'The claim by this pastor has been proven to be a lie by the funeral parlours involved. This is not the gospel of Jesus Christ we preach.'
The International Federation of Christian Churches has described the"resurrection" of a man in a coffin at Alleluia Ministries as an"abuse" of people’s beliefs.
"We condemn this behaviour in the strongest terms it deserves. The claim by this pastor has been proven to be a lie by the funeral parlours involved. This is not the gospel of Jesus Christ we preach,” said pastor Ray McCauley in a statement on behalf of the IFCC and Rhema Bible Church.A video of pastor Alph Lukau of Alleluia Ministries bringing a"dead" man back to life during a church services on February 24 2019, went viral on social media.
"We call upon our people to stop being gullible and just believing anything that looks like a miracle - and exposing themselves to these charlatans," he said."The CRL Rights Commission did its own investigation into the commercialisation of religion and abuse of people’s belief systems and its findings and recommendations were clear ... Their findings embarrassed us."
"We have seen the exploitation of people and the sexual and emotional abuse of people. All these and many other things have tainted the image of the church and put us in a very bad light."
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