Wafu wanafufuka..!

Binti Amina Waziri, aliyefufuliwa huko yombo vituka na mmoja kati ya watenda kazi-Shepherd wa Nyumba ya Ufufuo na Uzima, siku ya jumanne tarehe 6 Julai 2010 majira ya saa kumi jioni.

Picha ya kwanza: Amina Waziri, binti aliyefufuka akiwa ndani ya Nyumba ya Ufufuo na Uzima. Picha ya pili; Bi. Halima, mama mzazi wa Amina Waziri akishuhudia jinsi binti yake alivyokufa na baadaye kufufuka!

Binti Amina Waziri(mwenye kanga za njano kulia) au kwa jina lingine Happy mkazi wa yombo vituka moja kati ya sehemu maarufu hapa jijini Dar aliyefufuka siku ya jumanne tarehe 6 Julai 2010. Anayefuata ni mama mzazi wa binti aliyefufuka, Bi. Halima ambaye aliamua kumpa Yesu maisha yake kwa muujiza mkuu wa kumfufua binti yake. Kushoto kabisa mwenye tai nyekundi ndio shepherd (mtenda kazi) wa nyumba ya ufufuo na uzima aliyeomba maombi ya kurudisha na hatimaye kumfufua binti Amina saa chache baada ya kukata roho. Mwenye suti ya kijivu ni Mpakwa mafuta wa BWANA, Mchungaji Kiongozi Josephat Gwajima. Wote wakimtukuza Yesu kwa Ufufuo na Uzima.

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Fujo Kanisani

Timbwili la kufa mtu limezuka katika Kanisa la Kiroho la Christ International (CIC) kufuatia baadhi ya waumini na viongozi wa Kamati Kuu wa Kanisa hilo kumkataa kiongozi wao Mkuu (Mchungaji) aliyefahamika kwa jina la John Meena kufuatia kitendo chake cha kutia makufuli milango ya kanisa hilo na tuhuma nyingine.

Kimbembe hicho kilichodumu kwa takriban dakika thelathini, kilichukua nafasi Jumamosi Agosti 28, 2010 katika kanisa hilo lililopo Kijitonyama jijini Dar es Salaam.

Mwandishi wa habari hizi alishuhudia songombingo hiyo ambayo kwa akili zisizokwenda kawaida ingetoa tafsiri kama ni filamu mahiri ya waigizaji maarufu wa Kiamerika.

Awali ilidaiwa kwamba, Mchungaji Meena alilifunga kanisa hilo kwa makufuli yake binafsi na uongozi ulipobaini hivyo uliyavunjilia kwa mbali na waumini wa kanisa kuendelea na shughuli zao za kila Jumamosi mpaka Mchungaji Meena aliporudi na kukuta makufuli yake yakigalagala chini.

Aidha, licha ya mwenye makufuli hayo kufika, viongozi hao na baadhi ya waumini walimtadhaharisha asikanyage ndani ya kanisa hilo huku wakimchimba mkwara kuwa, kufanya hivyo kungeweza kumfanya akione ‘cha moto’.

Hata hivyo, habari zinadai kuwa, wapo waumini waliotaka kutuliza hali ya hewa, ndipo sintofahamu kubwa ilipoibuka na kufanya mahali hapo kuwa kama uwanja wa ‘mapambano’.

Baada ya kuona hivyo, ndipo Mchungaji Meena alipoamua kukimbilia Kituo cha Polisi Mabatini ambapo dakika chache mbele, Polisi walifika ingawa nao walishindwa kuweka mambo sawa kwani viongozi wa kanisa hilo walisisitiza kuwa, hawamtaki Mtumishi huyo wa Mungu.

Hata hivyo, mwisho wa yote, polisi hao waliamua kuondoka na Mchungaji ‘wao’ hadi kituoni kwa lengo la kumwokoa asishambuliwe na viongozi wenzake walioonekana kukamatwa sawasawa na jazba.

Kuhusu tuhuma nyingine ilidaiwa kuwa, Mchungaji Meena amekuwa hasikilizani na viongozi wenzake na amekuwa akijiamulia mambo mengi peke yake wakati katiba ya kanisa hilo inamtaka kuandaa Kamati ya Baraza la Kanisa katika kila maamuzi.

“Kila Kamati ikitaka kukaa ili kuweka mambo sawa Meena (Mchungaji) amekuwa hasikilizi, amekuwa akijinadi kuwa, yeye ni kiongozi na atakayemsikiliza ni Roho Mtakatifu tu siyo watu wa kamati, matokeo yake ni kama haya,” alisema Mchungaji wa kawaida wa kanisa hilo aliyejitambulisha kwa jina la Asijile Moses.

Mchungaji Asijile aliongea kwa niaba ya wenzake na kuendelea kudai kuwa, kutokana na tabia hiyo kanisa hilo ambalo awali lilikuwa na waumini zaidi ya 130, sasa limepukutika kwa wengi kukimbia na kubaki 35 tu.

Kanisa hilo wakati linaanzishwa lilikuwa chini ya Mchungaji Mnigeria Samuel Oluseyi Olufemi ambaye alitimuliwa nchini na Idara ya Uhamiaji kwa kosa la kutotosheleza vigezo vya sheria vinayomruhusu kuishi Tanzania.

Source: GlobalPublishers.info

MCHUNGAJI WA EAGT AFUNGWA JELA MIEZI 6

Mchungaji wa Kanisa la EAGT lillilopo mtaa wa Ichenjezya mjini Vwawa wilayani Mbozi mkoani Mbeya Simon Kitwike (48) jana alijikuta akihukumiwa kifungo cha miezi sita gerezani, baada ya kudharau mahakama kwa kukataa kuapa ili atoe ushahidi kutokana na imani ya Dini.

