Kenyan Pastor Pays Prostitutes To Pose As Sick People In Miracle Scam – Video
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By 22/07/2012
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Their compelling investigation has exposed the scandal in which the pastor, Apostle Njoroge of the Fire of the Holy Spirit Ministries International, uses sex workers to pose as sick people who are then supposedly healed to convince worshipers to continue pouring their hard-earned cash into that ministry.
In this video, NTV’s Ferdinand Omondi takes you to the underworld where preachers and sex workers speak the same language. The sex workers opened up about their business with the Pastor, stating exactly how much he paid them for each testimony appearance.
Pastor Njoroge curses NTV journalists
Clerics condemn ‘fake’ pastor, demand vetting
Written By:KBC reporters, Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2012
A
section of church leaders are calling on the government to put in place
mechanisms to vet churches before allowing them to operate.
The clerics
under the auspices of Interdenominational Gospel Association says lack of
proper registration mechanism, has led to the mushrooming of backstreet
churches that have turned out to be extortion cartels.
The church
leaders were reacting to a scandal exposed by one of media houses of how a
popular televangelist in Nairobi
allegedly paid a sex worker to give a fake healing testimony in his church.
The
association says lack of church registration policy is to blame for the
mushrooming of churches in the country which turn out to be fraudulent.
The
association Secretary General Bishop Dan Igosi said the government should vet
all churches seeking registration.
"Mechanisms
to investigate stage managed miracle doers and training of pastors should be
established in order to remove kick out 'fake pastors' from
the pulpit," he said.
Bishop
Igosi urged Kenyans to be aware of pastors who made money from various
upcoming churches in the name of "planting a seed" and observed that
Christians should only give offerings and 10% of their income as tithes.
The Bishop
reminded Kenyans that the church was still intact and firm adding that any
clergyman asking the congregation "to plant a seed" was defiling the
church.
"The
Holy Spirit should be our guide and as Kenyans who know the truth, we should
pray for the false preachers to stop doing business in the church, "Igosi
said.
The Bishop
further proposed that like in any other profession, pastors should undergo
training in order to conform to the doctrines and ethics of the Christian
faith.
But
speaking elsewhere at a separate function Attorney General, Githu Muigai said
his hands are tied by the constitutional provisions on freedom of worship and
religion, which he said is unfortunately being abused by wayward individuals.
Fraudulent
activities by apostle Michael Njoroge of Fire Ministries have generated heated
debate on whether churches and the clergy should have a regulatory body or not.
This is not
the first time worshippers have been duped by fake pastors. Gilbert Deya, the
self-proclaimed archbishop based in the UK was in the news last year over
claims he could give infertile couplesa "miracle babies".
Deya is yet
to be extradited to Kenya
to face accusations of child abduction.
