Abstract
This article examines the activities of Christian religious communities and the birth of a commercialised Christian religion. It begins by creating an atmosphere that the Nigerians find themselves in, and explaining as to why they rely more on religious vendors for solutions to their physical and spiritual problems. Thus, the real causalities are the people with no contentment. The commercialisation of religion in Nigeria has been characterised by increased poverty and social vices such as armed robbery, bad leadership and bad citizenship. Findings reveal that adherents of the various churches that have commercialised their blessings comprise both the poor and the rich of the society. The poor are seeking God for instant blessing, while the rich are seeking God for the sustainability of their wealth and protection. True religion is now lost in Nigeria. Some pastors treat the church as an investment, expecting to get something in return personally when the institution prospers financially. This is evident in the rise in sugar-coated preaching in most Nigerian churches. It was discovered that commercialisation of churches is mainly for financial gains, and it is an offshoot of the proliferation of churches in Nigeria.
Highlights
In 2010, while I was running a programme at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, I discovered that almost every lecture theatre had been taken over by one church or the other
This triggered my interest in carrying out research on religious mechanise and profiteering in Nigeria
Christianity is the religion of Christ, no doubt
Summary
In 2010, while I was running a programme at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, I discovered that almost every lecture theatre had been taken over by one church or the other. For these researchers, in this material world, prosperity preachers are perceived to encourage laziness among Christians who tend to believe that when they sow and are asked to receive in faith, a miracle of a sort would lay prosperity on their laps without having to work (Chioma 2017). The priest uses the name of God to extort from those seeking spiritual help to the problems This is the https://theologiaviatorum.org reason for the shameful proliferation of churches in every nook and cranny of Nigeria. The Christian Association of Nigeria should partner with the Federal Government of Nigeria to chalk out strategies on how to discourage the proliferation of churches and the commercialisation of their activities
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