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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Founder of Eastwood Anaba Ministries, Reverend Eastwood Anaba has bemoaned the dominance of entertainment in churches, stressing that it has swayed Christians away from the primary purpose of worship.<\/b><\/p>\n

In a viral sermon video, Rev. Anaba emphasized that entertainment has now become the \u201coxygen of churches\u201d and if taken away some churches will collapse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you go to these our churches, sometimes I just imagine. If there is no drum, there is no organist, there is no guitarist, and you take away all the music and the entertainment, many of our churches will die. It will be like the oxygen support has been remove and that is because the entertainment in our churches I think it is too much,\u201d he said.The pastor continued to highlight instances where he witnessed more focus on entertainment in some churches.<\/p>\n

The renowned pastor recounted situations where invited ministers spend over two hours at conventions surrounded by \u201cone song after the other, one dance after the other, choreography, and somersaulting.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the church is for signs and wonders, healings and spiritual dealings. Comparing some secular establishments to the church, he humorously remarked how focused they are on their purpose.\u201cI\u2019ve never entered a \u2018chop bar\u2019 and they said \u2018praise and worship\u2019 before the food was brought. They know exactly why they exist so as soon as you sit down, they come to you with a menu. They want to know what you want to eat because the purpose there is eating.\u201d<\/p>\n

He urged Christians not to neglect the work of the Lord in exchange for entertainment and quoted biblical verses, cautioning against neglecting \u201cthe work of the Lord\u201d in favor of extravagant entertainment.<\/p>\n

The pastor concluded by challenging his fellow clergy, asking, \u201cHow many pastors walk into church on Sunday with the aim that if there is a leper in my church, he should be cleansed? If a dead person is there, he should be raised? If there is a cripple, the person should walk?\u201dThe pastor while acknowledging that entertainment is accepted in churches, he believes churches are rather being more reliant on it than God\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n

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