General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologized for telling his congregants they would go to hell fire without paying tithe. He, however, said giving 10 per cent as tithe is for beginners, urging members to give from 20 per cent upward.
His apology came while addressing a congregation in a video that recently made the rounds on social media.
Prior to this development, Adeboye had claimed that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven.
However, while making a U-turn in a statement, the pastor described his earlier claim as a “mistake”, adding that the bible never said such.
He went on to emphasize that the bible only prescribed peaceful living with all people and holiness as the prerequisites for making heaven.
Speaking in the now-viral video, Adeboye said, “I apologize for saying ‘If you don’t pay tithe, you might not make it to heaven.”
He added, “I’m sorry, that’s wrong, and it’s not in the Bible. What the Bible says is ‘Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God’.”
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