- Father Kelvin Ugwu sparked controversy on Facebook by claiming that the popular online prayer sessions that involve “shouting and kill[ing] demons” are the “most useless forms of prayers”.
- He argued that these activities are not genuine relationship-building with God but are merely a form of “aerobic exercise” and only strengthen a relationship with “imaginary demons.”
- Fr. Ugwu also asserted that the ministers hosting these sessions are running a “business” by “making content and cashing out,”
Reverend Father Kelvin Ugwu ignited a debate after taking to Facebook to claim that popular online prayer sessions are the “most useless” kind of prayers, achieving nothing of spiritual value.
The priest argued that these practices are not genuine forms of prayer but are merely content creation for profit.
Fr. Ugwu specifically criticized the morning and evening shouting sessions common online, stating they fail to foster a true relationship with God.
He wrote:
“All those prayers you join online every morning and evening to shout and kill demons are the most useless forms of prayers. The only good thing about them is that they exercise your jaws, and as you shake your legs, hands, and head, it is a form of aerobic exercise.”
He insisted that these sessions misdirect spiritual energy:
“Those shoutings every morning and evening are not even supposed to be called prayers. They only strengthen your relationship with your imaginary demons, not your relationship with God. True prayer is a relationship with God, and there is nowhere in scripture where God even gives a clue that we should relate with Him in that manner. I repeat: such prayers are USELESS.”
Fr. Ugwu then suggested that the ministers hosting these sessions are primarily motivated by business and personal profit, accusing them of creating problems only to sell a solution.
“Those ministers you join every morning or evening are making content and cashing out. Na business dem dey do. They open shop or stage every morning and evening, then invite you to patronize them after convincing you that they have the solution to a problem they first created in your head.”
He concluded by pointing out the perceived hypocrisy of ministers who claim to “kill demons” but still rely on heavy physical security:
“They ‘kill demons’ and declare how their enemies monitoring them will die, yet they still move around with security men carrying guns, inside bulletproof cars. If that one no prove to you the uselessness of their shouting, nothing else will.”
The priest ended his strongly worded post with a blunt disclaimer:
“To be clear, you can remain in your foolishness, no wahala. But don’t say you were not told.”
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