Mchungaji huyo aliyevunjiwa nyumba yake mwishoni mwa mwaka jana na kuibiwa mali kadhaa za nyumbani kwake alifika katika mahakama ya wilaya ya Mbozi ili kutoa ushahidi wake, lakini alikataa kuapa kabla ya kutoa ushahidi wake akidai ni dhambi.

Hakimu wa mahakama ya wilaya Kajanja Nyasige alimwamuru asome kifungu katika Biblia kinachomtaka asiape mahakamani, ndipo mchungaji huyo alifungua Biblia na kusoma kitabu cha Mathayo 5: 35 kuwa ndicho kinachompa msimamo huo.

Baada ya kusoma kifungu hicho Hakimu Nyasige alimuuliza tena mshitakiwa (shahidi) kama atakuwa tayari kuapa ili aweze kuendelea na kutoa ushahidi wake mahakamani, hata hivyo mshitakiwa huyo aliendelea kubaki na msimamo wake wa kukataa kuapa.

Ndipo Hakimu huyo alimsomea kifungu cha sheria na 198 (1) kama ilivyorekebishwa mwaka 2002 kinachokataza mtu kudharau Mahakama na kuwa kuendelea kukataa kuapa ni kuvunja sheria na hivyo anatenda kosa la jinai.

Hata hivyo hakimu Nyasige aliendelea kumvumilia mchungaji huyo ili aweze kubadili msimamo wake kwa kumwamuru asome Biblia hiyo tena Waraka wa Mtume Paulo kwa Warumi 13:1- 5, shahidi huyo alisoma kifungu hicho mbele ya mahakama, lakini alipoulizwa kama amebadili msimamo wake alijibu kuwa hawezi kubadili msimamo wake, kwa aya hiyo ya waraka na akasisitiza kuwa msimamo upo pale pale.

Hakimu Nyasige alilazimika kumsomea hukumu na kumtia hatiani kutokana na kosa la kuidharau mahakama, hivyo anamhukumu kwenda jera miezi sita na kuwa atatakiwa kuja kutoa ushahidi wake kwa kesi ya msingi Marchi 2, mwaka huu.

Mwandishi wa habari hizi alimhoji Mchungaji mwandamizi wa Kanisa hilo aliyejitaja kwa jina moja la Mwakasaka ambaye alisema amesikitishwa na hukumu hiyo na akadai kuwa mchungaji wake alielewa vibaya vifungu vya biblia vinavyozungumzia viapo.

Naye Mchungaji Erasto Makalla wa kanisa la Pentekoste alieleza kusikitishwa kwake na hatua hiyo ya mchungaji kupingana na mamlaka ya serikali na akasema kuna haja ya kuwafanyia semina wachungaji ili waelewe taratibu za serikali.

Matukio ya upinzani yamekuwa yakijitokeza mara kwa mara wilayani hapa ambapo mwaka juzi waumini wa madhehebu ya Mashahidi wa Jehova walikuwa kwenye mgogoro na serikali baada ya kukataza wanafunzi wasiimbe wimbo wa taifa na kuheshimu bendera.

Kilimo Kwanza

Kilimo kwanza.

Hivi maisha bora ni lazima yawe mjini tu.Neno la Mungu linasema utabarikiwa shambani na mjini..

Interview with TB Joshua's wife (Part II)

Okay, how come you have kept to yourself for so long, because if this is not your first interview with the press, you’ve granted very negligible few? Or is it that you dislike the press?
Not really. You said very few, not that I have not granted any.

You mean you have not come across any?
I’ve not. I hope this will go very far so that someone else does not come to ask me, you’ve not granted any interview… (general laughter) Actually, like the Bible says, there is a time for everything, and God’s time is the best. Maybe, the time is just ripe for what we are doing now.

That is to say, there is a time to keep to yourself and…
And of course, a time to talk. (general laughter)

So, how do you combine your roles as a minister of God, as a mother, as a wife? And, as a mother too, to the teeming crowd that comes to The SCOAN…
Where God guides, He provides. And those whom God has called for any service, He makes them fit for it. So, there is not much problem about that at all.

People believe that there are a lot of myths surrounding your husband. I’ve been his friend since 1989. I’ve heard people say a lot about him. I’ve seen people publish a lot of things about him, and they are still publishing. When you read or hear things that are not palatable being said about your husband, which ultimately must affect the family – how do you react? Do you feel any bitterness?
Point of correction – it is not affecting my family, and can never affect my family in any way because I know my husband, I know who he believes, and I know who I believe. I don’t have any doubt in my mind and I know that the good work the Lord has started in him, He will accomplish and complete, in Jesus’ Name.

So, you don’t feel any bitterness when people write negative things about your husband?
Not at all. I don’t because I know him very well, and I know the God he serves.

How does his ministry complement yours?
I’ve said before that they are one. You can’t actually separate them. People come around. They want to see the prophet. They want to spend time with him. But he hasn’t got such time. You know, many of them want to bare their minds. You need to listen to them carefully. You need to be with them. So, I took up that. You’ve got it? They actually came for him but along the line, you find out that they want to spend more time with him. That’s where I come in.

How do you help your husband to overcome the gargantuan temptations that come his way every day, because this is a man exposed to thousands of people every day, especially women? How do you help him?
You see, you don’t have any alternatives in life. I can as well tell you that we don’t have alternatives in life. Anything that is contrary to what we stand for or what God sent us for, is what we are going to fight against. I can say that God has been merciful enough, guiding and protecting us in that angle.

The reason I asked that question is because I’ve seen many men of God fall because of women, money, fame and other extraneous things…
You should know what you believe. Did you get that? As I said, you cannot afford to fail. There is no other way. So, you must guard against that. And that’s what we’ve been doing.

