Holy Water, Green Water & Stage-Managed
Miracles Fraud Exposed
Please grab a can of coke or a cup of coffee
because the report you are about to read will take
you 30 minutes to complete.
Let God be true and every man a liar (Romans
3:4), the stories coming out from TB Joshua’s
Synagogue Church of All Nations is very
disturbing.
Around November 2013, I got a mail from a
woman based in Spain who narrated to me how
she lost her son at SCOAN after being promised
he would receive his healing if she can only bring
him to Nigeria. The story was lengthy but God
forgive me, I ignored it.
But as time goes on, I begin to come to terms
with the reality on ground.
A close friend of mine went there in February
(Note: this is not dem say, it happened to my
friend). She has a tumour in her hand, her dad
gave her money to travel abroad for surgery but
another friend convinced her to go to TB Joshua
and lie to her dad. Her dumb plan to save money
led to her untimely death.
My friend lied to her dad that she had travelled
out and went to SCOAN where she spent an
undisclosed amount of money until her demise
two weeks later.
Apparently she got an infection, instead of going
out to seek treatment, she stayed there for the
fear of her dad. Her case was really sad. I won’t
go into further details.
One fact about TB Joshua:
Let’s be honest, the man TB Joshua is a very
charming and humble man, his charming
personality is what keeps people coming to him
but his miracles have K-LEGS.
After the death of 115 people at the guest house
being used by the controversial prophet to attend
to foreign visitors, some journalists decided to
find out how real the miracles being performed by
Temitope Balogun Joshua are.
Read their reports below (Courtesy of Vanguard
Newspaper ):
Today, many people still seek to experience
miracles and some will go any length to have that
experience. At Synagogue Church of All Nations,
(SCOAN) located at Ikotun- Egbe in Lagos state,
an outstanding edifice structured to contain more
than 20,000 worshipers with a quarter of that
population mostly foreigners, it is a destination for
miracles seekers.
People are assured that on seeing the Prophet, TB
Joshua, their load of problems would be solved.
Little wonder that people especially foreigners
besiege the church in search of miracles. Just
imagine more than 80 South Africans dying in the
collapsed foreign guest house building at the
church on September 12.
Thousands throng into the Synagogue Church of
All Nations for miracles. But how real are these
miracles that are spreading like wildfire world
over?
Cameroonian Man With Diabetes Left SCOAN
UNHEALED & BROKE
Mr. Michael French, a 45 years old Cameroonian
suffering from acute Diabetes traveled all the way
from Cameroun for more than 13 hours by bus,
stoolling and urinating frequently on the way. Mr.
French was insulted by passengers in the vehicle
due to his constant call of nature, but he endured
it all hoping that when he gets to Lagos, “it
would be a thing of the past.” He arrived Lagos
very late and slept at the park because there was
no vehicle going to the church.
Mr. French was one of the few that landed at the
church the very next morning. He felt that he was
already healed because of the adrenaline of hope
and excitement in his body. His feet couldn’t hold
him; he had read and watched the exploit of this
man back home in Cameroun. He knew it was his
day to be healed. After all the songs and Sunday
School, the Prophet climbed on the podium and
started praying for sick people.
“I prayed so hard to be the first to receive the
healing. I wanted to tell the world what God has
done for me through the prophet. But l didn’t get
to give my testimony that day. l didn’t receive
any sign of healing. So many people came out to
give testimonies of their healing and I envied
them, but I prayed and hoped that my own
healing would come, perhaps on the second day.
“As usual, l was there early alongside my sister
the following day. We had carried everything we
had saved for this trip. We believed so much that
God would settle us that second day. We went
there the second day and it was the same thing,
a few others received their healing, but l still
didn’t get any. By the third day, I became worried
because I was running out of money.
I called Cameroun for money to be sent, but l
didn’t received any alert. We were still spending
money on accommodation, feeding and by then,
our faith which was aflame when we entered into
Nigeria began to die fast just as our pockets
were draining fast.
“It got to a point when all we had was our
transport fare back to Cameroun; we approached
the church, but they couldn’t help to sustain our
stay. We were so sad and left Lagos utterly
disappointed. I prayed to God for help to survive
the long journey back to Cameroun so that I can
manage my health just like l was advised by the
doctor in the first place. I came to Nigeria
because l was told l would be healed; l would
say that l spent the worst one week of my life in
Nigeria and l didn’t receive what l came for.”
