Nigerians were one time named the happiest people on earth... a lot people even including Nigerian themselves could not fathom the critarea used in arriving at this conclusion, considering the fact that the nation was locked in abject poverty and hardship.
Looking back right now, i could imagine some of the things the oyinbo man could have seen to have given us such huge mantle of recognition...hmnn
I guess of the things that we are good at is finding humour in things around us despite or prevailing condition...and in Nigeria, truly, One of the things that you cannot miss is how we name various things, from humans to business and even churches!
...I remember vividly a funny sign post that caught my fancy through a bus window some long time ago. It read: Church of the God of property! Funnier still was the fact that the church in reference was a weather-beaten, all plank structure, the mere size of a two-car garage hurriedly put up. ‘God of property’ indeed!
Well, if you thought that was funny, then am sure that even you, if have been looking closely, you’de have seen even funnier ones. The names Nigerian churches have taken on have definitely moved from the sublime to the ridiculous.
I did some digging around and below are some of the names being thrown around [ it actually makes me wonder what the corporate affairs commission is doing about this. I doubt though if some of these churches were truly registered; but if they were, then something is wrong with the approving authorities or the parameters being used by the C.A.C. ( not the Christ apostolic church)(:-
Ponder on some of these names:
- RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MINISTRY
- JESUS NEVER FUCKS UP MINISTRY
- OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY MINISTRY
- MY BROTHER IS A CHRISTIAN CHURCH ORF GOD
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- JEHOVAH SHARP SHARP MINISTRY][FESTAC]
- DEVILS GO HEAR AM JESUS MINISTRY
- GOD IS REAL MINISTRY [MOTTO: JESUS NO GET MUSCEL BUT HE GET POWER]
- MINISTRY OF THE NAKED WIRE [BAYELSA]
- CHUKWUDI & SONS EVANGELICAL MINISTRY [ABA]
- HOUSE OF JEHOVAH’S PADAWANS [PORT HARCOURT]
- DAVID KILLED GOLIATH MINISTRY [KADUNA]
- FIRE BURN MINISTRIES
- JESUS THE LANDLORD MINISTRY
- HAPPY GO LUCK CHURCH OF GOD [ABEOKUTA]
- BEST SPOT IN THE LAND OF GOD CHURCH [APAPA]
- TRIGGE RHAPPY MINISTRY [MOTTO: ALWAYS FIRING THE DEVIL]
- KASABUBU CHURCH OF GOD [IBADAN]
- SEVEN THUNDERS OF JESUS CHURCH
- EL SHADDAI SHALL NEVER DIE MINISTRY
- LABORATORY OF GOD CHURCH
- GO TELL AHAB ELIJAH IS HERE MINISTRY [BENIN]
- LIQUID FIRE MINISTRY [SULEJA, NIGER]
- ANGELS ON FIRE MINISTRY
- FACE TO FACE MINISTRY
- SATAN IN TROUBLE MINISTRY
- HEALING TSUNAMI MINISTRY
- HURRICANE MIRACLE MINISTRY
- GUIDED MISSILE CHURCH