In a move aimed at supporting some Ebola-stricken countries, founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua, AKA, TB Joshua has announced that the Sierra Leonean government were sent 4000 bottles of his ‘anointing water’ to spiritually fortify the country in their fight against the deadly disease. READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE ANOTHER ARTICLE |
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How do you bring someone back from the dead? Practice, practice, practice. Some evangelical Christians believe prayer can do what medicine can't -- they just need the bodies to get up to speed.
"We don't often get access to dead bodies," Donna Leppitt, a member of a fellowship called Global Awakening, told the BBC as part of a special report on medical miracles. Leppitt says that when her brother died, she and her husband prayed over his body for nearly an hour and believe that he moved at one point, and that if they gain access to more bodies, they can deliver better results. "Practice makes perfect," she was quoted as saying. READ HUFFINGTON POST ARTICLE MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — A snake-handling pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show "Snake Salvation" has died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend church service in Kentucky. Jamie Coots was handling a rattlesnake at his Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro when he was bitten on the hand Saturday night. READ AP ARTICLE
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) At prayer healing services in some Pentecostal churches, pastors invite people infected with HIV to come forward for a public healing, after which they burn the person’s anti-retroviral medications and declare the person cured. The “cure” is not free, and some people say they shell out their
life savings to receive a miracle blessing and quit taking the drugs. READ FULL ARTICLE |