Nigerian Woman With Breast Cancer Says Two
Cancer Patients Died At TB Joshua ’s Church
Again, the story of Awele, a 37-year-old mother is
more horrifying. Awele, a breast cancer patient
based in Lagos told Saturday Vanguard her
experience at the Synagogue while searching for
miracle. After series of tests, she had been told
that her both breasts would go under the knife or
she goes to join her ancestors in less than eight
months.
She couldn’t believe that she was going to die so
soon. She thought about the possibility of her
only daughter becoming an orphan at 18. Amidst
that awful verdict, she exuded faith and decided
to seek a miracle at Synagogue.
“On visiting Prophet Joshua’s church I was
directed to see any of the four Wise-men.
(Saturday Vanguard last week wrote about the
‘four wise-men’ ). After discussing my case with
the Wise men, I observed there were three other
similar cases involving two men and one other
woman. We were all kept in a room. Few days
after, we were not attended to and I insisted on
seeing the prophet himself.”
“But after three days, instead of the prophet, it
was one of the wise-men that visited us and
nothing was done.”
First Cancer Patient Died
She said further: “About the fourth day of our
stay in the church, we noticed that one of us
died, we screamed for help!
When the members came, all they did was to take
away the lifeless body of the man; we didn’t
know what happened to him again. Not even a
single word of prayer was said in our presence for
the guy. The man didn’t return to the room, but
his luggage was still there.
Two days later, they visited the room again to
check on us as they usually did that period. We
asked after the man’s whereabouts and we were
told that he had been healed and had left.”
Awele continued: “I sensed a lie because the
man’s luggage was still with us and the man was
taken away lifeless. So, if he was healed, he
would have returned to pick his luggage and
would have given testimony of the miracle. But
we never saw him again. All this while, we were
feeding ourselves while waiting to be touched by
the servants of the Lord.
Another Cancer Patient Died At TB Joshua’s
Church
“Again, after a few days, one of us who
complained of feeling very bad the previous night
died the following morning. We shouted for help,
like we had done in the previous case. The church
members came to see what the problem was and
took the lifeless body of this man away.
They didn’t return to tell us what had happened
to the man, just like they did in the last case. But
l knew that the man had died, as his body was
very cold.”
“I felt that the story would be like the previous
one, so, I waited for their next visit. When they
visited again, I asked the whereabouts of the man
they took away. They said that the man had gone
home because he had been healed.
So, l asked the impossible question. “Why didn’t
they come back for their belongings when they
got healed?” Perhaps they didn’t believe that we
would ever remember to ask because they were
not prepared hence they were caught off-balance.
They claimed the church had made provision for
them to go home with new clothes, so, they did
not need their old luggage.
There, l made up my mind to leave the
Synagogue as soon as possible because there
appeared not to be hope. I felt they were only
waiting for us to die so that they could do away
with our bodies. To me, I was convinced that the
so- called miracle thing going on there is a big
fraud.”
“I have decided to live my life as though it was
the last because surely my end is near as I was
told by my doctors. I don’t understand why some
pastors claim to heal people when they can’t heal
anybody,” Awele said.
Awele went back to the hospital for the breast
surgery. She did not live to witness the collapse
of Pastor TB Joshua’s hostel building two weeks
ago. She died at the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital shortly after the surgery.
“How I was deceived at the Synagogue
mountain”
“I was invited by my sister in-law in the year
2011 to Synagogue church for healing and
deliverance when I was having some problems
which I would not like to tell you. So, when I got
to the church, I was told that mothers whose
children were below six years were not allowed to
sit in the main church auditorium with their
children.
Their reason was that since the program was
always a live-broadcast, they would not like
children to distract the camera men. They keep
mothers and their kids at a separate place. If
your kid is above six, they will register him/her to
Children Sunday School. So, that very day, I went
with my little daughter to the church. When we
got to the church after observing all the
protocols, we were kept with other mothers. So,
suddenly, one of the wise men came to us and
said that the man of God wanted to see all the
nursing mothers and therefore, he ordered that all
of us should be brought into the main church
auditorium. When we came in, we were told to
kneel at the alter for a prayer session.”
“While the prayer was going on, I fell under the
power of anointing. After the prayer session, they
came to all of us that fell during the prayer
session and said that we would be going to the
mountain for deliverance.
