{"id":1088714,"date":"2022-05-16T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/16\/i-never-wanted-to-be-a-preacher-even-though-i-knew-it-will-happen-one-day-sonnie-badu\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:54:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T09:54:03","slug":"i-never-wanted-to-be-a-preacher-even-though-i-knew-it-will-happen-one-day-sonnie-badu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/16\/i-never-wanted-to-be-a-preacher-even-though-i-knew-it-will-happen-one-day-sonnie-badu\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Never Wanted To Be A Preacher Even Though I Knew It Will Happen One Day&#8221;-Sonnie Badu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>US-based Ghanaian gospel singer and preacher, Sonnie Badu has recounted his journey in music and also as a man of God even though he had different plans for his life.<\/h2>\n<h4>READ ALSO: \u201cI Was Surprised When I Got Nominated For Best Vocalist At The VGMA\u201d-Black Sherif Reveals [Video]<\/h4>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on the Uncut show with the lifestyle and celebrity blogger, Sonnie Badu revealed that he has a ten-year plan to minister at some concerts in the United States of America before the voice of God spoke to him about having his own church.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that he had always been preaching and singing at the same time but most people presumed he was just a singer until the voice of God spoke to him about having his own church.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI heard the voice of God again in Dallas and at the time I was making a lot of money from singing so I was not interested in owning a church even though my father was a pastor and about eight years ago he said to me that I would one day establish a church and I told him to stop saying such<\/strong> <strong>things\u201d, <\/strong>he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he already knew it was in the pipeline for him to establish his own church but he did not want to accept that it would really take place.<\/p>\n<p>However, through a friend of his in the States, he managed to get a place, an old church that belonged to another pastor in the US, and through a Spanish man, he believed God had already spoken to fund his project.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rLK5EXasLrs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yes, It Costs A Lot To Book Me For A Show\u2026Just The Sound At My Church Costs $300,000 - Sonnie Badu\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rLK5EXasLrs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h5 id=\"h-source-www-ghgossip-com\">Source: ghgossip<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0&#038;appId=1009694476028322&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" type=\"a604268b8fd3962460f6b8c9-text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US-based Ghanaian gospel singer and preacher, Sonnie Badu has recounted his journey in music and also as a man of God even though he had different plans for his life. 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