PREACHER UNDER FIRE FOR ORDERING CONGREGATION TO ENGAGE IN SELF-PLEASURE
A local preacher in Benoni, South Africa, has come under criticism after he ordered his congregation to strip naked and engage in self-pleasure.
Pastor Edisai Mensah told church memberย that self-pleasure would earn them eternal life and free them from diseases.
According to news website thesountherndaily.co.za, congregants who participated in the act were told they โwould be rewarded with eternal life free of sicknessโ.
A five-minute video footage of the church service captures the moment that Pastor Mensah toldย the congregants that โGod had sent his angels to oversee the actโ.
He also said the act would make the churchโs floor as sacred as heaven.
โStart now, the angels are watching here to see who is doing and who is not doing.โ
In the video, congregants can be heard in the background moaning.
Religious leaders in South Africa have asked authorities to take action against Pastor Mensah for misleading Christians in the town of Benoni.
His church members, however, came to his defence, saying that their Pastor does what he is instructed by God, and that people must not question God.
-nairobinews.nation.co.ke
Preacher under fire for ordering congregation to engage in self pleasure