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Drama as prophet prays for congregant's death
20 Sep 2013 at 19:39hrs | Views
Johane Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect in Bulawayo has been thrown into disarray after a prophet allegedly prayed for the death of another congregant in violation of the church's dictates. The drama ended up in court.
A source said the tipping point in the feud came after one of the congregants assaulted a prophet for allegedly prophesying that he possessed goblins. At the centre of the storm are Bekezela Nduna Ncube, Godknows Zakaria and Give Chirinda.
The three are set to appear before a court after an elder, Tamuka Musona, applied for a protection order against them. Musona accuses the trio-cum-rebels of creating problems that have made it impossible for the congregation to worship.
"I know the three as former church members. They come to church to cause chaos and disrupt business. In July they threatened other members to join their faction," said Musona in his founding affidavit.
The church elder also revealed that one of the men, on 4 August, was arrested after he beat up a prophet and later paid an admission of guilt fine of US$15 and the penalty was receipted as Z6G (J) 0024973 at Nkumumale Police Station. As a result of the incident, Musona claimed the congregation was worshipping in fear of the three's violent nature.
In the papers filed at Western Commonage Magistrate's Court, Musona prayed to the court to order that the three do not interact of address church members during or after the service, their presence at the church's place of worship should be restricted, that they should come come 100 metres near the church and not to threaten church elders and prophets.
However, one of the men alleged to be behind the storm dismissed the allegations and pointed the finger of guilt at fellow church elders.
"The constitution of the church is quite clear on many things and my crime is that I did not agree with them when they allowed a prophet to pray for the death of another congregant. It's not how we do things there. I pointed it out to them but what they were praying for never happened," he revealed.
The man also claimed that he is the one who identified the piece of land where the church worships and as such he vowed not to go anywhere.
"When we moved from the original place of worship, I am the one who went around looking for land and the Holy Spirit led me to some land along Khami Road where the church is now based. So for someone to tell me to leave is absolutely absurd. As we speak I am still attending church despite their efforts to sideline me," said Ncube.
The man of God also accused Musona of violating the church doctrine by staying with a female prophet named Lucia.
"That is wrong again and I don't know where they are getting all these things that they are following. It's unheard of in our church for a prophet to stay with a prophetess," he said.
Interestingly, Musono, despite being the one who had brought the church;s squabbled to court, on allegations of cohabiting with another woman of God, he refused to comment and said church doctrine issues are dealt with by the church's leaders, with which he is part of.
The case is still in court.
A source said the tipping point in the feud came after one of the congregants assaulted a prophet for allegedly prophesying that he possessed goblins. At the centre of the storm are Bekezela Nduna Ncube, Godknows Zakaria and Give Chirinda.
The three are set to appear before a court after an elder, Tamuka Musona, applied for a protection order against them. Musona accuses the trio-cum-rebels of creating problems that have made it impossible for the congregation to worship.
"I know the three as former church members. They come to church to cause chaos and disrupt business. In July they threatened other members to join their faction," said Musona in his founding affidavit.
The church elder also revealed that one of the men, on 4 August, was arrested after he beat up a prophet and later paid an admission of guilt fine of US$15 and the penalty was receipted as Z6G (J) 0024973 at Nkumumale Police Station. As a result of the incident, Musona claimed the congregation was worshipping in fear of the three's violent nature.
In the papers filed at Western Commonage Magistrate's Court, Musona prayed to the court to order that the three do not interact of address church members during or after the service, their presence at the church's place of worship should be restricted, that they should come come 100 metres near the church and not to threaten church elders and prophets.
However, one of the men alleged to be behind the storm dismissed the allegations and pointed the finger of guilt at fellow church elders.
"The constitution of the church is quite clear on many things and my crime is that I did not agree with them when they allowed a prophet to pray for the death of another congregant. It's not how we do things there. I pointed it out to them but what they were praying for never happened," he revealed.
The man also claimed that he is the one who identified the piece of land where the church worships and as such he vowed not to go anywhere.
"When we moved from the original place of worship, I am the one who went around looking for land and the Holy Spirit led me to some land along Khami Road where the church is now based. So for someone to tell me to leave is absolutely absurd. As we speak I am still attending church despite their efforts to sideline me," said Ncube.
The man of God also accused Musona of violating the church doctrine by staying with a female prophet named Lucia.
"That is wrong again and I don't know where they are getting all these things that they are following. It's unheard of in our church for a prophet to stay with a prophetess," he said.
Interestingly, Musono, despite being the one who had brought the church;s squabbled to court, on allegations of cohabiting with another woman of God, he refused to comment and said church doctrine issues are dealt with by the church's leaders, with which he is part of.
The case is still in court.
Source - MyZimbabwe
