The Founder of Fountain Gate Chapel, Reverend Eastwood Anaba, has used Premier League giants Manchester United’s spending in the 2025 transfer season to encourage Christians to be generous.
He noted that despite Manchester United’s underwhelming performance in the 2024/2025 season, finishing 15th in the Premier League, the club still invested heavily ahead of the new campaign.
The clergyman pointed out that the Red Devils’ ability to spend about $201 million on new players to strengthen their squad is a reminder that people should be willing to invest even in challenging times.
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“Manchester United, which is struggling, ranked 15th, has just spent $201 million on footballers. Because Manchester United can’t die like that, money has made them resilient,” he said, as shared on his X page on August 10, 2025.
Rev Anaba used the scenario to admonish Christians to be financially generous when it comes to church activities to reap benefits.
He warned that churches will soon collapse if people don’t pay offerings and invest when needed.
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“If we don’t recover from our financial slumber, many of our churches will die. When a pastor holds a meeting at a convention center or elsewhere and doesn’t receive an offering, do you see how packed the place is? They say, ‘Oh, they did the meeting without receiving an offering.’
“They did the meeting, but someone behind the scenes paid for it. Someone gave $300,000; someone gave $1,000. May you be among those who support behind the scenes and make things happen,” he added.
Watch Rev Eastwood Anaba’s remarks below:
💡 Even a team at the bottom of the table can keep going if they have the right backing — Manchester United just spent $201 million to stay in the game.
In the Kingdom, it’s no different. Many great works of God continue because someone is willing to stand behind the scenes and… pic.twitter.com/YMpi2QHMJl
— Eastwood Anaba (@eastwoodanaba) August 10, 2025
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