USE THE PULPIT FOR ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION – REV. OKOSUN

Ghana – Source: GhanaianTimes The Reverend Kennedy Okosun, former Chief of Staff of the Action Chapel International, has charged Ministers of the Gospel to use church platforms and the pulpit to sensitise members on the need to observe road safety regulations. He called on the clergy, ministers, youth groups, and Sunday schools teachers to partner with road safety regulatory establishments to reduce road carnage saying, “We must propagate safe road campaigns, advocate for better road infrastructure within the country through our pulpits”. “Preach on adherence to road safety regulations, safe…

PASTOR CHARGED FOR SELLING ANOINTING OIL, WHICH REPORTEDLY CURES COVID-19

Ghana – Source: PeaceFM Bishop Climate Wiseman, the Kenyan pastor and founder of Bishop Climate Ministries in Camberwell District, South London, United Kingdom, has denied fraud after allegedly selling “plague protection kits” for £91 as a cure for COVID-19. Bishop Climate Wiseman, 46, who is also known as Dr Climate Wiseman and Climate Irungu, is said to have offered the package, containing a small bottle of oil and piece of red yarn, for £91. Wiseman allegedly marketed the mixture to ‘treat, prevent, protect against or cure’ coronavirus. He appeared at Inner London Crown Court…

FAITH-BASED FILM SHOW ME THE FATHER EARNS RARE A+ CINEMASCORE

  A faith-based documentary about fatherhood opened in the Top 10 at the box office over the weekend and earned an A+ CinemaScore grade from moviegoers, marking the fourth time that a film from Alex and Stephen Kendrick earned a perfect score. Show Me the Father, which opened at No. 9, tells the inspiring stories of fathers while weaving in biblical truths about the Fatherhood of God. The film earned an A+ grade from CinemaScore, an exit polling service that asks moviegoers, on opening weekend, to grade a film. Affirm Films, which…

CATHOLIC PRIEST ABDUCTED IN SOUTHERN KADUNA

Nigeria – Source: Punch The priest in charge of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Anchuna village in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Father Luka Yakusak, has been abducted. Bandits in large numbers were said to have invaded the village on Monday night around 8:00pm and abducted the priest. It was gathered that the bandits had invaded the same village, incidentally the hometown of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, in the past where the traditional ruler of the Ikulu Chiefdom, who is Kukah’s brother, was abducted.…