If he didn't sing it,he will end up in lagoon.

haibe:


and that makes it gospel? Even non Christians thank their God

it boils dowwn to d God u serve, I ve hrd Muslims sing our Christian songs but wif a twist to suit their purpose. it all comes down to wat u interpret It To be

kenlash1:
it boils dowwn to d God u serve, I ve hrd Muslims sing our Christian songs but wif a twist to suit their purpose. it all comes down to wat u interpret It To be

so anyone can sing any song in the church? Even an idol worshipper? I dey learn new things today

If you ask Professor Jega this kind of question, his reply will be:

You are not serious! How can you be asking me such a stupid question when I have elections to conduct or are you related to Urubebe?

The word gospel means Good news. Gospel music means good news Music. Gospel music actually started as inspiration music, any music that brought inspiration and its lyrics was inspiration, it was considered gospel. Some people just use terms without knowing it. If it is what God has done and praising God in every situation, then it is gospel. It the music is talking about life and how you can make it, it is infact gospel. Also people tend to not understand the meaning of worldly music. Worldly music is not music that doesn't mention God. Worldly music is music that can be used to glorify the devil. So like a song about shaking your bumbum, twerking. Having sex with different girls. Living life as you like. Secular music doesn't mean worldly music.

Even paul said “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

I do however have a problem with inviting artists to a place of worship. It is not a place of performance, it is a place of worship and discussing the the words of God.
These pastors are hypocritical (not in evil terms). The bible states that every church was bible study not just people listening to one person speak. It was an interactive learning. There was no so called designated site called church. A church was simply a gathering of saints. Now you have two or three churches in one street. That makes no type of sense.

Choose the one that suits best

amokeme:
well, IMO, GOSPEL song is different from CHRISTIAN song.. so back to your question, its a gospel song. gospel means good news

1000 likes and a champagne for this fine smart babe.

A Gospel Music has the following properties:
The Lyrics preaches Christ-the only message of the Gospel;
The Singer must also be born again;
And the melody must be inspiring not just entertaining; lastly,the source must be the Holy Spirit and the Holy Scriptures-the Bible.
I hereby leave you to judge the song, GODWIN.

We need to take this to the LAW court..

Gospel songs are inspired by the Holy Spirit

OK now let's see
" I don pop 'Champagne'..na god-win

I believe this is not inspired by the HOLY Spirit
I believe he is therefore singing to another god.
So also the partakers

We all know the truth...Godwin is not a Gospel song, although,it edifies God but no, so also is dancing shoki, alanta, azonto,....all join.

"The world is just looking for a way to make what is wrong seem right."

#endtimethings

Sounds lik one to me infact it is more or less.. It praises baba God ooo

ease06:
So this afternoon I came across a post saying a UK based Pastor was criticising a church in Lagos for inviting Korede Bello to render his hit song;GODWIN.

I am forced to wonder if the song or the singer determines the genre of a song.

What makes a song gospel or secular? Is it the song (the message) or the singer?

y@p it's. Korede is a child of GOD. Yu can compose a gospel music and pple wil like it. I tink GOD gave korede dat wisdom 2 compose song...

I think the same too

EroticAngelina:
I fink its a mixture of both

lonelydora:
None of the above

Gospel Song........... NO. it is not soul lifting and edifying

Secular Song...........NO. the lyrics is not raw like "story for the gods"



Where do I classify it? Still thinking

Gosecular

R Kelly comes to mind

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abysirius:

Be advised, ur definition of goodnews above is not right. The good news that the bible was talking about is not about ur bro dt just bought a new car, or ur younger sister dt just passed her jamb. The bible was talking about the redemption, the restoration and the salvation that the death of Christ bring to man kind.

The good news is that we should go into the world and tell pple that despite all d evil they've done, despite d fact that they're imperfect, despite the fact that no one respect them simply because they're poor, etc Christ still loves them. He wants them to come so that He can give them everything. So that He can forgive their sins and make them a new being with a new life. That's d good news!

