Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- "My fee is one million naira for a two-hour session of worship, amounting to a service charge of N500,000 per hour. Any additional worship will require you to top up my fees. Your invoice will be issued by my manager." How low could a man fall as a worship minister? At the root of this widespread desecration of the sacred music ministry is the spirit of mammon which obviously is a major stronghold in the Nigerian church. It is the same spirit working on the hearts of several ministers of the word at several levels of ministry. But my focus today is within the scope of the music ministry.

As far as I'm concerned, music dealership has taken over music leadership in the church, resulting in the pollution of the sacred al...