After the widely publicised story of Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua returning an elderly woman’s tithe, another video has surfaced showing the cleric’s unique action was not an isolated one.
“On 5th June, my wife died,” Ezekiel Ayodeji from Ondo State, Nigeria, lamented, three young children standing beside him.
He was shoddily dressed, clearly malnourished and physically challenged – one of his legs being almost half the size of the other.
“One week later to that time, the shop where I was selling electrical parts burnt down completely in a fire,” he painfully continued, the congregation at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) listening solemnly.
“When this problem arose, my landlord gave me a quit notice. They then sent my children out of the school. I am suffering; I don’t have food.”
Pastor T.B. Joshua paused sombrely before addressing the church. “These are the people that make your money useless… Money becomes a curse when we are not spending it on the needy.”
He then announced he would give Ezekiel N300,000 coupled with six bags of rice and the promise of scholarships for his three children.
The clip posted by Emmanuel TV’s YouTube channel fast-forwards one week to show the same man sharing his ‘testimony’.
“After the man of God gave me the money, the first thing I did was to go to my church in Akure and paid tithe to my pastor – N30,000,” he recounted.
“I then paid off my debts. With the remaining money, I bought a plot of land worth N150,000. I am here to thank God!”
Joshua then released a bombshell. “Well, I disagree with the pastor that collected N30,000,” he said, much to the surprise of the crowd.
“I am going to return that money back to you because there are many areas you can render your service to the ministry but financially, you are not strong.”
The cleric went on to explain, “He will still pay tithes but not now – he should invest the money and start something. When he starts something, he can begin to pay tithe.”
Joshua instructed that N30,000 be returned to Ezekiel, further advising him to backtrack on his decision to purchase land, stating the time had not come for such measures.
The clip ended with Joshua presenting a brand new car to Ayodeji, purchased by an Emmanuel TV partner and specifically adjusted to enable him to drive despite his physical disability.
“I never expected this at all,” Ezekiel shouted. “I thank God – I am now the owner of a car!”
Ihechukwu Njoku, a freelance journalist, wrote from Lagos, Nigeria
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Faith with deeds! Not just tithe tithe tithe
Aii?, Let him return the souls of the 100+ people that perished in his building too.
He should return my brainwashed sisters money too, she is now suffering because of him.
So the new publicity stunt is returning tithe now? Love to see him make a public announcement, “NO MORE GIVING OF TITHES” That would be better. Meanwhile the over 100 South Africans who died in his collapsed building remain dead.
On my way 2 lagos 2 receive my own share of tithe payers money………………Nollywood pastor all over 9ja taking advantage of our gullibility n ignorance……chai, chineke mé!!
Number one false prophet in Nigeria playing “blindfold” again!
When a “PROPHET” begins to depend on tithes, you know he is not a PROPHET/PASTOR of God.
T.B.J gladly parts away with your money while giving back a drop in the ocean of what’s given to him as an act of kindness. Why would I want to give him my hard earned money when he drives and I walk? If God is going to bless me, then I should get what I was supposed to give to TBJ and invest it wisely then buy a car later because my family needs it more than he does. Whatever remains, I can bless someone else who really, really needs the help. It’s called paying it forward, but not into TBJ’S pocket.
@bmoma save your hard earned money for gstrings and make up I will buy you a car of your dream.
He’s a good actor and business man.
Foolish crooked tactics. Reminds me of the pf style of leadership. They make you think they are doing you favour when in actual fact you are owed development
google this….African unhealthy Pregnant women (photograph)
Giving is not by force only willing hearts give.
Demon pastor from hell is T,B, Joshua.
Be worry of false prophets,dat clem 2b men of God,,he hs sacrificed a lot of South africn blood,,
This is heresy koz tithe z biblical.10% of yo income belongs 2 GOD,nd how dare TB JOSHUA preaching heresy.this man buys land nd tb joshua sez it waz rong.hu z he 2 control the old man?
I believe tithe is paid to God, not to pastors, so how did he get the right to return to the payer what is God’s, it wasn’t TB’s money in the first place?
You are wrong.
anyway…nothing dibili dibili nafuti nafuti nankwe nankwe
tbj….false prophet…only a fool cn follow foolish fools…clean wicthdoctors…
Nosence…
Gstring ni ziiii
Thanx man of God
He cannot justify his act using the bible. He just wanted to disgrace his fellow preacher who received the tith. The man of God who received the tithe was in order.
The return of MAGICIANS