Nigerian-based churches spreading like veldt fires
Friday, October 10, 2008
For instance the music, dancing and clapping from the worship team called 'The House Of David' of Winners Chapel International Gaborone from Nigeria, would make you want to join in. On a typical Sunday, a pastor clad in West African regalia, Nigerian-style, would normally lead the dancing to the very popular Setswana song 'Modimo o re file , Sebakanyana se, le mo tsotsonyana o' .
Everybody in the church is always in a mood to dance and praise the Lord , while others in a tent pitched outside would be watching the proceedings on mounted television monitors. The church is usually overflowing with worshippers.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...