Gospel music minister and media personality, Minister Paul Tomisin has opened up about his journey to salvation, revealing that his early involvement in church was driven more by appearances and a desire for attention than a genuine hunger for God.
Tomisin shared his testimony in an X thread tagged #MyStory, where he recounted his childhood, his family’s financial struggles, his time at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), and the events that eventually led him to surrender his life to Jesus Christ.
According to him, he grew up in what appeared to be a comfortable Christian home. His father was a pastor who headed his own church, while the family also operated a school and a thriving business.
He said life seemed stable, comfortable and progressive until circumstances changed.
“The building that housed one of our businesses was put on lease,” Tomisin said, explaining that the development gradually affected the family’s comfort and finances.
He recalled that the changes left him and his family questioning what had gone wrong, including whether they had somehow failed to serve God sufficiently.
At the same time, Tomisin said his personal plans were beginning to collapse. He had hoped to further his education abroad and had already imagined a life of freedom, parties and multiple girlfriends.
However, those plans did not materialise.
He eventually found himself at LAUTECH in Ogbomoso, a development he said was particularly difficult because he disliked the school and his grandmother also lived in the town, leaving him with little opportunity to escape.
With every perceived route to freedom closing, Tomisin said he decided to start attending churches, initially more to keep his parents satisfied than out of genuine spiritual interest.
“I started church hopping,” he recalled.
He said he eventually found a youth church that appealed to him because of its atmosphere, aesthetics and the presence of young ladies.
Read: Biography of Minister Paul Tomisin
It was at that point that he joined the church’s music unit.
However, Tomisin admitted that his motivation for joining the choir was far from spiritual.
“I was not there because I was hungry for God. I was there because I wanted the attention of the ladies,” he explained.
He described his involvement at the time as going through activities that appeared spiritual on the outside but lacked genuine substance.
Tomisin said everything eventually changed when he attended a revival meeting at the church.
According to him, an altar call was made and he went forward, initially motivated by a desire to keep up appearances.
But during the service, the minister began laying hands on people, and Tomisin said the experience marked the true beginning of his salvation journey.
He described his testimony as one that did not begin with a perfect Christian life but with a young man whose outward religious activities did not necessarily reflect what was happening inside him.
Tomisin also acknowledged that even after his conversion, his Christian journey was not without struggles.
He said there were periods when he experienced real lapses, challenging the assumption that he had always been the “holy” person some people believed him to be.
He concluded the thread by inviting his followers to share their own salvation stories, asking them to explain how they came to faith in Jesus Christ.
The minister’s candid account has highlighted the difference between outward religious activity and genuine spiritual transformation, while also offering a personal reflection on how his journey from church attendance for appearances eventually became a sincere walk with Christ.
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