Popular Nigerian pastor and head of
Believers World, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has yet again been involved in
another controversy. This time, the pastor has been accused by a member
of his own church of staging miracle-healing sessions.
“I was offered R10 000 to rehearse and
pretend to be in a wheelchair three weeks before the all-night prayer
called Night of Bliss at the Johannesburg Stadium,” the newspaper quoted
a member of the church.
“The pastor told me that they were
looking for people to work for the church. He said that I was going to
sit in a wheelchair and be wheeled around while pretending to be
physically ill. I would then stand up and walk as soon as Pastor Chris
stopped praying for me. “Even children who are healthy are whisked
around in wheelchairs. Some use crutches.
Everyone is allocated a person who tells
the congregation about your background, your specific illness and
suffering. “The pastor then raises his hands and places them maybe on
your legs if you cannot walk, and a few seconds later you get up and
walk around the room,” the source said. He claimed he called the church
the day after their offer and turned them down. “I just told myself that
using the word of God to lie to desperate people is immoral, so I
refused to take up their offer.” Also speaking about the
pay-for-miracle, another worshiper of the church, said: “When he started
healing people, I did not see him call anyone from the audience.
The people that he ‘healed’ came from a
certain section of the audience and it looked like he came with them
especially for the event. “I saw a lot of people in wheelchairs leaving
the venue who had not been healed. It was very sad.” Recall that pastor
Chris and his wife Anita publicly filed for divorce, citing
irreconcilable differences. Seun Kuti in a recent interview criticised
Pastors Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy and Chris Okotie of Household
of God.
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