A woman reportedly died on Sunday after a failed demonstration of God’s power by the pastor of Mount Zion General Assembly in Zebediela, Limpopo province, South Africa, who put a heavy speaker on her stomach and climbed on it.
According to a report by The Southern Daily South Africa, the woman fainted and later died of internal injuries caused to her lungs after the pastor put a very big and heavy speaker on top of her, promising her that she would not feel pain.
Pastor Lethebo Rabalango had organised a night of worship at his church in Polokwane where he was teaching about demonstration of power in which he emphasised that if Jesus walked on water, he too could do anything with faith.
He invited a girl from the praise team and asked her to lie down. He then ordered Ushers to carry a big speaker and put on her stomach saying the weight would not harm her. As if it was not enough, he climbed on top of the speaker, adding pressure to suffocate the girl who remained quite for she had already passed out.
After seating on top of the speaker which was still on the girl’s stomach for close 5 minutes, he got up and ordered removal of the speaker, but the girl could not rise because she had fainted. It took some elders giving her first aid treatment that she came back but complained of a broken rib. The she was then taken to hospital.
However, the pastor blamed the girl and accused her of having little faith for she could not withstand a very simple task.
