A Port Harcourt based pastor,Dan Bassey, has blasted pastors who preach for honorarium sake. In a ''memory'' he shared on his fb page,the fiery cleric wrote:
The quest for 'honorarium' remains a prime enemy of revival in the body of Christ. Until the early 90's, ministers saw invitation to preach as an opportunity to win souls,build and establish the flock. I have seen 'men of god'(the small 'G' is deliberate) rejoice over preaching engagements because of the money they stand to gain. Some even speculate on how much they stand to earn while the debased ones put a price tag on their appearance on a pulpit- just like pop stars. The standard justification and favourite quote of this crop of pulpit merchants is: 'buy the truth'! But the same passage enjoins us to 'sell it not'! Don't get me wrong, I've been a preacher for 16 unbroken years and believe that every preacher deserves due appreciation for yielding himself to God as message bearer,the problem is focusing on the appreciation at the expense of the lost souls and sundry problems the pulpit is meant to address. You cannot build the right motivation on a wrong motive. Turning the church to a spiritual beaurex de change may bring temporal benefit,but it also carries ultimate destruction- an eternity in HELL.

Very good point. When the Master shall call on their work in the vineyards of the Lord in that day......Shame shall be their Lot.

Doing evangelism would soon turn to pay as u go....!!

Nearly all motor parks are now fund raising venue for quick pastors.

God is watching...

Nice one. Honorarium is not bad but the motive behind it is what matters before God.

Those who invite Pastors to preach on their platform and refuse to honour them are equally guilty. We just need to strike a balance. Even our Lord Jesus said a labourer is worthy of his wages.

Only honour invitations of Pastors you know very well and don't invite someone you don't know too well.

The price tagging to me is not good but then the 'inviter' should still act with wisdom