Popular American preacher, Pastor Creflo Dollar has revealed that religion is made to thrive by the doctrines of fear and guilt.
Dollar state this in a sermon on June 26, wherein he declared his teachings on tithing and giving as wrong.
The revered preacher further asked his followers to dispose every book, tape and video of him teaching on tithing in the past as they were wrong.
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Dollar, who described himself as ‘still growing’, said;
“I want to start off by saying to you that I’m still growing, and that the teachings that I’ve shared with you on the subject of tithing were not correct.
“And today I stand in humility to correct somethings that I’ve taught for years and believed for years, but could never understand it clearly because I’d not yet being confronted with the gospel of grace, which has made the difference.
“I want to apologize because if it wasn’t for me going down that route, I wouldn’t have ended up where I am right now.
“But I will say that I have no shame at all by saying to you to throw away every book, every tape and every video I’ve made on the subject of tithing.”
On why his move was important, Creflo noted that religion is sustained by two cardinal principles, guilt and fear.
“Why is this important, because religion is sustained by two factors; fear and guilt. And if there’s one subject that the church has used for a very long time to kee people in fear and guilt, it’s in that subject of tithing.
“And it has to corrected now. I may lose some friends, preachers may not invite me no more but I think I already been through that so it doesn’t matter.”
His apologies has attracted mixed reactions from different quarters. While some applauded his move, others believe he has known the truth all the while, but kept deceiving his followers.
Creflo Augustus Dollar, an American pastor, televangelist, and the founder of the non-denominational Christian World Changers Church International based in College Park, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.
