“It is an insult to God if you ask the Government to tax the church”- Dr. Lawrence Tetteh

People who are demanding that Ghanaian churches pay taxes have enraged Dr. Lawrence Tetteh.
Only ungodly people, according to the man of God, are lobbying for the taxation of churches across the country.

Dr. Tetteh said

 “…Today very ignorant people wake up and say the church should be taxed”.

“remember in the history of the Bible, we had ungodly people asked the church to be taxed. What people lose sight of is that the people you think are very rich you can count them; you live in Ghana, how many pastors use Land Cruisers? If you take the few of us [pastors] that seem to be doing well, we are not more than ten”.

 “the rest that you don’t see are in pain, and debt, and do not have a place to sleep. In fact, if you go to certain pastors’ homes, you will be very sad for them… you cannot tax the church. The church is only being benevolent to society.”

“The gifts that the church receives go back into the church; school fees are being paid [from these]. If you look at Ghana, but for the church, the nation would have been as illiterate as some nations of the sub-region I don’t want to mention…we should applaud the church…”

“when you tax the church what do you gain? If you want to look at it critically, it’s only anti-church people who complain that the church pays tax…” he added

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