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If You Can’t Prove Ghc100,000 In Your Bank Account, You Can’t Marry- Archbishop Duncan Williams
The General Overseer of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has ignited a nationwide conversation on marriage and financial responsibility, declaring that no man should organise a wedding unless he can prove he has at least GH¢100,000 in his bank account.
Delivering a fiery exhortation to his congregation, the Archbishop warned against starting marriage on a foundation of debt, describing lavish weddings without financial preparedness as a dangerous mindset that threatens the peace and stability of young couples.
“You don’t want to begin your marriage with debt,” he cautioned. “You go on honeymoon, and the phones start ringing. The woman who brought the chairs is calling for her money. Another one who supplied the drinks is also calling. Before you realise, your peace is gone.”
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Archbishop Duncan-Williams said churches must discourage extravagant weddings unless the groom can demonstrate clear financial readiness.
“If a man cannot prove that he has at least GH¢100,000 in his account, he shouldn’t have a wedding,” he declared, drawing loud reactions from the congregation. “Marriage is not love. Love doesn’t pay rent. Love doesn’t pay bills. Love doesn’t provide.”
He stressed that marriage is not the same as a wedding, criticising what he described as society’s unhealthy obsession with white weddings, receptions, and public displays.
“I want us to stop this thing of white weddings,” he said. “Some of you don’t even have money to rent a one-bedroom apartment, yet you want a wedding. What is wrong with you?”
The Archbishop argued that weddings have become a financial liability for young people who are still building their lives, rather than an asset.
“A wedding is a liability to those who are building wealth. It is an asset only to those who have already made their money,” he explained.
As an alternative, he proposed simple church ceremonies focused on blessings rather than celebration.
“We can have five or ten marriages on a Sunday morning,” he suggested. “No best man, no bridesmaid, no reception. Exchange rings, pronounce the blessing, go home, build your family, make babies, and live your life.”
Turning his attention to single women, Archbishop Duncan-Williams urged them to rethink societal pressure surrounding weddings.
“What you want is not a white dress. You want a husband,” he said. “Stop this obsession with weddings.”
He also criticised the culture of borrowing money to fund marriages, warning that helping people to marry when they are financially unprepared only deepens future hardship.
“If they don’t have money, they shouldn’t marry,” he stated firmly.
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