We were all booked for the mountain, when I told
my sister in-law who invited me for the program,
she congratulated me for being lucky saying that
as far as I was scheduled to go to the mountain,
all my problems had been solved.
“On that day, we assembled at the church
premises where the bus came to take us to the
mountain located in Agodo, Ikotun, area of Lagos
state. The rule while going to the mountain was
that, “you do not talk to each other when you get
to the mountain.”
“The mountain is a riverside area just like a very
long street. There were so many animals in the
river. There were huts constructed with planks
where people that came for deliverance at the
mountain including the man of God stay.
I asked them why did they choose this kind of
place as the mountain, they said that was the
place the man of God first stepped his foot when
he was fasting to build the Church.
Right there, we were asked to pick a red piece of
paper which was passed round to others present.
On the piece of paper, some quotations from the
Holy Bible were written on it and you will be
asked to pick your choice for prayer. You will also
be asked to buy the Holy water which goes for
N5,000 and pray with it and it ends there. I did
not get any deliverance, neither was there any
miraculous changes on the issues that took me
there.”
Again, Mrs Ruth revealed that, the deceit in the
church was also discovered by her own brother
who was based in Norway. According to her, one
of the major criteria for seeing the man of God,
especially if you are coming from outside the
country, is that you will keep sending e-mail until
you get a reply.
“My brother who is a Redeemed Pastor, based in
Norway with his family, has his two children, his
son and daughter, deaf and dumb right from birth.
The man being ignorant of the procedures for
seeing the man of God, flew into the country with
his family with the hope of seeing the man of God
for a miracle, but he was told he could not see
the man of God since he did not get any reply to
his mails. So, they were asked to go back and
keep sending mails until they get a reply.
The man went back and kept sending mails to
see the man of God. When they eventually got the
nod to come, they did not go with the kids.
The wife was scheduled to go to the mountain as
well, but after going through all these processes
of mountain and anointed water, the children still
remained the same, nothing changed in any of
them,”she explained.
But many worshipers believe miracle as being
taunted by Pastor T.B Joshua is a function of
individual faith. A worshiper who preferred
anonymity, at the church recently told Saturday
Vanguard that:
“Just like in every other church, it is your faith
that heals you. I am not a regular worshiper here,
I come here once in a while for prayers and
healing, I believe that it is your faith that heals
you. No amount of prayer from a man of God can
set you free, if you do not have faith,” she said.
There are those who attest to the efficacy of
prayers offered by Joshua.
Another eye witness who was met at the
premises of the collapsed building said that the
building initially was meant for just restaurant but
because of the high demand of worshipers, they
have to add buildings on top which resulted in the
collapse.
“If you watch out, you will see that the ground
floor was used as canteen where worshipers both
in the church and those that lodged in the hotel
come to eat. But because of the influx of people
and the demand for accommodation especially,
foreigners, they decided to add additional floors.
These collapsed building is for people from
different countries and it costs between N50,000-
N60,000 per night including feeding.
While the other one standing not too far from the
collapsed building is for ministers and top
government officials and it costs between
N100,000 and above. And if you are lodged in the
hotel, you are not allowed to have visitors until
you leave. Everything you want, all kinds of food
will be made available to you in the hotel, so
there is no reason to have visitors,” he said.
He added that only members of the church are
allowed to work in the hotel. “None members are
not allowed in the hotel either as visitor or
worker. If you do not worship in the church, forget
about working there. From the contractor to the
least person, they all worship in the church. The
church is doing that as a way of empowering
their members,” he disclosed.
Miracles are stage-managed
“A friend told me about prophet T.B Joshua in
2010 when my late son had swollen penis. He
suffered for two years before I went to T.B
Joshua. I took my son there and after a while, I
was given a card to see the prophet. I was
among several other people who were having
problems.
In the deliverance and miracle section, the
ailments were categorised into different parts, so,
you were expected to go to your deliverance
section.
“It was very tough before we could see the man.
And because of the state of my son, we had to
rent an apartment in the area so that we could
keep close contact.
At about the time, there were about100 people
waiting to see the prophet, yet we could not see
the prophet after three months.
“I was helpless but I held on and believed that
once I saw the man, everything would be fine.
Everyday, my son was groaning in pains and we
were not financially buoyant. So, we wanted to
see the man at all cost so that my son would be
healed.
