The founder and general overseer of the Believers’ House of Worship International, Rev. Abraham Lamptey, who has come under strong criticism following his comment that gospel events must be free has said he was misinterpreted.
The Man of God explained that his remarks were taken out of context, and he believes that organizers and gospel musicians are free to put a price tag on their concerts to offset their investments in staging the events.
“I had a press soiree with some bloggers about my upcoming event, ‘Art of Worship’ dated December 3. This will be my seventeenth year running and I have never charged people for the experience. I shared my opinion on the question of whether should gospel arts put a price tag on their events and my response was organizers and gospel artists can choose to charge for their events to forfeit bills but personally, I don’t charge for my worship events” he added.
In a phone conversation on UTV Showbiz, Rev. Lamptey clarified that while he personally does not charge for worship events, he recognizes that others may choose to do so. He emphasized that his intention is not to impose a universal rule on pricing but to express his personal approach to worship experiences.
Rev. Lamptey emphasized the need for people to consider the context and intentions behind statements to foster better understanding.
He mentioned that his motivation is to win souls for the Lord through these worship events.
He highlighted the importance of understanding individual perspectives on issues and encouraged patience and rational analysis to avoid misinterpretation of opinions.
“Nowadays people are more emotional than rational when analyzing issues if we could be more patient to understand an individual perspective on issues we won’t always misinterpret people’s opinions,” Rev. Lamptey ended.