Could you tell us, in practical terms, how you’ve been guarding against that?
The Bible says our heart is the communication point. If the fear of God is registered in your heart at any time, if you are doing evil, you must know. And so, you must guard that heart at all times. Anything that is contrary to the will of God, you shouldn’t take part in it.

Kenneth Hagin wrote in his book about how he fights the temptation of women. He said his office and his wife’s office are next to each other, and he said he deliberately made it so. And that at every given time, the two doors are open so that the wife sees the person he is counselling and he also sees the person the wife is counselling, just to make sure he fights and defeats the tendencies of the flesh.
Well, it is God that guides. It is God that protects. How long do you keep on watching over a man? I mean, as I’ve just told you, I can say that I know him (Prophet TB Joshua) very well, and I can tell what he is capable of doing. So, that’s no problem at all. All right?

I was expecting you to tell us what measures you’ve put in place to ensure that your husband doesn’t fall into the temptation of immorality while counselling woman…
I don’t take any other measure than to pray for him.

So, what counsel would you give to ministers’ wives as to how they can help the ministry of their husbands, as to how they can protect and preserve their homes while serving God and humanity?
The counsel is, be the woman that God has made you to be. Don’t measure yourself by yourself and don’t live by other people’s standards. Rest in the place God has for you. Be a good mother to your children and a good wife to your husband, and a woman of faith to humanity. Whatever situation you face in life, God is saying something through it and about it.

If your husband were to be in the secular world, he would be a superstar – because here is somebody who sits here, and presidents, top government officials and important people come from across the globe to see him. Do you have that feeling in you of having been married to a superstar?
All we do here is just absolute grace of God. Everything that happens here is by the grace of God, and the joy of the Lord is our strength. So, we don’t feel anything special because important people are coming. Rather, we appreciate the grace of God upon our lives, upon the church, and we give Him all the glory. So, there is no superstar feeling. If there is any superstar, that superstar is Jesus through whom we can do all things. So, I don’t feel any different from who God says I am. My husband doesn’t feel any different from who God says he is.

Prophet TB Joshua

If this man were not Prophet TB Joshua, would you have married him?
As I told you, apart from being a prophet, I actually saw what I needed in a man. So, it is not a question of being a prophet. It is about his character, his inner being.

What kind of man did you pray to marry before you met him?
Every woman desires to have a good husband, although appearance is deceptive. But God looks at the heart. I wanted a God-fearing man, an honest man and a kind-hearted man. And those are the qualities that I saw in him.

Over the years, you’ve been to many places. What memories do you have of the places you’ve been to, whether in Nigeria or outside?
Good memories. I’ve been to many places, you are right. After this, I still have something good to talk about them, about the people and what they receive from the Lord. We don’t just to because we want to go. We actually visit places because God wants us to be there. And, when we leave there, there are good things to talk about.

What’s your greatest fear in life?
Fear?

Yes.
I don’t fear anything because I know God is there, and He can handle every situation.

What about embarrassing moments? Every human being does encounter embarrassing moments, things that will just happen and they embarrass you…
Embarrassing moments? Have I ever had any?

So, it has all been smooth?
There have been many challenges. I have said that.

What are these challenges? You’ve not told us.
Good and hard times (laughs)

You mean the wife of Prophet TB Joshua can have hard times too?
Because we are human

A man sought after by presidents, kinds and ministers, by everybody?
Sure, we are human.

Thank you very much.
I thank you, too.

BREKING NYUUUUUZZZZZZZ: JK AANGUKA JUKWAANI JANGWANI

BREKING NYUUUUUZZZZZZZ: JK AANGUKA JUKWAANI JANGWANI

RAIS JAKAYA KIKWETE AMEANGUKA JUKWAANI NA KUKIMBIZWA KUPATA HUDUMA YA KWANZA WAKATI AKIHUTUBIA MAELEFU YA WAKAZI WA JIJI LA DAR KATIKA UZINDUZI WA KAMPENI YA UCHAGUZI MKUU MUDA HUU. TUKIO HILI LIMETOKEA DAKIKA TANO ZILIZOPITA NA KIASI CHA DAKIKA NANE TOKA AANZE KUHUTUBIA. HIVI SASA ANAPATA HUDUMA YA KWANZA NYUMA YA JUKWAA NA KATIBU MKUU WA CCM MH. YUSUF MAKAMBA AMEWAHAKIKISHIA WANANCHI KWAMBA HALI SI MBAYA NA ATARUDI

Source: Issa Michuzi Blog

Mchungaji Mtikila Aenguliwa Katika Uchaguzi Mkuu 2010

Mchungaji Mtikila Aenguliwa Katika Uchaguzi Mkuu 2010

Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Democratic (DP),Mchungaji Christopher Mtikila.


WAKATI kampeni za uchaguzi mkuu zikifunguliwa rasmi leo hii, Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi nchini (NEC) imemuengua aliyekuwa mgombea urais kupitia Chama cha Democratic (DP), Mchungaji Christopher Mtikila, kutokana na kutotimiza masharti yaliyowekwa kwa wagombea urais.

Source: Issa Michuzi blog

Interview with TB Joshua's wife (Part I)

Many myths surround Prophet Temitope Joshua, the youthful General Overseer of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations. When cynics are not raising questions about his source of supernatural powers, they are perpetually wondering what manner of man is he. Yet, the more people seek to unravel or spin stories about this enigma, the more confused they get.

But apart from the astounding miracles that unfurl in the church every day, critics also never cease wondering if the man actually has any marital life.

