Media personality Andrew Kibe has shared his reasons for embracing Christianity, revealing that his initial motivation for attending church was financial gain, which ultimately led to his financial downfall.
He acknowledges that he earned substantial income from church-related activities; however, he eventually faced bankruptcy, which diminished his enthusiasm for the ministry and prompted a transition to the media sector.
Kibe, who previously worked as a radio presenter, recounts that he was introduced to Christianity in 2009, largely due to his mother’s persistent encouragement, and subsequently experienced a spiritual awakening.
“My mother’s voice was very strong in my life, that’s how I got into the church business because every other day I would be doing something else and she would call and ask if I had been to church and recommend which church I should go to. Eventually, it got to me,” he said.
Kibe began attending church to satisfy his mother, and it was during this time that he encountered his previous business partner from the church.
“I met a guy named Daniel Wabala through Robert Burale, who was a friend of mine at the time. Daniel has an amazing mind, he knew everything about the Bible and I would ask him questions and so I started enjoying the debates we used to have.
“I told him that he should start his church. Because I am a serial entrepreneur I saw an opportunity there. With all the information he had, I told him to imagine what it would be like to have his church, because if I loved what he was saying, so would many others,” he stated.
Wabala embraced the concept and, in collaboration with Kibe, established a church with the media personality serving as its chairman.
“The idea worked. I helped him open a church with my resources, but I was never a pastor. I also helped him run the church. Running the church is like any other business, pay your bills, get a nice place and chairs, build a podium, and all that,” he explained.
Kibe and Wabala not only managed a church but also operated a publishing company that provided supplementary income.
According to Kibe, he enjoyed significant financial success in the church sector for a decade, after which circumstances began to decline.
“I’m always looking for growth. After 10 years in the business, I couldn’t see any other form of growth. At this point, I am even worse off than when I started.
“When I came to the church I had no children, now I have two and a wife who we are in the process of separating, and the church is closing, and my other businesses are closing,” he said.
Upon his departure from the church, Kibe expressed that his marriage had deteriorated and that he was being pursued by auctioneers, circumstances that contributed to his waning faith in God.
“When I came to church, I was a baller. I came from the streets and I was a baller, but now I am here to be auctioned. When I came to church, I had cars, I had everything I needed. I had no bills. I owned nothing.
“But when I came out of the church, I had the numbers of auctioneers on my phone, they were busy calling me about loans on loans and other pending bills, that was enough evidence not to believe in the church. It was feedback that the church didn’t make sense, and so I had to look for something else that did,” he stated.
