TB Joshua: But one thing I could not avoid was the bulky envelope filled with money that he always handed out to us at each meeting - Pastor…

In response to a contentious BBC documentary about the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua, Pastor Debo Akinyemi of the Redeemed Christian Church of God shared his experiences in a write-up published by ChurchTimes Nigeria.



According to Punch, it was reported that given his close but brief interaction with the Late TB Joshua as a journalist, he finds it necessary to contribute to the ongoing controversy that was sparked by the recent expose by the BBC.

The divided opinions on the BBC documentary indicate the uncertainty surrounding whether he was a genuine man of God or not.

Pastor Akinyemi said that in his personal view, he appeared to be somewhere in between, and it was challenging to categorize him due to his outwardly flawless look and internally questionable behavior.

He said while he was still working with "The Exclusive," a quaint weekly Newspaper TB Joshua was publishing, he would summon them for meetings in the evening but he will never show up until midnight. And while they would be waiting for TB Joshua, they would be given sumptuous meals to eat but he doesn't join others in eating the meals.

He said, "But one thing I could not avoid was the bulky envelope filled with money that he always handed out to us at each meeting.You could open your envelope and find as much as 25,000. Just as you could be summoned to another meeting the following day or each day the rest of the week after which the envelope would go round. It never mattered if you had not touched the handout of the previous meetings where nothing of importance was discussed."

Further talking, he said, "Sometimes he (TB Joshua) would just say the meeting was to commend some of us for the stories we wrote. This seemed to make him the toast of the team except me. This generosity seemed more subversive than anything else. What publisher would call meetings to disrupt editorial schedules just to share envelopes ?"

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