Yet, they sure know he is not a monk, even though like a monk, he is holed up in his religious commune, devoting his time and substance to prayer, solitude and contemplation. But today, we unveil that vital aspect of TB Joshua that you never knew or know very little about…

A bevy of ladies, very beautiful ladies, strut elegantly into the penthouse presidential suite at The Synagogue Church of All Nation s where The Spectator team is patiently waiting, and watching videos of some of the explosive miracles the church has witnessed in recent times. At this hour, the team is watching the video of the special thanksgiving service held for the brand new Ghanaian President, Professor John Atta Mills, on his recent ascendancy to power.

When the door closes behind the ladies, the first thing you notice about Evelyn, the delectable wife of Prophet TB Joshua, the General Overseer of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, is her infectious radiance and unmistakable enthusiasm. Both attributes, even more, make her the most powerful, yet most adorable woman in the spiritual empire that her husband has built. An empire which presidents, kings and queens, princes and princesses, and assorted dignitaries from across the globe, routinely throng for their diverse spiritual needs.

Yet, not many among the teeming parishioners, even in the outside world, know that this absolutely delightful woman is the moving force behind the world acclaimed, yet much vilified prophet – Temitope Joshua. “Apart from God,” quips one worshipper, her voice barely audible, “this woman is the next most powerful force behind Prophet TB Joshua. She is a workaholic. She is a wonderful counsellor. She compliments her husband.”

Yet this self-effacing beauty carries none of these testimonials like a banner in the manner of some. Indeed, as the sultry lady struts into the suite, this cool afternoon, clad in a simple but colourful gown, she carries no emblem that usually typifies a powerful hand behind the throne. Rather, from the shining beads of sweat on her temple, you would need no soothsayer to tell you that the woman has been working herself to the bones. Even as she sinks into a settee opposite the team, an aide still wants her to attend to a detail. “But I can’t keep these editors waiting,” she retorts with her velvety voice. “I think that can wait.”

Mrs Evelyn Joshua

With that, she signals us to begin to fire our question. In one hour, the session is over. The product of that encounter is the stuff this superlative exclusive is made. Please, enjoy the interview, the first she has ever granted any Nigerian newspaper. And we are not blowing our trumpet.
Excerpts:

Your husband made a promise about nine months ago that The Spectator would be the first Nigerian newspaper you would talk to. After waiting for so long, we thought it was never going to happen. But it is happening now. So, let’s start by asking you, how does it feel to be Mrs Evelyn TB Joshua?
I count myself very lucky among women. My husband is a man every woman will want to have as a husband.

That presupposes a serious contest over him (general laughter…). Seriously speaking, do you fight any battle to keep him?
Not at all. I know that every woman will desire to have him as a husband, but there are not struggles on my part to keep him.

Prophet Joshua is very handsome and a great instrument in the hands of God, sought after, all over the world, by presidents and kings. You mean there are no special battles you fight to gain his attention and also keep him from prying female eyes?
Not at all. But I know that when a man is hardworking and God-fearing, every woman will like to have him. But believe me, I fight no special battles to keep him. He knows who he believes and God whom he believe and serves so well is capable of keeping him, and has, indeed, been keeping him.

So, how do you cope with his tight schedule? This is somebody who spends every minute of his life in the church ministering to people’s needs and all that; and we do know that women need their husbands as much as their husbands need them.
We are into the same cause. So, I don’t have any difficulties handling that aspect at all because we are pursuing the same goal. God has so made it that we complement each other perfectly well in very many ways.

Are you a pastor, too?
No, but I am helping.

So, you never trained as a pastor?
We are many here; we are under training.

Under him?
Yes, and it is a life-long training. It is a continuous, never-ending training like the school of life. Of course, as long as we are living, we will continue to strive in God’s will.

So, how exactly did you meet Prophet TB Joshua? We want to know the year, the circumstances and all that…
(laughs heartily…) It was around 1989

That was 20 years ago?
Twenty years now, yes. I visited a sister somewhere at Ikotun-Egbe, and, then they were talking about a particular man, a prophet to be precise. It was a kind of meeting to be precise. And it’s like everybody in that gathering, or at least half of the people in the room, had actually visited him. So, they were saying a lot of good things about him. I was thrilled. At the end of the whole thing, I called a sister outside and asked whether she could take me to the prophet. I didn’t ask to go there out of curiosity. I actually needed a guide at that point in time.

Were you at any crossroads at that point in time?
Not really. I wasn’t at any crossroads, but I desperately needed a guide.

Or were there some challenges you were facing and for which you needed to see this man of God?
Not quite so. But I had seen pastors. I worshipped in a church and I had read about prophets in the Bible, though I had never come across any. But at that particular time, I needed a guide, sort of.

Spiritual guide?
Yes, a spiritual guide. A counsellor.

Could you tell us the church were you were worshipping before you suddenly and desperately needed this spiritual guide?
I was in Assemblies of God Church.

How long were you there?
As long as I can remember.

Were you born there?
No, I was not. Can we go back to my story, please? So, the sister and I scheduled a date. We got to his place and he was not around.

Not to The Synagogue, I believe?
No, to his house.

Okay, where was his house then?
Down in Ikotun-Egbe, at Agodo.

It was a mansion was it?
(Laughs loudly…) Yes, by the grace of God, it was.

If we may take you back, what things were people talking about that made you get interested in him?
Many things. This one said he prayed for him and things became okay from there. Another said her life was at a bend but straightened up when she met him. You know, things like that. So, we went there. Unfortunately, we did not meet him at home. But looking back now, I thank God that we didn’t meet him that day.

Why?
Because that would have been the end of this story.

Why would it have been the end of the story?
It would have been because what he told me the very first day that I set my eyes on him, if the sister were there, I would have believed that maybe she had gone behind me to tell him all about me. And that would have ruined it.

So, did the man of God tell you the story of his life?
Yes, of course.

Without any pre-knowledge of who you were?
Yes. Okay, I’m coming (laughs…). Some months after, I visited him. That was in 1990. I could remember that day was a public holiday. I remember also how I nearly lost my way because I had never been to the place before, except that day I went with the sister.

