According to Karl Marx, in one of his postulations; religion is an opium of the masses. Religion has been part of Nigerians indigenous culture and tradition. In respect to this paper, titled Moral Decadence and Multiplicity of Religious Centres in Nigeria: A case study of Christian churches and ministries in South-East and South-West; the focus would be on the imported religion of Christianity. Before the coming of Christianity, there were several practices which are deemed to be dehumanising and traumatic. Christianity came into Africa, and it was as if relief had been brought; however, following the wake of 21st century, the number of churches geometrically rises with little or no effects on the morality level of the people in the society. It follows that the more the years go by, more churches and ministries are being established whereas there is moral decadence escalating in the society. Religion has a purpose to which it is meant to serve. In any form of religion, the general emphasis and theme arecentred on the morality and lifestyle of her follower. If a religion cannot impact the aforesaid twin principles in her followers; such religion could be said to have lost its value and vision. Amongst all the major religions in the world: Islam, Buddha, Hindu, Judaism, Christianity; Nigeria is dominantly preoccupied with Islam and Christianity as the two main religious belief in the country as at the time of this research. Islam is popular in the Northern part of Nigeria and some parts of South-West Nigeria; while Christianity is popular in the Southern Parts of Nigeria; to wit, South-East, South-West, and South-South. The issue that needs to be ascertained is whether or not Christianity being practised in the aforementioned parts of Nigeria has fulfilled its expected value and vision. This paper tends to x-ray the issues of moral decadence and the multiplicity of religious centres. It aims to analyse the probable causes of such issues and suggest a way forward. The paper starts with an introduction, which embodiesa discourse on morality and religion; followed by issues of moral decadence and multiplicity of religious centres, with exact reference to Christian churches and ministries, and finally a conclusion.
