A viral video featuring a suspected member of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry in Lagos has ignited outrage after the woman recounted how she received divine assistance during a Federal Government examination and shared her answers with another candidate. During her testimony, the unnamed woman claimed that an elderly man appeared to her in the examination hall and provided her with answers to several questions. She stated that the examination was part of a promotional assessment for the military (Army, Navy, and Air Force), consisting of approximately 50 questions, with 40 focused on career-related topics and 10 pertaining to current affairs.
“We all had written our career questions. It then came to these very 10 questions, which asked, ‘Mention 10 Francophone countries and their capitals.’
Brethren, nobody knew this question. So, all I did was to raise the question paper and declare to it: ‘I am a Chosen! I am a chosen!! I am a chosen!!! This question, who are you? Where is the God of my pastor power?’
“Then, suddenly, an old man appeared by my right-hand side in white apparel. He told me, ‘My daughter, begin to write.’ And I began to write,” she recounted.
She alleged that some of the invigilators, who sensed that something was wrong, removed her apron, causing “the angel” to vanish.
She stated that this action made her feel angry.
But when they returned the apron and I wore it back, the old man appeared again and began to tell the rest of the answers. I completed 10 good questions. I wrote them correctly and accurately. To me, it was like a dream.
“Brethren, when I finished writing my questions, a sister who sat by my side was a Mountain of Fire member because of the logo on her clothing. As I took up the answer sheet and was cross-checking my write-up, I signaled to the woman, saying, ‘Sister, do anything you can do humanly possible.
“Any moment from now, I am going to submit my questions.’ While I was cross-checking, the sister quietly copied. And immediately she finished, brethren, I stood up and submitted my questions. Everybody in the hall was looking at me. That was how only two of us out of 102 were able to do this,” she added.
The church erupted in celebration as she concluded her testimony. However, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Lagos chapter, expressed his shock that the church permitted such a testimony, which he labeled as a fabrication. He emphasized that God does not perform supernatural miracles in that manner, stressing that there are no shortcuts to academic success other than hard work and faith in God.
He mentioned that the Christian body would convene next Friday to discuss the controversies sparked by the woman’s testimony, as well as several other “unacceptable comments made by Pentecostal pastors on social media.”
“She is entitled to her opinion as she is the owner of her mouth. But for anyone to say such, we must verify that. We must see the people in the hall, and they must testify against her that that was never the situation.
“But looking at it ordinarily, that is a foolish talk, and nobody should accept that. There are testimonies you don’t allow to be given in the church. And that is why before people give their testimonies, you should invite them and know what they want to talk about.
“If it is something that is good for public consumption, you should allow it to go. But if you know that the story they are telling can only be told to monkeys, you should ask the person to go and face the monkeys and say that, not in the church. So, that type of testimony should be served to the monkeys and not to human beings,” the Lagos State CAN chairman declared.
When asked for his thoughts on such miracles, he responded,”God doesn’t act that way. I have a Ph.D. Which God of Chosen will appear to you and give you answers to your examination questions?
The God of Chosen will give you strength to read your books and go for the exams. There is no shortcut to success in life other than hard work and belief in God.”
There have been other viral videos of church members sharing testimonies that social media users deemed outrageous.
In one video, a church member recounted how a lion miraculously rescued him from kidnappers, while in another, a different individual shared a story about how bullets failed to penetrate his head. The CAN chairman firmly stated that these testimonies were all fabrications.
Anybody that wants to prove such a thing should bring a gun to the church. Let the person stand and let us release the bullets. We will see whether the bullets will enter or not. They are all blatant lies from the pit of hell,” he declared.
“We will be meeting probably next Friday. It is going to be a CAN general meeting in Lagos, and we are going to address it. We will speak about the madness going on among Pentecostal pastors,” he added.
In an interview with a major news network, Pastor Chidi Louis, the Head of Public Relations and Media for the church, claimed that the testimony videos were manipulated to damage the church’s reputation, asserting that some of the incidents described occurred in the testifiers’ dreams. He explained that the church permits members to share their testimonies freely without censorship, believing that such narratives should not be restricted.
“There is no need for us to begin to doubt someone’s testimony. If anybody comes and says he wants to give a testimony, we give that person the opportunity; we don’t guide people on what to say or how to say it. They are free to say it as they like,” Louis stated.
He added that the church remained unfazed by social media trolls.
