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‘Portable, Pasuma invited to praise night for soul winning’, Celestial church cleric reveals

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Aderemi Dabiri, the founder of a Celestial Church of Christ branch in Lagos State, has clarified the intention behind inviting Fuji singer Alabi Pasuma and street-hop artist Portable.

The cleric disclosed this while addressing the church’s task force delegation, stating it was to gain new converts.

This comes after the recent criticism directed at the white garment church for inviting secular artists to its praise night event.

Dabiri mentioned that inviting these artists was intended to connect with and draw in people who don’t usually participate in the church’s events.

He added that this method of evangelism has been effective for him over the years and has contributed to the growth of his church membership.

“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,” he said.

Dabiri, while criticizing certain gospel ministers for their lack of respect, expressed a preference for inviting secular musicians instead.

“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,” he said.

Addressing the task force team’s concerns about the controversy, Dabiri confirmed that he had no intention of cancelling the invitation.

He, however, stated plans to moderate the conduct of the artistes during the event, especially Portable.

“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,” he added.

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