The proliferation and apparent success of these new prophets tell us there are willing followers. Of course they will, sooner or later, get closer to the Lord because their bodies will sooner or later succumb to complications wrought by the consumption of toxic substances.Īll of this would have been hilarious if it were not so tragic. It's the same logic that was used by Pastor Lesego Daniel, who cajoled his congregants into eating grass in order to be closer to the Lord. To respond to these threats and challenges, the good pastor prescribes Doom to kill these enemies of modern man right where they are - inside the individual's body. Prophet Rabalago believes that modern man is at the mercy of countless pests gnawing away at his soul - not unlike bedbugs that suck our blood as we sleep or cockroaches that poison our food. Prophet Lethebo Rabalago of Limpopo hit the ground running - telling his congregants to inhale the fumes of the famous insecticide that comes in an aerosol can. Last month there was a new entry to the colourful and mind-boggling options: pastor tells congregants to spray their troubles away - with Doom! " you get numerous options: pastor tells congregation to eat snakes, pastor tells congregation to eat grass, pastor tells congregation to quit school, pastor tells congregation to strip, pastor tells congregation to eat hair. When you google "Pastor tells congregation. The commission was startled to discover how each of these churches has what people in the advertising fraternity would call a Unique Selling Proposition, in that each church has its own carefully tailored message, and how would-be congregants would access the efficacy of the pastor's preachings.
Many of these churches - ranging from Prophet Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng's Incredible Happenings to Prophet Penuel Mnguni's End Times Disciples Ministries - have been around for some time, but it was in 2016 that they came into their own.īlame it on social media, or blame it on the commission, which this year escalated the work it started last year with a view to probingthese churches, mainly their finances. The year has been a bounteous harvest for new, "solution-based" churches. "Your devotion is measured by how much you give and it creates your status more than your faith," Mosoma said. Some, when you walk in, there are ATMs or speedpoints. "Churches have become more like business. "So, because of that vulnerability, people exploit it for financial gain. "For each and every person who does not have employment, the first port of call is to start a church," said Professor David Mosoma, deputy chairman of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. The more controversial the teachings, the more outrageous your claims of salvation, the more successful you're likely to be. You wanna be rich, famous and glamorous overnight? No, don't become a pop musician - that's too much work, and it's "sooo last year".
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