{"id":132318,"date":"2023-12-18T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/18\/outrage-as-pastor-bolaji-invites-spyro-to-perform-at-churchs-christmas-carol\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:09:04","slug":"outrage-as-pastor-bolaji-invites-spyro-to-perform-at-churchs-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/18\/outrage-as-pastor-bolaji-invites-spyro-to-perform-at-churchs-christmas-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage As Pastor Bolaji Invites Spyro To Perform At Church\u2019s Christmas Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pastor Bolaji Idowu, the lead preacher at Harvesters International Christian Centre, has been criticised for inviting well-known Afrobeat artist Spyro to sing at the church\u2019s Christmas carol.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions were triggered by the Christmas Carol that was performed on December 17, 2023, at the Church\u2019s branch in Lekki, Lagos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1008610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1008610\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1008610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>For this year\u2019s Carol, aside from Spyro, other celebrities like Daniel Effiong, Bisola Ayeola, <strong>Dorathy<\/strong><strong> Bachor<\/strong>, <strong>Sharon Ooja<\/strong>, Uzor Arukwe, Adeh Gbolahan, and Kenneth Ophopho, as seen on the flier<\/p>\n<p>The preacher had announced it on his Instagram page, with the caption, <em>\u201cCan\u2019t wait for this ! It\u2019s today , starts in less than an hour.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: \u201cParticipating In BBNaija Is My Biggest Blessing So Far\u201d \u2013 Ozo Spills<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Bolaji Idowu has since been ridiculed by netizens who condemned the idea of mixing worldly practices with Christianity.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gistreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/img_j0dJr6K.jpg\" alt=\"Outrage as pastor Bolaji Idowu invites Spyro to perform at church's Christmas carol\" width=\"750\" height=\"937\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/img_j0dJr6K.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that a Celestial Church also invited the controversial street rapper, Portable and Fuji singer, Pasuma to their praise night some weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>See reactions below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>sosaesq__<\/strong> penned: <em>\u201cTrying so hard to blur the lines between carnality and Christainity. Well-done pastor \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pelumi_xx<\/strong> wrote: <em>\u201cPastor B needs to give his life to Christ fr.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>pharmotet penned: <em>\u201cDorathy and all these film people on flier? Calling it show just like the people in the world? It is well, make anybody no come for me o. AAO was right all along, but we dragged him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ada_toolz<\/strong> said: <em>\u201cThe carol was awesome we bless but Pastor B I don\u2019t know a better and polite way to say this, the PR and marketing team needs to work better. This flier isn\u2019t giving Harvesters a good image ngl, don\u2019t get me wrong God loves everyone on this flier but I think it\u2019s a unnecessary post.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>prince_andy_wonder<\/strong> quizzed: \u201c<em>Wait is this programme a celebrity thing.. harvesters na wa o.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2080916550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Bolaji Idowu, the lead preacher at Harvesters International Christian Centre, has been criticised for inviting well-known Afrobeat artist Spyro to sing at the church\u2019s Christmas carol. 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