Tnks bro........gat ya point

paulolee:
d tin tire mi self...
criticizing korede for singing Godwin, nT b'coz of d song bt b'coz korede is a sinner
wat abt dose dancing shoki n oda wordli dances inside d church.... isn't it d same thing
wat is supposed to b d main point of criticism??
is it korede in person or d music he sang..
gat a lot of work to do n dts Y I can't start stressing myself in judging Peps...
if dt pastor said it's unacceptable for a church to invite korede to perform inside a church coz he is a sinner.... iz it also a sin for a "Saint" lyk frank Edwards to performed dorobucchi or shoki inside d church ...

Abeg how did you get to the conclusion that korede bello is a sinner?,who was the judge?.NAIJA I DEY HAIL UNA.

IT BOTH. THE SINGER & THE SONG.
EVEN IF COREDE SANG A SONG THAT SOUND LIKE A GOSPEL SONG & LIVE THE WORLDLY LIFE , THEN IT IS SOME WORTHLESS & EMPTY SONG THAT WONT MOVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
THE VESSEL MATTER A GREAT DEAL. IT IS A RUBBISH SONG IF THE SINGER DOES NOT CARRY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

EroticAngelina:
the fact that it was sung by a secular musician makes it 50% secular.

IT IS 100% CIRCULAR TO ME

paulolee:
d tin tire mi self...
criticizing korede for singing Godwin, nT b'coz of d song bt b'coz korede is a sinner
wat abt dose dancing shoki n oda wordli dances inside d church.... isn't it d same thing
wat is supposed to b d main point of criticism??
is it korede in person or d music he sang..
gat a lot of work to do n dts Y I can't start stressing myself in judging Peps...
if dt pastor said it's unacceptable for a church to invite korede to perform inside a church coz he is a sinner.... iz it also a sin for a "Saint" lyk frank Edwards to performed dorobucchi or shoki inside d church ...

Dancing shoki with this is not the same. Do u know the kind of dance David did?
It is only the same if the dance is shake ya bombom & u know it is not possible in a Church which is genuine for God.

Korede is not a gospel act as such inviting him to sing in the Church is wrong knowing fully well that no man can genuinely serve two masters . He should comeout & give his life to Christ & embrace the gospel letting go the circular singing which simply means praising/serving the devil. Until he does that, he shall coming to be an intruder singing the LORDS song

haibe:


what's your point, ? Any type of song is allowed in the church?

nope I'm saying that it's pretty weird that we use worldly dance steps in church and noone says anything but when it's a worldly song then it becomes bad?

He can sing the song in church provided the song doesn't have a secular lyrics in it.Christians do sing R kelly's storm is over,i believe i can fly and other R kelly's inspirational songs whereas R kelly is a secular singer who like sex songs

No one cares what you silly and hypocritical christians think! You can make a million threads on Nairaland and other social media platforms on this topic, you'll still be talking trash. One hypocrite right here on this thread even judged Korede outrightly to be a sinner when He/She has never even met, seen or spoken with the boy. How condescending can you lots get? Na wa ooo.

To Korede Bello, I dedicate this song T.I ft Rihanna - Live your life

Whitney houston,faze,tuface,r kelly,beyonce,kelly rowland e.t.c have all sang in front of a church before.korede bello singing in a church is not new for secular musicians.so why criticizing him.na you holy pass.the church is also for sinners

haibe:


so anyone can sing any song in the church? Even an idol worshipper? I dey learn new things today

bro u getting it all wrong. Are the chorsters beta Dan him?, like I gave an example of R kelly, he performs in churches as well.

Yomieluv:
Don't mind all the hypocrites that believe that for a song to be classified as gospel,it must be sang by Jesus,or Jesus look alike..

Even Beanie-Man a ragga artist sang a gospel song.

So to me,any song that glorifies God is gospel,regardless of who sang it.

After all I sing praises to God before praying,yet I know am a sinner,will God not accept my praise because of that?

the prayer of a sinner is abomination to God

kenlash1:
bro u getting it all wrong. Are the chorsters beta Dan him?, like I gave an example of R kelly, he performs in churches as well.

so r kelly sings in church.... Question is if guru maharaji comes out to sing in church would it be ok