- Fr Kelvin Ugwu sparks controversy on Facebook as he claims popular online prayer event involves ‘shouting and killing'[ing] Devil” is “the most useless form of prayer.”
- He argued that these activities were not a true relationship with God, but merely an “aerobic exercise” that only served to strengthen a relationship with “imaginary demons.”
- Fr. Ugwu also claimed that the ministers hosting these meetings were running a “business” by “producing content and delivering,”
Reverend Father Kelvin Ugwu has sparked a controversy after he claimed on Facebook that a popular online prayer service is the “most useless” prayer that has no spiritual value.
The priest argued that these practices were not true forms of prayer but merely content created for profit.
Fr. Ugwu was particularly critical of morning and evening shout-out campaigns that are common online, saying they fail to foster a true relationship with God.
He wrote:
“Shouting ghost-killing prayers online every morning and night is the most useless form of prayer. The only benefit is to exercise your jaw. When you shake your legs, shake your hands, and shake your head, it’s a kind of aerobic exercise.”
He insisted that these courses misdirected spiritual energy:
“Those shouts every morning and night shouldn’t even be called prayers. They only strengthen your relationship with imaginary demons, not your relationship with God. Real prayer is a relationship with God, and nowhere in the Bible does it suggest that God should be connected to Him in this way. I repeat: Such prayers are useless.”
Fr. Ugwu later said the ministers hosting the meetings were primarily motivated by business and personal gain, accusing them of creating problems only to sell solutions.
“Those ministers you join every morning or evening are making content and delivering. That’s what they do. They set up shop or stage every morning and evening and then invite you to patronize them after convincing you that they’ve solved the problem they originally created in your mind.”
He concluded by noting that ministers who claim to “destroy the devil” but still rely on strict personal security are considered hypocritical:
“They ‘kill the devil’ and claim to monitor how their enemies will die, but they still walk around with gun-toting security guards in bulletproof cars. If that one doesn’t prove to you that their shouting is of no use, then nothing will.”
The pastor ended his strongly worded post with a blunt disclaimer:
“To be clear, you can continue to be stupid and not wahala. But don’t say you weren’t informed.”
