IN the NEWS - "Witches for Jesus?"

 Growing African Pentecostalism & Witchcraft Fears of Children

But there were false prophets also among the people,

even as there shall be false teachers among you,

who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,...And many shall follow their pernicious ways;

2 Peter 2:1,2

"African groups have warned that belief in witchcraft is increasingly common in some communities and that other children in the UK are "suffering in silence" after being branded as witches.
An average of eight children a year in Greater London are victims of abuse based on witchcraft-style exorcisms, but this only reflects cases resulting in police investigations.

The Fraud---
Pastor David Oyedepo -- Leading figure
of the growing African Pentecostalism
and is considered the wealthiest
pastor in the world

Sharpe detailed the horrific abuse, including being beaten or forced to drink unknown liquids, starved or deprived of sleep, blindfolded and having their hair shaved off.

There has been a rapid growth in African churches in the UK. According to UK Church Statistics, 670 pentecostal churches opened between 2005 and 2010, taking the total to 3,900 – that figure is expected to rise to 4,600 by 2015. As a result, Ariyo fears that "witch-branding" is on the increase.

However, access to the internet and satellite channels meant the influence of pastors based in countries such as Nigeria, Angola and the DRC was increasingly pervasive,....One video on YouTube, featuring the well-known Nigerian preacher David Oyedepo, reveals the power of some church leaders. A teenage girl kneels before the pastor, and after saying she is a "witch for Jesus" he calls her a "foul devil", slapping her

One of Pastor David Oyedepo's planes

violently across the face while the congregation cheers. In a later video, he can be seen boasting: "I slapped a witch here last year."

Project Violet, the Metropolitan police's faith-related child abuse unit, has a team of three dedicated officers working with communities, schools, religious leaders,.............Critics argue the unit has been seriously neglected in recent years, after making an initial impact when it was established in 2005 as a response to the abuse of child B – an eight-year-old Angolan girl who was beaten, cut and had chilli rubbed in her eyes for being a "witch". TheGuardian


.Clip of David Oyedepo .....Slaps Woman who claims to be a Witch for Jesus
www.youtube.com/embed/l0sYgOgB2_Y

P.S.--Some claimed afterward she was trying to say "Wish"...not "witch"....either way, he slapped her