Night vigil redefined?

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By Simba B.

People have different ways in which they end their days. Some can decide to chill out in their homes and rest while others can hang out in entertainment joints and wind down a glass or two. For Christians, they can also welcome the next day in church. For a long time, there was a tradition that Christians usher in the next month by attending night vigils. This was also to thank God for His mercies the entire month and to ask Him for a next successful month. These night vigils were always held every last Friday of the month until recently when the youngsters started being targeted by churches.

The ‘digital trends’ took over by storm and they seem to be the in thing now. It all started by the night vigils being turned into concerts dubbed, FNL(Friday Night Life) this refers to a concert where the night vigils were upgraded in order to reduce the boredom of the long night. This was done by introduction of gospel artists to entertain the congregation, bible games and studies and even simple competitions that saw winners being awarded give a ways and prizes. All this was meant to keep the night long service lively and also to attract a larger crowd.

Away from churches, this trend still applies. Event organizers and celebrities are now targeting campus students. This is evident by the numerous number of Christian concerts and events that are now being hosted in different institutions. In a nutshell, these events are held every last Friday night of the month, different gospel musicians , Djs and dancers entertain the crowd ,an entrance fee is charged before getting into where the main action is.

This clearly shows that this new trend has swiftly kept off students from the usual night vigils(owing to the crowds that show up for this events)when the organizers are asked for the reasons as to why the hold down such concerts, the obvious answer they give is, to spread the gospel. Ain’t ok with this idea because i don’t believe in paying in order to receive the gospel o me, they are more after making money.

Good examples of these events that are now running our airwaves and trending are the groove party, the campus vibe, totally sold out and FNLs organized by different churches
As the world is changing, religious patterns are also changing.

Am waiting to see where the Christian fraternity is heading to in the coming years. As your resident observer, I will be here to keep you posted.