That is to say, this time you went alone?
Yes, I did. I went alone. But before I was able to locate the place, it was a bit difficult for me. When I got into the waiting room, I met two men waiting to see him. Before this time, the idea that I had about a prophet was that of an old man with a white, long beard and things like that. So, on that day, I was reading a novel that I came with when I suddenly saw someone come into the room, pick one or two things and went back. But the shadow of whatever I saw was not that of an old man.

Did you greet him?
No, I didn’t even look at his face. But when he left one, one of the two men was telling the other one, ‘that’s him. That’s him.’ I looked up but he had gone. They went into the consulting room before me. Finally, it was my turn, and I went in there. We sat opposite each other. And, he was gazing at me for about a minute and some seconds. I gazed at him, too. Transfixed as I was, I noticed that there was a piece of paper before him. Still looking at me, he wrote the word, ‘Ejide’, on it. (Transliterated, Eji de – twin has come). Lest I forget, I’m a twin.

And before then, you had not told him anything about yourself?
No, we were just looking at each other until he, at a time, wrote my name on the piece of paper. So, we started talking. He told me a lot of things about myself, both things that I knew, and those that I never knew. I was shocked. He told me about my family, about my past, my present and my future. Altogether, we spent about 45 minutes. At the end of the whole thing, he spoke to me in Yoruba and said: Joo ma binu o. Ma ro pe bi mo se nba gbogbo eniyan ti o ba wa s’odo mi soro ni eleyi o. Mi o ni ale, mi o dee fee ni ale. Sugbon, se oo fe mi? (Transliterated, this means: Please, don’t be annoyed. Don’t think this is how I talk to everyone that comes to me. I don’t have a concubine, and I don’t want to have a concubine. But can you marry me?)

Just like that?
Just like that. It was strange, but that gives us an insight into what the Scripture says that the Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. I think that was it. That was how I met him. Some months later, I asked him why he thought it was right seeing a lady for the first time and going on to propose to her. He said he had seen me four days before that very day.

Where?
I don’t know

In his dream?
I don’t know.

Or was it a revelation?
Honestly, I don’t know.

Okay, let’s go back to the time you entered his consulting room. You said you sat opposite him and looking at each other intensely, I believe. At that particular moment, what was going on in your mind?
A lot of things. In the first place, I was expecting to see an elderly man.

But instead you saw a dashing, handsome, young man?
(Laughs). Oh yes! That was it.

He too must have been captivated by a ravishing beauty like you…
(Laughs again…) I wouldn’t know. But like I told you, he wrote my name on the piece of paper before him. That was the first thing that really shocked me. And the fact that he proposed to me the first time that we met without waiting to know some things about me.

Wait a minute. Don’t you think that one of your friends could have had contact with him and told him about you?
Unfortunately, I don’t have friends. As I told you, it was a sister that I visited who took me there in the first place. So, there is no way anybody could have gone to tell him about me. And, when I was going there the second time, she wasn’t there. I went alone.

Why did you choose to leave where you were worshipping?
I’ve told you how I got to know about him. I told you too, that I didn’t go there out of curiosity. I needed a guide, whom, I believe, I could get from the prophet. That’s why I went.

In what area of your life did you need a guide before you went to him? Was it on marriage, business etc.? What area?
You know, life is full of challenges. As a young lady, I knew God was there. I have a Creator and I know He can guide me into the right path. So, I wouldn’t say business or marriage drove me to him. I just needed someone to guide me into the right path in life.

What were you doing in the secular world before this time?
Should I say as it was then, so it is now? After my secondary school education, at that time, you could get a job in a factory or whatever, hoping to be staffed one day. So after my secondary school education, life was like: today, you are in business; tomorrow, you are in a printing press, and so on. I think the last place I worked before I met him was in Nigerian Distilleries in Ota.

I was going to ask what you trained in because you are so fluent in expression and other things…
(Laughs)

What qualities eventually cemented the relationship between you and Prophet TB Joshua?
As I told you, he is a very honest and humble man. Yes, he is a God fearing man too. I saw a kind-hearted man, a zealous man, a man of one purpose, a man with a sole aim: to please God at all times, with every other thing being secondary. I think those qualities were what cemented our relationship.

Okay, how were you convinced that he was the man that you were going to spend the rest of your life with?
When I woke up that very morning, I never knew. But something in me said: ‘Go to the prophet.’ And when he proposed to me, it was strange, but then, my heart agreed with it instantly.

Did you say ‘Yes’ there and then?
I don’t think I have said yes up till now! (General laughter)

You can say that again. So, from there, one thing led to another and then your marriage or wedding. When did it take place? How many months or years of courtship did you have?
I am not sure that we courted for long. The wedding took place the same year – 1990.

Where did you get married?
In my place (laughs)

Was it a church wedding or traditional wedding?
Both

Let’s have you talk a little about yourself, when you were born and where, about your family and where you come from.
I was born about 40 years ago into a family of seven.

You don’t look it at all…
(Laughs)

What’s your position in the family?
Fifth, my twin brother and I.

Twin brother? Where is he?
He is late.

What a pity.
There’s no problem. I was born to the late Mr and Mrs Nicholas Akabude in the quiet town of Okala Okpuno in Oshimili North local government of Delta State. I started my primary education at St. Emecheta Primary School, Ezi Town, also in Delta State. Years later, I came to Lagos, that was in 1977, and completed my primary education here at Orile Primary School, Oshidi, and my secondary education also in Oshodi. That’s all about my education. But a few years later, my husband sent me to Ghana and I was able to take some management courses there.

So, in what practical ways has your ministry complemented your husband’s? I know you are a minister in The Synagogue. What’s your own ministry? Tell us about your ministry.
It’s the ministry of reconciliation.

