A Nigerian pastor reportedly refused to officiate the burial of a dead church member because he had failed to pay his tithe for three years and has not been attending church over the period.
Pastor asks family to pay their deceased member’s 3 years tithe arrears before he is buried
You might want to pay your tithe regularly and avoid being in arrears or your family will be forced to settle the arrears before your corpse is buried.
According to a Twitter user with a handle @MrOdanz, the pastors said the only condition on which the church would participate in the funeral was for the family to pay their deceased’s tithe arrears.
“A colleague’s father died and their church (name withheld) is refusing to officiate the burial. They claim he stopped attending the church and paying tithe 3 years ago. And if the church must bury him, the family has to pay all the tithe he didn’t pay in the 3 years,” @MrOdanz wrote on Twitter.
Well, having absented oneself from church for three consecutive years without paying tithe virtually means you are no more a member of the church. So, the pastor may not have been wrong to take the position he took.
However, asking the bereaved family to pay the tithe arrears is what some people thought was outrageous.
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