Mission house 'a brothel'
MOHLAKENG congregants in Randfontein received an unholy greeting when they found beer bottles, used condoms, pornographic magazines scattered all over the mission house.
Congregants of the troubled Methodist Church in Africa had just received a court order to return to their church last week after a seven-month squabble that tore the church into two factions.
But they were shocked last Friday to find pornographic magazines, dirty underwear, beer bottles and used condoms thrown around the mission house.
One faction had been using the church while the other used a nearby school for church services.
"It's disgusting and whoever did this does not deserve to be part of this church. What makes it worse is that we had women and children among us when we went to open there," congregant Thomas Sithole said.
Reverend Hintsa Mqaba, whose faction was chased out in February, was also shocked.
"I can't believe our own people would allow such filth in a place of worship. We are not sure who is responsible for this. It's gross negligence," Mqaba said.
The church is not new to controversy.
Mqaba was forcibly removed by a few congregants after the church conference ruling that he had to be replaced by Reverend Simon Molokwane.
The matter went to court and eventually the court ruled that Mqaba's eviction was unconstitutional.
District chairman Bishop Shadrack Phakoane did not want to comment on the matter yesterday.
"I have not heard about what you are talking about," he said.
"My involvement with that church was to resolve the conflict," he said.
- sifilel@sowetan.co.za
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Flemza
Turning a church into a brothel , that sounds more like itguest houses and hotels are expensive in this time of RecessionReport Abuse
warry
People live for sex. We have it anywhere anytime, a priest will rather duck and dive to get to an adult shop to buy a dildo or adult magazine or video. Cause batho ba tla reng but behind the back of his mind he think sex sex sex p***sy. You may find detailed out those who dirtier the holy place are married people. Sorrio.Report Abuse
Pointman
Churches being turned into b rothels - some nutcases actually welcome these happenings. Signs of the end times they say - which helps them to empty the pockets of the congregants. Just let one of our hard working Nigerian pastors get hold of this story.Report Abuse
Papage
That is the type of people we have today. We are just turned the Church of the Lord into something else, we are all corrupt, doomed and stupid, we dont understant what been a Christian is, we have lost it, Our Fathers and Mothers are gone now and we did not learn anything from them, we have turned the Church into something else, The devil is standing at the corner and laughing at Jesus, it is time we go back and ask for forgiveness or else destroy the future generation believe. I pray that God Lord help us all.Report Abuse
Mosquer
No wonder congrats are toy toying when pastors expose fornication and sexual immorality acts. These people are vileReport Abuse
MommaC
So much for consecrated ground!More like copulated ground,
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Mmaditopo
Sowetan, if (a big if) this story is true, it is a shame indeed. No wonder people don't go to church anymore. By chance, i was having a talk with my friend a week or so ago and I said to her that, by observation, I am convinced that the so-called "anti-church" people have a better change of going to heaven than some of us who go to church every once in a while. This is my story and i am sticking to it!Report Abuse
Printa
God has eyes.Report Abuse
DJ-Winner
ha ha ha...people don't care these days. Churches used to be respected...I can just imagine an orgy in a church...LOL.Report Abuse
swona
thats why if you have blind people running the church, used condoms will be seen by children in the presance of their parents, does this church knows why Moses in the Bible sent 12men to spy in Canan while the others waited outside? so if there is culture shock with people inhabiting the land, they know how to enter, lets say people in that country were forever nude, Moses would prepare the nation well to enter the promise land, so this blind church leaders, after hearing of the court order, they invited their kids in the church, what if those people were going to fight them physically? their kids were going to be hurt as well, id!ots!Report Abuse
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