Leisure pundit Arnold Asamoah Baidoo took on Ghanaian man of God Bishop Dag Heward Mills over current feedback criticising musicians/instrumentalists in church buildings who’re paid earlier than performing.
Talking through the Saturday, April 19 episode of United Showbiz, Baidoo stated whereas Heward-Mills – who’s the founder and Common Overseer of the Lighthouse Chapel Worldwide – is entitled to his personal opinions, he mustn’t make it appear that folks having totally different views from him and believing in paying their church singers/instrumentalists are participating in ‘nonsense’.
Baidoo additionally criticised Heward-Mills’s claims that there’s something sinister about individuals who ‘do issues for cash’, arguing that everybody does one thing for cash, together with Bishop Heward-Mills.
The Ghanaian man of God arrange an internet firestorm after expressing anger over church members who anticipate to be paid earlier than performing.
“Be careful for individuals who do issues for cash,” he stated. “In my church, I stated I’m not going to pay folks to play devices, as a result of I play all of the devices.”
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Heward-Mills continued that attributable to this perception, he arrange a music coaching faculty to coach children in his church on enjoying devices to make sure they’re properly geared up to take action for the church as soon as matured.
He added: “No person can come and bully us in church by asking to be paid earlier than singing. It’s nonsense. Right here we don’t pay, since you love Jesus. If not, go,”
Arnold took exception to those feedback, noting that the Bible teaches setting apart funds for musicians. Baidoo quoted two bits of scripture to again up his level, 1st Chronicle, 9:33 and Nehemiah 11:23.
Baidoo stated if one other pastor decides to comply with that scripture by paying their instrumentalists, they aren’t participating in ‘nonsense’. He added that he sees nothing improper in Heward-Mills’ mannequin of constructing capability and getting his church members to serve, however inspired him to desist from calling the practices of others, which comply with scripture, as nonsensical.