In marriage?
In all aspects – parents-children relationships, marriage and things like that. I think they go hand-in-hand with one another. You can’t actually separate them.

How does this ministry complement your husband’s ministry, bearing in mind that he is into a prophetic and healing ministry?
When we talk about reconciliation, you need a lot of time to listen to people, to hear them; they want to bare their minds and a prophet hasn’t got that time, especially after talking for hours. But I do that.

What are the peculiar challenges that face you as Mrs TB Joshua?
Challenges?

Yes, are there challenges that you face?
Life is all about challenges. All those problems and trials, I see them as challenges.

Maybe you are getting used to not seeing him regularly as you would have loved to…
No, no, no. What’s he doing? Whatever it is, he has my support.

Seeing a lot of people and having to minister to them…
That’s good.

You mean it doesn’t affect the home in anyway?
Not at all.

Okay, how come you have kept to yourself for so long, because if this is not your first interview with the press, you’ve granted very negligible few? Or is it that you dislike the press?

Stay tuned for part II of the interview

Mchungaji atuhumiwa kwa ubakaji

Hii ni aibu nzito kwa Mchungaji Michael Ngilangwa (35) ambaye pia ni mwalimu wa Shule ya Sekondari Pomerin, Wilayani Kilolo, Mkoani Iringa kupandishwa kizimbani mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita akituhumiwa na Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (Takukuru) kuomba rushwa ya ngono kutoka kwa denti wa kidato cha kwanza ili amsaidie kujua somo la Kiingereza.

Mchungaji huyo wa roho za watu alijikuta akikwea kizimba cha Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi ya Iringa na kusimamishwa mbele ya Hakimu Martha Ngaze ambapo mwendesha mashitaka wa Takukuru mkoani hapa, Imani Nitume alisema Ngilangwa ni mwajiriwa wa shule hiyo inayomilikiwa na Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT) Dayosisi ya Iringa.

Alidaiwa kuwa, pamoja na kuomba rushwa ya ngono Ngilangwa anatuhumiwa kutaka kumbaka denti huyo (Jina linahifadhiwa kwa sababu za kimaadili), mwenye umri wa miaka 14, hivyo kosa hilo kuwa la pili.

Mwendesha mashitaka Nitume aliongeza kusema kuwa, Mchungaji Ngilangwa anashitakiwa kwa kuvunja kifungu cha 25 cha sheria namba 11 ya mwaka 2007 ya kuzuia na kupambana na rushwa katika tukio hilo lililotokea Agosti 11, mwaka huu katika Nyumba ya Kulala Wageni ya Mianzini mjini Iringa.

Alidai kuwa, Mchungaji Ngilangwa akiwa na mwanafunzi huyo ndani ya nyumba hiyo ya wageni, aliomba rushwa ya ngono kutoka kwa denti huyo kwa ahadi atamsaidia somo la Kiingereza na Biblia pamoja na kumpatia mahitaji yake mengine madogo madogo awapo shuleni hapo.

Wakiongea na gazeti hili mara baada ya mtumishi huyo wa Mungu kupandishwa kizimbani baadhi ya waumini wa dini ya Kikristo walisema kuwa, kuna kila sababu ya viongozi wa juu kuangalia chanzo cha mmomonyoko huu wa maadili.

“Lazima kuna tatizo tu, haiwezekani kila siku viongozi tunaowaamini wanatuhumiwa kufanya matukio yanayokwenda kinyume na maadili, lakini bado wanakuwa hodari kwa totoz, kuna kila sababu ya Askofu Mkuu wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT), Alex Malasusa kufanya kila linalowezekana kuikabili hali hii kabla kizazi hakijaangamia,”alisema Josephine James wa Iringa mjini.

Naye Charles John wa Sinza jijini Dar es Salaam alisema kuwa, KKKT mara kwa mara limekuwa likikumbwa na kashfa mbaya hali inayowafanya watu wa pembeni kujenga picha tofauti.

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TB Joshua Talks on Adeboye’s Jet

Prophet T.B. Joshua, thel founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations. He speaks on the misunderstanding between him and some evangelical and Pentecostal leaders in Nigeria. He also reacts to the trend of church leaders in Nigeria owning planes.

Pastor Adeboye said he would not worship in your church. How do you react to such a statement?
I want to say something. Everybody makes mistake. Everybody. That’s all. Perfection eludes everyone. So, for me personally, I respect integrity. Look at me here. Even if you don’t look at me, look at the so many people of different calibre that believe in what I am doing here. So also, Baba Adeboye has so many people, people that matter in the society that believe in what he is doing, what God is using him for. So if I now open my mouth and begin to speak to such a man, I think it’s uncalled for. It’s unnecessary. It’s not Christ-like. I am not speaking to him, but I am speaking to people that believe in him. I am brought up from a home where we are taught to respect elders. We were taught not to speak against elders, even if elders speak against you. And in the same home too, we were taught that elders should not speak also against the young.

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, said you should first of all show him who pastured you before they could consider admitting you into their membership.
As a point of correction, I never applied to be a member of any association. Okay? So that is a point of correction. Two, the way and manner God executes His plan in our lives differ. Some He brought them from this direction, some from another direction, some He allowed to go to Theology school, some He allowed them to go to the university, (and) they may not even go to Theology school. After graduation, they would become whatever God wants them to become. Some, they may not even go to school at all. There is the University of God where you would not be promoted, no matter how brilliant you are, until you take every course. Do you understand me?

Prophet TB Joshua - In The University of God, however brilliant you may be, you will not be given double promotion. You must take every course, because each course serves a purpose.

