Founder of David’s Christian Centre, Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo, has sparked fresh conversations after stating that it is not biblical for men to provide for women.
Speaking during a recent sermon, the clergyman explained that while society and culture may encourage men to take on financial responsibility, the Bible promotes hard work and personal responsibility for everyone.
“It never favours you. That thing was a cultural idea. It’s not biblical. What the Bible says is that he that does not work should not eat,” he said.
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Pastor Okonkwo also challenged women who were financially independent before marriage but later shift the burden of survival to their partners. He described such attitudes as “poor people talk,” insisting that those raised in wealthy families are often brought up with a mindset of self-sufficiency.
He further cautioned women against measuring their worth by what men can provide, warning that such dependency often leads to disrespect and mistreatment.
“The way some of you are being treated is because of how you have rated yourself. If you don’t buy me popcorn, I won’t come. Then the way they will pop you like corn. They are disgracing your family,” he added.