Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada
South African and Zimbabwean news sites are talking about a video of a Zimbabwean pastor who has claimed that he has a phone number to God.
Pastor Paul Sanyangore from Victory World International Ministries was captured on camera on the phone in front of his congregation saying “hello is this heaven?” before claiming to have a conversation with God:
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The video is from March but is only now getting reaction across the web.
Sowetan Live calls the phone call “bizarre”.
Times Live has an exasperated tone, saying the pastor is among the growing list of pastors who are playing bizarre and harmful stunts – from a pastor who made the congregation eat grass to one who sprayed insect repellent in their faces.
In an interview with the Zimbabwean news site H-Metro at the beginning of the month, Pastor Sanyangore promised he would reveal God’s phone number.
The pastor is known for being controversial.
In 2015 the same pastor was asked by safe sex campaigners to stop blessing condoms due to fears that he was confusing congregants who may think they cannot use them, reports Bulawayo 24
