Founder of a branch of Celestial Church of Christ in Lagos, Aderemi Dabiri has opened up on why he invited fuji singer, Pasuma and Portable to the church praise night concert.
He said: “It is not our first time inviting guest artistes. We have been doing it without a problem and I can give you a series of instances.”
“We cannot go where they sell palm wine or alcoholic drinks and ask them to accept Jesus Christ.”
“If I don’t apply wisdom, they will hit a bottle on my head. That was why I thought of a way to bring them into the church.”
“I also noticed that there are some notorious boys who cause trouble in the community, disturbing the authorities and engaging in cultism.”
“I wondered how can we draw their attention so that they would have a change of heart. We have gone to places where they are and they ended up beating us.”
“Most of the members of my church are new converts and it was through that pattern that I converted them.”
“Some gospel ministers are rude. If you talk to some of them, they respond rudely, but the day I called Pasuma, he sounded respectful on the phone and also agreed with my stance.”
“We will tell Portable not to dye his hair and he should not sing vulgar songs but to sing gospel music. We will also caution him not to dress inappropriately or climb the speakers.”
“We will also warn him not to allow his boys to smoke here. We have invited close to 30 military personnel to man the event.”