After Christ is the Answer Ministries (CITAM) recently disclosed its balance statement for the year 2021, Kenyans reacted with wonder.

The church, which is highly transparent about its finances, revealed that it had earned more than Sh 2.5 billion last year.

The audit also revealed that the church has a 20.3% surplus margin for church operations.

The church also made the news-making statement that they had started using a moving truck for their evangelism mission. But that wasn't all.

While many Christians praised the church for acquiring a vehicle that would aid in gospel propagation, one female commenter asserted that the truck had been purchased with money from a church member.

And how much was it that the churchgoer allegedly took away? 27 million sh!

"CITAM Karen Modern Evangelism truck. How cool. But the coolest part is that one family gave the 27 million shillings to purchase the truck. One family!" Subie Queen wrote on Twitter.

In the comments section, there was a heated discussion on why someone would donate so much money to the church.

While some saw nothing wrong with contributing to the church and justified it,

Some of the responses to CITAM's hefty balance sheet are below;

Martin Mugo  I love this. God is raising kingdom financiers who will facilitate the work of God. The church will be running it's affairs without donors or politicians.

Caesar@Lloyd_Nietzsche CITAM is a business not a church. The organization has schools, hotels/resorts, an estate, Sacco and many more arms. The church is just one arm of the organization. 

Stanley Ongaga Money wasted in my opinion

Kui@Kui_Nd That is all fine until you go to the church and they don't even say hi to people. Going there with a toddler is even worse.

androidBETA CITAM Karen members own those factories and offices. Where tf do you think 27m comes from?

Jared CITAM sio kanisa ya peasants, I used to got to CITAM while in college.

Mgaa'Gaa na Upwa Surprisingly you'll never see these churches mobilizing to help those in need in places like turkana,pokot and so on.

sedentary Luo Between this and donating the money to an orphanage.... which one would have Jesus preferred?

Jack@JackKleins 27m is a solid LC. i can never fund a church

Lodio Samwel Am yet to understand na kama wangejenga modern hospital kibera hivi...ama Mimi Niko sijui ukristo

AEIZ0H According to most comments here, they believe that God's people should be broke .

Although the Sh 2.7 billion is a lot, Joel Osteen's church in America had a $ 90 million (Sh 10,8 billion) budget per year back in 2018. 

Remember that budgets are typically a ratio of revenues; therefore, the church must undoubtedly be earning a little bit more than they are spending.

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