Pastor Tobi Adegboyega Sparks Debate After Saying Bible Was “Written by White People”

<h4>Pastor Tobi Adegboyega Sparks Debate After Saying Bible Was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Written by White People”<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>UK-based Nigerian pastor&comma; Tobi Adegboyega&comma; has stirred fresh conversations online after doubling down on his controversial remarks about the authorship of the Bible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking during a recent sermon&comma; the outspoken cleric addressed the backlash that followed his earlier statement suggesting that the Bible was written by white people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While acknowledging the criticism&comma; Adegboyega insisted he stands by what he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Some people said I claimed the Bible was written by white people&period; I stand by my words&comma; but we still rely on it&period; Scripture is the foundation we build upon&comma;” he stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the debate his comments have triggered&comma; the pastor stressed that the Bible remains the backbone of his ministry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the real issue is not the text itself but how believers engage with it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adegboyega encouraged Christians especially young people to challenge what they are taught and dig deeper into scripture rather than accepting teachings at face value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You rarely see movements where hundreds of young people engage daily with the Bible&comma; speaking and teaching from it&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reflecting on his own journey of faith&comma; he revealed that he spent years examining the Bible critically before fully embracing its teachings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I I examined the Bible to truly understand its message&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I won’t accept anything without investigation&period; I refuse to follow the older generation blindly&comma; asking no questions and remaining unaware&comma;” he explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The pastor also took aim at what he described as a culture of unquestioned religious practice&comma; arguing that it has produced a society that appears deeply religious but lacks genuine spirituality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our parents created a religious nation that lacks spirituality&period; We read the Bible and follow its instructions&comma; but sometimes without truly understanding it&comma;” he concluded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His comments have since ignited heated discussions online&comma; with supporters praising his call for deeper biblical understanding while critics argue that his statements risk misrepresenting the history of scripture&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;