You have to pay correct tithe and quality offering if you don’t want to experience hardship — Pastor David Ibiyeomie

Popular Nigerian cleric David Ibiyeomie has stirred reactions after stressing that tithing remains the foundation for anyone seeking covenant wealth.

Speaking during a sermon, the pastor explained that wealth built on covenant principles cannot stand without first paying tithe, which he described as the foundation.

“You can’t say you are walking in covenant if the foundation is not in place. The foundation for the covenant is tithe. Trying to walk in covenant wealth without tithing is like trying to build a house without a foundation,” he said.

Quoting The Bible from Malachi 3:10, he urged believers to bring all their tithe to the storehouse so there would be provision, adding that people must “pay correct tithe if you don’t want your life to be tight.”

The cleric went further to reveal the scale of his personal giving, noting that he gives what he described as “quality offerings” regularly.

“The minimum offerings I give on Sundays is $12,000 and the minimum I give on week days is $2,000. If you don’t give me offering I’ll still be stinkingly rich,” he stated.

According to him, generosity plays a major role in financial prosperity, while stinginess leads to lack.

“Stinginess is the gateway to poverty and giving is the gateway to prosperity. Every poor man is stingy,” he added.