You are saying in effect that maybe they are looking down on what you are doing, because you didn’t pass through the formal process they passed through.
Do you say you understood what I said? I told you that the way and manner God executes His plans in our lives differ. Okay? The direction that God would take you through and when we all become pastors, sometimes God would send some to local level, God send some people to national level, God send some people to minister to the whites and some, their anointing cannot pass beyond the black. Some God sent them to minister to presidents and kings. The way and manner God called us differs. That is why we should not compare ourselves with others. And that is why we should not be measuring ourselves to ourselves.

In the process of building this big institution, have you made mistakes?
You see, everybody has dry pits. And also, everybody has his prison condition. Also, everybody has his Potiphar’s house. So that is my answer in the form of a parable. Let me tell you something: When you wake up in the morning and you discover your hand is free, your leg is free, you are okay, that may likely not encourage you to watch and pray the more. Problems make us to pray more and fast the more. Difficulty makes us to pray and fast the more. And, weakness also… Look at Paul, the Apostle. Three times he came to God. He said: “Lord, this is a thorn in my flesh.” The Lord said to him: “My grace is sufficient for you.” There is reason for that. God used that to preserve him from becoming too proud and begin to see himself that ‘I am this, I am that’.

When you look back, are there areas in your spiritual journey that you didn’t do well and you feel like correcting?
I am not God. I am a servant. And a servant looks unto perfection. God is perfection. So that is it.

You are not making effort to make peace with the other ministers so that there would be no question of T.B. Joshua is not this, T.B. Joshua is not that. Didn’t the Bible say you should pursue peace?
If I can give you the audience I am giving you now – this is a wonderful atmosphere. That is my nature. I love everyone. But I trust only God.

How do you feel over the contempt people have for you? The fact that they don’t speak well of you and they say you don’t belong to their fold.
Can I ask you a question? If we remove what is not made in Nigeria from your body, you would remain naked. If I say okay, ‘Give me those things on you that is not made in Nigeria’, and you would find yourself naked. So, what are we talking about?

Meaning what?
That is a parable. Put it in the paper like that. What I am saying is that a prophet is not honoured in his hometown. And because you are not honoured in your home, that has nothing to do with the anointing of God. That does not mean you are not honoured.

What is the central focus of your ministry? What is your message?
Salvation. Salvation is the house and when you open the house, you can now see healing, you would see blessing, you would see prosperity. If anybody now begins to ask for healing, healing, healing, it’s like you want God to just give you fridge in the house. What of the whole house?

One of the accusations against you is that you are making yourself God, that you are not submitting yourself to Jesus, that the reason you are called Emmanuel is like you are God Himself.
No, Emmanuel is in the Bible. Emmanuel means ‘God is with us’. That’s our greeting. Like many churches would say ‘Hallelujah’ or ‘Hosanna’. So what is bad about that? You have been here over an hour now – do you see any of that? That is it. That is why you should go and tell the world that this is what you heard and this is what you have seen. How can anybody now see himself as the Master Jesus when all the healing, deliverance, salvation are not brought to pass by anything we have done, except by His name. He who glories must not glory in himself, but in the Lord. So that is it.

It appears that all is of grace because all our spiritual advantages are from God. Our faith, our conversion, our eternal salvation are not the product of any natural gift or any natural ability. So no man should boast. It’s blasphemy for anybody to say he is Jesus. If anybody calls himself Jesus, that person is not normal – he is mental.

Who is your own father in the Lord or mentor?
When we talk of mentor, we mean someone you want to be like or someone you believe you have gained from. After reading my Bible, I give a total salute to Paul, the Apostle, what God wrought through him after his deliverance. Peter and Paul, the Apostle. But I pray for all the ministers of God. They are all my mentors. Okay?

How has not going to a university impacted you?
When there is the University of Jesus… you know Jesus has a university. That is where you can receive His message in your heart. But if you did not attend His university, you cannot receive His message in your heart. While in the other universities you receive the message in your ears, in the University of Jesus, you receive the message in your heart.

What differentiates The Synagogue from any other church?
There is no difference. Whatever happens here in terms of miracles, in terms of salvation – what you are seeing, there is no difference. God is the God of these fingers. Look at these fingers, they are not equal. Look at it.

What differentiates you from other preachers?
Nothing. Nothing differentiates me. Rather, I want to tell you that no matter the level that one reaches, there is always another level to reach.

Prophet TB Joshua - The way and manner god executes His plans in our lives differs

Your critics say if you pass a place, people would rush and go and touch the sand and all that. What is the symbolism of all that?
We have said it here that God can use any medium. When we look at what happened in the book of Act 19: 11, it says God wrought extraordinary miracles through Paul. Anything that had contact with him were taken to the sick and they were all healed.

Are you a misunderstood man?
I am a tenant. If the landlord was misunderstood, what’s my position? I am a servant. The head of the house was misunderstood. What people do not understand, they call names. But what they understand they destroy.

Are you an underrated man?
Soul has nothing to do with high people. It is all about a regenerate soul. A regenerate sinner becomes a living soul. So forget about having a big church or whatnot. When you talk about soul, it is not about big, big people.

When I look at the size of your church and the fact that it is still growing, I begin to ask: Is it not possible your vision has become too small for the size of the ministry? In other words, five years from now, can this place contain you?
We have branches all in different countries. Our church is one of the biggest churches in Greece. And I think the one God has established here, we need to have the same size all over the world. It is not that important that it should expand, making it for all Nigerians to come here. No. This is my mission. Like I have told you, the way and manner God executes His plans in our life differs. If I don’t have branches all over Nigeria and I have branches in other countries – that is the way God wants it.

Already, you are running two shifts. Which means if you grow some more, you might have to run more shifts. Where will your people park and so on?
When the situation is such that I would be running three services, then it is better I establish in other countries like say Ghana. People can come there. Eighty percent of my members are not from Nigeria. And anywhere that honey is, insects seek it and find it.

