ABSTRACT

The Gospel is the word of God written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and for the salvation of mankind. The paper examined " Violent preaching of the Gospel in contemporary Nigeria:A Call for a Change in Modus Operandi" which have abused or twisted for selfish aggrandizement.The paper made use of analytic, descriptive and comparative methods. The paper made use of field survey method, and data were assembled from sampled interviews across some selected States in Nigeria, observer participation and from of books. It has been discovered by the paper that, Christ's mandate of preaching the Gospel was not conceived out of violence as violent preachers today coerced people into believing that the Gospel must be preached in such a way. Furthermore, violent preachers work under the influence of intoxicants and demonic possessions whereby the congregation is threatened and compelled to yield to any demand made from them by these preachers . The paper condemns in strong terms continual abuse of the Gospel by violent preachers . There should be a change in modus operandi of violent preaching of the Gospel among preachers now and always. There is need also for the Gospel to be respected, preached in a peaceful manner as Christ and His apostles did without distorting its essence using threats.