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Cameroon's President Orders Pentecostal Churches Closed
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| 8/14/13
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Posted on 08/19/2013 5:35:13 AM PDT by marshmallow
Edited on 08/19/2013 6:24:17 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN) -- Cameroon's President Paul Biya has ordered the closure of nearly 100 Christian churches in key cities, citing criminal practices organized by Pentecostal pastors that threaten the security of the West African nation.
But Pentecostal pastors said the move is evidence of Biya's insecurity about the churches' criticism of the government.
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Biya is using the military to permanently shut down all Pentecostal church denominations in the nation's capital, Yaounde, and the North West Regional capital, Bamenda, which have the largest Christian populations in Cameroon. More than 50 churches have now been closed, with the government targeting nearly 100 in eight other regions. "We will get rid of all the so-called Christian Pentecostal pastors who misuse the name of Jesus Christ to fake miracles and kill citizens in their churches. They have outstretched their liberty," Mbu Anthony Lang, a government official in Bamenda, told CNN Wednesday. Nearly 500 Pentecostal churches operate in Cameroon, but fewer than 50 are legal, he added.... ...."I want the government to stop these pastors who use mysterious powers to pull Christians and kill then for more powers. All my children have ran away from the Catholic Church in search for miracles, signs and wonders," she told CNN while holding back tears.
Who didn't see that one coming?
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posted on
08/19/2013 5:39:02 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("Thus, my opponent's argument falls.")
To: Alex Murphy
Who didn't see that one coming? It's OK, Alex, the Calvinists are still in good standing.
"Authorizing only the Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Muslim, and a few other churches, is a strict violation of the right to religion," Tum added.
To: marshmallow
Mosques will begin popping up like mushrooms now. Watch.
To: jsanders2001
Cameroon is just over one-fifth Muslim already.
To: marshmallow
President Biya of Cameroon is generally considered a dictator. And apparently, he's married to the Peg Bundy of Cameroon. I kid you not.
Personally, Katey Sagal is more attractive, but hey.....that's just me.
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posted on
08/19/2013 6:43:28 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: marshmallow
"On Sunday, a 9-year-old Christian girl collapsed and died during a prayer session in Winners' Chapel, a Pentecostal church in Bamenda. The girl's mother, Mih Theresa, told CNN Wednesday that the pastor intended to cast out the numerous demons that were in control of her daughter's life." Winners' Chapel ?
Sounds more like a a football bar than a "Pentacostal" church.
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posted on
08/19/2013 6:43:35 AM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: Alex Murphy
To: vladimir998
Winners' Chapel, a Pentecostal church in BamendaJust a question. WHY are we concerned about this particular third world sewer? Just wondering.
Bemenda?? Sounds made up.
To: vladimir998
Winners' Chapel, a Pentecostal church in BamendaJust a question. WHY are we concerned about this particular third world sewer? Just wondering.
Bemenda?? Sounds made up.
To: cloudmountain
Sorry for the double post. I really don't know how it happened. It's only the second one I've ever done.
Time for a break...and some dinner, I think.
I'm getting a "server error" almost every post I make. Is it my computer or what?
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