Prosperity Gospel, Modern Day Paganism

The Church of Nigeria’s bishop of Amichi has urged Christians to reject preachers who peddle the prosperity gospel, warning the focus on the believer’s material rewards through the intercession of God and angels was paganism repackaged for the modern age.   On 7 June 2015 the Rt. Rev. Ephraim Ikeakor told a large prayer rally in Umuchu “Don’t belong to the Cherubim and Seraphim religion and run away from family churches [where] the husband is the president of such church, his wife is the secretary and the son is the treasurer.”