What is the honey here?
It is the anointing; the anointing of God.

How did you meet you beautiful wife?
I think she would be in the position to grant you an interview. She is such a wonderful woman. You too know that behind any man is a woman. No man can go it alone. I salute her. This woman, hmm, is a mother. When you say somebody is your mother, she’s more than a wife. And I don’t know the words. I am short of words to describe her. She is someone that amidst all the noise, noise, noise, she would just look. She’s my counsellor, adviser. She would tell you: it’s a matter of time. And you would never hear her voice. If this woman is not a good woman, I don’t think you would find me in the situation I am today. Because, you cannot have problems out there and have problems in the house. Many that don’t have problems in the outside, they have problems in the inside. And the problem inside is greater, is more powerful and is more dangerous than the outside.

Where are your children?
My children? They are there.

How many?
They are there. They are doing fine. That’s why I have plenty children.

You don’t have biological children yet?
I have biological children.

How many?
I have three.

How many boys and how many girls?
If I begin to say how many boys, how many girls, those who have no boy or have no girl might feel discouraged. As a minister of God, I shouldn’t discourage anybody. If I begin to say I have so-so girls, I have so-so boy, those who do not have at all would feel discouraged. My words should be words of encouragement, to tell them that what a man can do, a woman can do it, and what a woman can do, a man can do.

How do you feel not having a boy?
Ah, ah, how do you come to the conclusion that I don’t have a boy?

As a man of God, can you look God in the face and admit you have not cheated on your wife?
Let me tell you one thing about the situation. What is happening, you are seeing the level of understanding and the obedience in union between me and my wife.

But you are a handsome man. Don’t women tempt you?
You say what?

Don’t you face temptation from women, a handsome man like you?
Like I have said, if you are not tempted with money and you are not tempted with woman, and you are not tempted with pride…I want to tell you that God Almighty has been manifesting His strength in my weakness. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Thank you. Are you okay? (Laughs)

How rich are you now?
Mmmh, this is a question that I think if…I want to advise the whole world. And whatever you hear from me, take it. Because if I am telling you what I am not I am, God is there. Because as a servant of God, we cannot misinform the public. I am not a politician. I have to tell you. If I am telling you something now, you will hardly believe, but I want you to believe. In terms of cash, I am zero. When I have a hundred million today, I have one thousand five hundred people I have given scholarship. Leeds University alone in England, one person cost hundred thousand dollars. It is one of the best universities all over the world. And I have people all over.

I can give you my account number to check. I am zero. But people look at me, I don’t mind. My responsibility is so much that if I have trillion dollars today, I would not be able to save one dollar. It is not enough to care for the responsibility. Are you talking of dwarfs, widows, physically challenged, old age? When we leave here, I would take you to our store opposite here. It’s full of rice. We have five trailers of rice we just brought. Every month, it’s like that. And you know one trailer is five point three million naira. So I want to declare, I want to tell you today, you would find zero money in my accounts. But I am not owing banks and I am free from that. But I am just a zero. But my responsibility, God has been taking care of it.

When are you going to buy your own jet?
When I say I don’t have cash…(laughs); when I say I don’t have money, cash like this, where would I get money for plane? But I want to tell you something: there is nothing bad having a private jet. But the only condition I can have it, if God says I would have it, is for people to give me. And when you give me, you should also be ready to pay landing fee because I don’t know how I would get it. But I want to tell you that if ministers of God have it, there is nothing bad about that. It aids the gospel. I tell you that our fathers that have it, there is nothing bad about that. The way and manner God executes His plans in our lives differs. Some ministers, God says: ‘You, you would not have a private jet, I would send people to give you.’ While some, God says: ‘You, buy it, with your money.’

Adeboye's Private Jet - Matters arising...

I am not supporting those who are criticising the ownership of jets by men of God. It is true that there is difficulty in the society, there is poverty everywhere, but trial is the soil in which true ministers of God flourish. But I am not criticising because the way and manner God executes His plan in our lives differs. But as for me, I know, that even every car I have there, there is no single one I used my money to buy. Since I started this ministry, there is never a day I have been able to gather money. If I have one dollar, one responsibility is there to take the dollar. If I have 20 dollars today, 200 people are waiting to take the 20 dollars. It’s like having these things attract responsibility. I even say I don’t want money because money brings responsibility.

Are you planning to build a university?
We put it before God and God says yes, He would give us the grace. But this university would be for the needy; those who are brilliant but cannot afford to go to university. And the physically challenged too. The university would be mainly for the needy whom we are giving the scholarship. But before that, let us send people overseas to attend university there or here. Let us see what we can do to make the existing one better and better.

How do you explain your strategy of inviting heads of states to your church?
It’s you that know that they are heads of states. For me, a soul is a soul. Church is all about those who are being saved, not head of state. Why are you interested in Presidents?

Do you have any message for Nigeria?
My message is that it is high time we became a producing-nation, not a consumer-nation. If we know what it takes the producer that produces what you put on, you would know how you would care and how you would go about having plenty of it. And two, a producer sees whatever he does or whatever he gives as an assignment from God. Giving is an opportunity to reshape our destinies. When you are giving, you are reshaping your destiny. But mind you, what you give does not all that matter to God, but the way we give it.

Did you ever meet President Obasanjo?
President or no President, church is all about soul. Those who are being saved. It’s we that know this one is President, that one is President. So, we pastors should talk about souls being saved more, not the calibre or the class of people.

What are your success tips in life?
The secret is, feel what others feel. Jesus feels what we feel. You begin to succeed with your life when the hurt and problem of others matter to you. So, this is the problem we are facing in this country. When we feel what others feel, the public fund, public money and when you are voted to a position, you would consider the people that brought you there.