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A Nigerian church has reportedly refused to hold a funeral service for one of their late members. The deceased’s offense? He has stopped attending service for three years and was not faithful in tithing throughout the period he stopped worshipping with them.
The story has since generated a series of reactions from netizens who claimed the practice is common in a particular orthodox church.He noted that the church insisted that before burying the deceased, his family must clear all his tithe arrears the man didn’t pay for three years.“A colleague’s father died and their church is refusing to officiate the burial. They claim he stopped attending the church and paying tithe 3 years ago.
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