“One the day, my son was asked to come for the
deliverance, we came as early as 5am. I was
anxiously waiting for the man, but he didn’t show
up until 4pm. He was accompanied by his press
crew and other people in his ministry. Ï saw the
man, he saw my son, but he didn’t lay hands on
my son. Ï called on him desperately but he
ignored me and my son. Someone close to him
said to me: “it seems the prophet wasn’t directed
to heal my son. I was perplexed and asked why.
But he later told me to come the next month.
Perhaps, God will direct him to heal my son. I
was disappointed and went back home.
“The next month, I went back to the church but
to my surprise, I was asked to start the process
of seeing the prophet all over again. I was
devastated, I did not know what to do. At that
time, my son’s condition had deteriorated. He
shrunk and paled. I cried for help but nobody
heard me.
A man told me to go and buy the anointing water
and give my son. I bought the anointing water
and gave it to him but nothing happened. Instead
of my son to be healed, he was getting worse by
the day. At that time, there was nobody to help
me. I tried all I could to get to the man, all to no
avail. Then, I went back home and started
praying to God to save my son. Unfortunately, the
boy died after two weeks.
Since, then, I have decided not to go back to that
man’s church because there’s nothing called
miracle there. What you see are all stage-
managed miracles.”
I got initiated in the dream by drinking green
water
One man told us his story this way: “It all started
when I came to Lagos in search of financial
empowerment. I was advised to go to Synagogue
Church and that the man of God there empowers
people financially.
One month later, I came in contact with the
prophet. I was told to drink the green water and
go home.
When I got home, I started experiencing some
strange things at home. I didn’t know what they
were until I slept off. I saw the man in my dream
and in a way, I was initiated and I started seeing
strange things. I couldn’t explain everything I saw
but I knew I was initiated. Then, I left everything,
family and came to the church.
I lived in the church for more than one year but
there was nothing like empowerment. I was
working as a cleaner.
One year after, I was told to leave the church
environment, that my services were no longer
needed. I did not know what was wrong. I left
and went back to my family. It was when I got
home that my father told me how they had been
into intercessory prayers for my restoration, that I
was initiated and lost my mind.
Why foreigners believe in Prophet T.B Joshua
To several others, T.B Joshua is like a man-of
God who is not honoured in his hometown. This
perhaps lends credence to the influx of foreign
nationals to the Synagogue.
According to investigation, Pastor Joshua has
good relations with highly-placed foreigners
including presidents both serving and former
leaders of some countries in Africa and beyond.
They come in droves from all corners of the
planet for spiritual healing and solutions to
different ailments or problems. Saturday
Vanguard encountered an Asian woman from
Singapore at the SCOAN recently.
When asked why she chose to travel so far to
attend a church service here in Ikotun, Lagos
Nigeria, the woman who pleaded anonymity said:
“Why will I not believe him when I witnessed
many miracles taking place before my very eyes. I
witnessed those “wheel-chair bounds’ getting up
on their feet and instantaneously walking after his
touch and prayers.
I witnessed the cancer-stricken patients getting
healed. I witnessed people possessed by the
spirit of lizard, possessed by the spirit of snake,
possessed by the spirit of monkey receiving
deliverance and being delivered from the evil spirit
living in them for many years. You are not going
to believe this, but you have to. I even witnessed
a HIV infected woman getting cured.”
Another European man in his 50s who came to
Nigeria three years ago said: “When T.B Joshua
comes to the pulpit to preach, his sermons are
great. Another thing that fascinates me about this
special man of God, instead of posing himself as
another miracle worker and asking people to
donate large sum of money, this man of God
preaches with strong conviction and clear
message of holiness.
“Prophet T. B Joshua will always say “Healing
without putting the Word of God as our standard
will not stand the test of time” and I adore him
for that. This humble man of God attributes Jesus
as the healer and he preaches about putting the
Word of God as the central principle guiding our
lives, one on which through the Word, healing,
peace, and others are built upon. So, tell me what
more I need to believe? He is a true messenger of
God,” he queried.
STOP BLAMING TB JOSHUA FOR YOUR
PROBLEM
Miracle seekers please stop blaming TB Joshua
for your woes, did he force you to come there?
It is over to you friends, choose today whom you
will serve, Jesus Christ or TB Joshua.
May the Lord help us all. I rest my case.
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