Founder of Abel Damina Ministries International (ADMI), Dr. Abel Damina, has declared that tithes and offerings given in church are used on Earth and do not go to heaven.
Damina, speaking in a viral video, challenged popular doctrines around giving, stating that contrary to what many preachers teach, offerings given by church members are spent by men and not received in heaven.
“No offering goes to heaven; men spend it. Every time we gather offerings in this church, they are used here on Earth. All the offerings we give to God go to men,” he said.
He further dismissed the teachings of those he called “tithe mongers” who preach that tithing opens the windows of heaven.
“Even those tithe mongers who say when you pay tithe, the doors of heaven will open — the doors have been open since Jesus rose from the dead. They have never been closed. They’re just manipulating people’s minds,” he said.
Damina also responded to critics who accused him of being evil for preaching against tithing.
“I heard some of them saying I am evil because I said you should not pay tithe, and someone said, ‘he and his children would pay tithe.’ He has to talk like that to keep collecting from people. If he doesn’t talk like that, people will stop giving him,” Damina said.
“And I won’t be surprised if he is not paying tithes to anybody. Most are greedy; they collect from everybody but don’t give to anybody. I was there. There is nothing you’ll tell me that I don’t know, because there is nothing new under the sun.”
