- Pastor Helen Ukpabio, founder of Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries, triggered a social media commotion by wishing a ‘happy birthday’ to her followers.
- Ukabio, who sued Bloody Civilian for N200 billion, criticized birthday pleasantries as “the devil’s language” and advised her followers to stop wishing her “happy birthday”.
Pastor Helen Ukpabio, founder of Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries, has stirred controversy on social media following her recent remarks about birthday celebrations.
Ukpabio, who previously made headlines for filing a ₦200 billion lawsuit against singer Bloody Civilian, advised her followers to refrain from wishing her a happy birthday, insisting the phrase carries negative spiritual implications.
During a church service at her ministry headquarters in Calabar, Cross River State, Ukpabio cautioned her congregation against using the phrase “happy birthday,” claiming it is a language inspired by the devil.
According to her, she prefers to describe her birthday as “thanking God at 60” rather than engaging in what she called modern-day idolatry. She further explained that such greetings are spiritually misleading and not aligned with Christian doctrine.
She wrote;
“I am not somebody that does birthday every year like Zombie”, stressing that she doesn’t “sell out my soul to devil like that, don’t use the language of the devil. You won’t see birthday there. You will only see “thanking God at 60”.
“You see people saying happy birthday! Happy birthday!! Who is giving you happy and birthday? Those are pleasantries that people exchange in this modern day idolatry.
“You can even see a Christian singing happy birthday to you on pulpit. Then after that you say it doesn’t mean. It means. Energy you don’t vest spiritually, don’t say it.
“All these things are idolatry, Satan giving us a language and the Bible says we should not speak their language”.
Her comments have since sparked widespread debate online, with critics calling her views extreme, while some of her followers praised her for speaking out against what she described as worldly traditions.
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