rise in Nigeria, a report has said.
DW.com attended a service of one of the churches in question and charted the growth in an article on Tuesday, noting that congregations are expanding and attracting multitudes to mass events.
One ministry highlighted was that of preacher David Oyedepo, whose Living Faith Church outside Lagos is Nigeria’s third biggest Pentecostal church.
“The siege of unemployment is over in your life, the siege of business stagnation, frustration in your life are finally over,” Oyedepo promises to crowds of 50,000 people.
The multi-millionaire pastor has a net worth of over $150 million, and is building an even larger church that will have the capacity to seat 100,000 people.
Nigeria is roughly divided by its Muslim and Christian population. Half of its close to 80 million Christians are members of Pentecostal churches, attracted partially by promises of finding economic salvation and their lives being changed.
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