The Founder and General Overseer of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has advised young men preparing for marriage to shun extravagant weddings.
Delivering a sermon to his congregation, he stressed the need for individuals to prioritize their future and not exhaust their savings on lavish ceremonies that could plunge them into debt.
Shedding more light on this development, he said, “Most of the foolish things we do are to use our money for other things. For weddings, we go and buy all these white dresses and suits. We spend all the money on weddings.”
According to him, men who borrow money to organise lavish weddings often face frustrations at home due to the intense pressure from creditors calling to get their money back.
“So people have come, you’ve dressed nicely, but you are in debt, and they are calling for their money. Your phone is ringing and somebody says, the money you collected, when can I have my money? And you can’t tell the lady that you borrowed some money to do shows,” he stressed.
Sharing his personal life experience, he disclosed that he got married at 21 or 22, not knowing much about what marriage entailed, but he did it because he felt pressured to do so.
