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Re: Pastor Shuts Down His Church After Winning About $140,000 In Sports Betting..
by
uche6215
on 25/03/2023, 15:32:51 UTC
A Ugandan Pastor by the name, David Ochieng is said to have shut down his church after winning money equivalent to about $140,000 through sports betting..

The church members came for their normal weekly services and were shocked to discovered that the entire place were locked, and the pastor no where to be found, the pastor was later contacted, and he confessed that he become a pastor out of greed and not because God called him ...

This is an interesting news to read, please read the full version of the story here -https://tribuneonlineng.com/pastor-shuts-down-church-after-winning-n100m-sports-bet/

The above affirms to the fact that many, are into what they do, not because they love it, or because its their calling, but because of the money they get to make from it, just imagine how many years this pastor have deceived his church members into believing he was genuinely called by God to serve as a pastor..

Now my question is, As a business or as a career person who is also into gambling/betting, would you quit your current business or career if you won the same amount of money from gambling/betting?
Be sincere and state your reasons for your decision.

If I was to be in the shoes of the pastor, I will never quit my church just like that, I will call another pastor to manage the church so I can travel out.

What the pastor did was total greed and this can make him lose more on betting.

In my vicinity, we call such pastors a ringer pastor, and he should be arrested 👮  for deceiving the church members now that he has endangered the lives of many churchgoers.