Pastor shuts down church after winning N100m sports bet

 

David Ochieng, a pastor in Uganda, closed his church after winning more than $100 million on a sports wager.

The churchgoers, however, were left speechless and bewildered.

When his congregation arrived for midweek church, he shut down the building and left them stranded. When visitors from the church discovered the gate was closed, they were startled and unsure of what to do.

When approached, Pastor David said that he only chose the job as a means of support and not because he felt truly called to it.

I must acknowledge that I started this church out of 'greed,' not out of anointing, he said. 

I observed how numerous pastors profit from their congregations and create false prophecies to draw in more people, he narrated.

"As time went on, I became aware that something wasn't right; I began to have restless nights; and I continued to have strange nightmares. Before I started this church, everything was well on my end; even when I was short on cash, I didn't experience any unusual nightmares, so I made the decision to stop doing this and start looking for other sources of income.

So one day my phone notifies me that several games have been repaired. I listened to the entire narrative because I thought it was fascinating. Despite sacrificing the $1,000,000 I had to spend for these games to obtain the website link, it took me approximately a month to receive it.

They claimed to have system problems and that the process of protecting games takes time. I was about to give up and label them fraudsters when they got in touch with me with the details, but wow! I went into overdrive. My score was 700 odd.

"I had to stop going to church because I had my own ways of making money, and up until now, I've made a lot that I never thought I'd make in my life."

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