Congregants at the controversial “Snake Church”attacked a Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) student and bit off chunks of her hair in an attempt to eat it.
This was after one of the preachers had shouted to the congregation after seeing the woman wearing a stylish weave and shouting “I see food!”
Kgalalelo Thloaele was at the End Times Disciples Ministries in Soshanguve, taking photos when members of the EFF marched on the church and burnt it down its tent on Sunday.
The church gained notoriety after its pastor, Penuel Mnguni fed congregants snakes, rats and weaves on the buffet menu.
“I was terrified. Immediately after the preacher said “I see food”, they all ran to my hair,” said Tlhoaele.
They startled student said she fell on the floor and hurt her knee trying to escape from the crazed hair-eaters.
“I have never seen anything like this. Those people looked possessed to me. They ran to my hair as if they were hypnotized.”
She said she removed the weave after the attack.
The church’s controversial antics have now prompted the South African Council of Churches (SACC) to convene a meeting with Mnguni.
SACC acting general secretary, Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, told Masasi Media yesterday that they want to get Mnguni’s perspective on what he is planning to achieve with his actions.
“His version of faith is not the same as ours, we want to directly meet with him so that he can tell us more about this new faith”, Mpumlwana said.
“We called the church over the weekend requesting a meeting but they said we should send an e-mail, we did that but up to now we have not heard anything from them”, he added.
This was after one of the preachers had shouted to the congregation after seeing the woman wearing a stylish weave and shouting “I see food!”
Kgalalelo Thloaele was at the End Times Disciples Ministries in Soshanguve, taking photos when members of the EFF marched on the church and burnt it down its tent on Sunday.
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“I was terrified. Immediately after the preacher said “I see food”, they all ran to my hair,” said Tlhoaele.
They startled student said she fell on the floor and hurt her knee trying to escape from the crazed hair-eaters.
“I have never seen anything like this. Those people looked possessed to me. They ran to my hair as if they were hypnotized.”
She said she removed the weave after the attack.
The church’s controversial antics have now prompted the South African Council of Churches (SACC) to convene a meeting with Mnguni.
SACC acting general secretary, Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, told Masasi Media yesterday that they want to get Mnguni’s perspective on what he is planning to achieve with his actions.
“His version of faith is not the same as ours, we want to directly meet with him so that he can tell us more about this new faith”, Mpumlwana said.
“We called the church over the weekend requesting a meeting but they said we should send an e-mail, we did that but up to now we have not heard anything from them”, he added.
