I am surrounded by negative talk, negative ideas and then some. And we are surrounded by prophets, prophetesses under the guise of Christian views and Christian ideologies. Why? Because there are those that think that it is the in thing to do.
This sparked the phenomenon of “religious tourism.” That is spot on: religious tourism. Local entrepreneurs are also seeing opportunities in religious tourism. “Anthony Mukumbwa runs Rayoni Spiritual Tourism Centre specifically to fly pilgrims to Bushiri’s services. He said: “I saw an opportunity in the movement of people travelling to Malawi to meet the prophet and worship.” His company leases and charters at least two flights a month, with 136 passengers on each.” [click on this link to read the article: religious tourism ]
Is it something new? I suggest to you that it is not new. Even during the time Christ walked this earth people flocked to Him to see miracles performed by him; even Herod, the king, wanted to Him performing a miracle – those things are the stuff that makes good headlines. Herod treated Christ as a miracle worker and he probably saw Him as some kind of a freak: Luke 23 and more specific verse 8: “When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.”
And it is continuing to this day. The so-called Malawian Prophet Bushiri and his lovely wife the Prophetess is “evidence” of this in their lives, especially after they have deposited thousands of American dollars in the banking account singing “What a friend we have in Jesus.” And all of this is going on in one of the poorest countries in the world: Malawi. He is not a shy guy; he apparently have only three private jets to get around in. And his wife “Marry” – if I have the spelling correctly reflected: Marry – interesting name she’s got.
This prophet is in South African parlance [eyes] a fugitive from law. The
type of crimes he is charged with are serious: Two women have opened a case of rape against the
leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering church; Prophet Bushiri [the link
to these allegations can be found here: click on this link. Other alleged
crimes are inter alia money laundering
and Immigration related crimes.
The challenge to this so-called prophet, is, inter alia, to come
and state your case in our courts – you claim to be innocent then come back and
have your time in court.
