It’s Not Biblical For Me To Take Care Of Women – Kingsley Okonkwo

09 Sep 2025, 11:12 by Doris Ijeoma Israel · Naija News

Leader of David’s Christian Centre, Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo, has warned women against relying on men for financial support.

The clergyman stated that such beliefs are cultural and not biblical.

Naija News reports that he stressed that the Bible teaches the principle of working to earn a living and not expecting others to provide for one’s needs.

According to him, women who depended on men for basic needs such as food or minor expenses were demeaning themselves and their families.

He explained that those who were properly raised by supportive parents often had access to quality education and good jobs, and would not need to depend on men for survival.

He said: “It never favours you. That thing was a cultural idea. It’s not biblical.

“That a man should take care of a woman. It’s not biblical. What the Bible says is that he that does not work should not eat. Okay, before you marry, how were you surviving? Before you had a boyfriend, before you had a fiancé, how were you surviving? That’s the question.

“Like I said, all this talk is poor people talk. Look, somebody that has a well-to-do parent that raised them well,
they will send you to the best schools.
You’ll finish the best schools, you’ll get one of the best jobs. They won’t leave you to roam around with one boy to pay for you. A boy that buys you puff puff, the way he will squeeze you like puff puff.
And the way some of you are being treated is because of how you have rated yourself. If you don’t buy me popcorn, I won’t come. Then the way they will pop you like corn. They are disgracing your family.”