In a recent YouTube video, Prophet Joshua Iginla, founder and senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, challenged common misconceptions about pastors’ financial well-being.
Addressing critics who think pastors are profiting from tithes and offerings, Iginla urged skeptics to experience church management firsthand.
“If you think pastors are making money from tithes and offerings, sir/ma, go and start one church,” Iginla stated. “Start it, try it, and see if you will last three months.”
He emphasized the dedication and effort pastors invest in their ministries, often facing financial strains and personal sacrifices.
Iginla highlighted the financial burdens pastors face, including the substantial costs of maintaining a church, such as running generators, purchasing diesel, and covering operational expenses.
He pointed out that many pastors are struggling with deficits and are often at the mercy of inadequate contributions from congregants, especially in a challenging economic climate where people are struggling to meet their own needs.
Describing the reality of running a large church with an 880,000 capacity, Iginla revealed that the expenses are so significant that 90% of his ministry’s funding comes from his personal businesses, not from tithes and offerings.
He dismissed the notion that pastors are financially thriving from church funds and called for a more informed and empathetic understanding of the financial realities faced by church leaders.
Iginla’s comments underscore the financial challenges many pastors endure and call for a shift in perspective regarding their income sources.
“Running a church requires a lot of money,” he concluded, urging people to recognize the complexities involved in church management and to move past misconceptions….Seë_Morë