A church in
London has been fined almost £8,000 after a series of noisy 3am sermons
aimed at battling 'witchcraft' woke up its neighbours.
Kingdom
Church in Camberwell holds weekly 'healing and miracle' services aimed
at training parishioners to be 'wise to the wiles of the devil' in the
early hours of the morning.
But
the preaching which goes on during the events has brought complaints
from neighbours and a £7,740 'anti-social behaviour' fine.
The church
was set up in London by a Bishop Climate Irungu, who claims God
delivered him from a life of 'alcohol and drug addiction, street fights
and gang life'.
As
well as meetings on Fridays and Sundays, it holds early Saturday
morning 'deliverance services' to help its congregation 'identify
demonic attacks'.
Its
website states: 'It is a well-known time that witchcraft and negative
elements begin to work in the early hours of the morning.
'Programming
yourself to be alert and in prayer at this time sets you on the path to
being alert and wise to the wiles of the devil.
Southwark
councillor Michael Situ said: 'We would have preferred to settle this
matter out of court, but unfortunately our attempts to work with the
church leaders were ignored.
'We
hope the penalty helps to remind both the leaders, and the wider
community, anti-social behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated and
wrongdoers will be made to pay one way or another.'
Bishop Climate insists the church was there before the residents and it has made every effort to cut the noise.
He told Southwark News:
'It is a big fine and we will be appealing against it. I do not deny
that we made some noise – we did. But we have spent nearly ten thousand
pounds reducing the noise. And I was out of the country so could not go
to court.
'We
are based is an industrial area. But there are new flats and they
complain. The flats were meant to be offices but they became houses.
People could hear it, especially in summer when they open their
windows.'
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Nice one .They should be fined more.Bigger fine even. They think that it is Nigeria where they can do anything and away with it. Devi is a liar.Osarosohobrakatayamama.! Fire!
ReplyDeleteBy the time you and your so called demons pay enough fines and do time in jail you'll learn.
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DeletePrayer must be done with silence or low voice , because your prayer is your personal conversation between you and your God, who created you, you can not continue shouting and keep on disturbing others and claims that you are worshiping God or pray to God. Some people claims they are followers of Jesus, but they are liars, and God will continue to expose their bad deeds. Jesus prays to God, but he didn't disturb others, if someone wishes to make noise in his / her prayers, he should go to the bush, where no one can see him / her
ReplyDeleteHow did Jesus worship or pray to God according to Bible ?
Did Jesus make a noise when he cast out devils?
Did Jesus make a noise when he performed miracles?
Did Jesus really even go to church?
(James 4:7-8) 7 Submit yourselves to God . Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded
Luke 22:40-41 ''When He arrived at the place, He said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." 41 And He withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,
Luke 6:12
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
Matthew 26:39 ''Going a little farther ,he fell with his face to the ground and prayed , ''My Father ,if it is possible , may this cup be taken from me . Yet not as I will, but as you will
Good for him, I would have ask for a higher fine for the disturbance. That's how they will allow people rest here in Nigeria.
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