In Texas, it costs about $30,000 to rent a stadium for one day. Famous Nigerian artistes fill those stadium across the world… and make a lot of money from their craft.
Last month, Apostle Joshua Selman was in Dallas-Fort Worth and filled a stadium for 2 days.
Attendance was FREE. You only need to have ticket for effective management and govt policies.
In August 31, Pastor Jerry Eze will be in Houston. Yesterday, I tried getting the ticket but it’s already finished. A large stadium in the heart of a busy city completely packed to hear a Nigerian speak.
Whatever Nigerian Music and Evangelism industries are doing to attract such global audience is quite remarkable. Even shopping malls here play afrobeats on repeat. American Christians stream Selman’s messages gwo gwo.
It’s easy to criticize the progress of these two industries, but extremely difficult to replicate at scale. The world does not gather to watch a mediocre.
Only a careless thinker would feel the church is hindering progress in any aspect of Nigerian society. The church is NOT responsible for our failures in the Olympics, empty Chemistry labs in our schools, dysfunctional courier service…
I look forward to when a Nigerian professor will fill a stadium in London, Brazil or Sydney just to deliver a lecture. I anticipate seeing “made in Nigeria” brands attracting global patronage.
Don’t just sit around criticizing, go out and become excellent in your own field. Go and create that change you desire to see. It’s possible for every sector to flourish.
America is a good example that every sector can flourish at the same time.
When Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin were busy preaching in crusades, the guys at Silicon Valley were building computer systems.
NASA was building space exploration and basketball guys were winning Olympics, the enchiladas at Wall Street were establishing global partnership for their stocks.
Guys in MIT and Stanford university were doing their science experiments…
Everyone was busy building their own craft. The church is NOT your problem.
Peoplesmind
Credit: Ifeanyi Eze
