Imagine paying $115 for a prayer - then going into debt for it. That’s Evarline’s story. She’s lives in Kibera, a slum in Kenya - and got into debt for prayers from a pastor. This practice is known as a ‘seed offering’ - what do you think of it?
Evarline Okello breaks down in tears as she tells me she is hundreds of dollars in debt, after paying a pastor to pray for her.
Ms Okello borrowed the money from a friend, who took out a loan on her behalf. She had been told this pastor's prayers were so powerful that she would see a return on her money within a week. The practice stems from what is known as the Prosperity Gospel, which preaches that God rewards faith with wealth and health. Believers are encouraged to show their faith by giving money, which it is claimed will be repaid by God many times over.
"He advised me that there is a church where you go and they pray for you. You give a certain offering, then they pray for you, then you can secure a job," Mr Opili says.When his savings ran out he borrowed about $120 from cash apps and from friends. It's not only in Kenya that people are going into debt in the hope of a miracle. A woman who used to attend a Nigerian church in the US says she and her husband came under crippling financial obligations - including the expectation to make seed offerings, or "sow seed".
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