Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses-1 Timothy 5:23<\/em><\/strong>-.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n “Some leaders are against liquor seller\/consumers but they themselves are drinking expensive spirits in their homes’ -Wolf in sheep’s skin<\/strong><\/em>–<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what greets you when you enter the Gabola international church in Southafrica. When South Africa began easing its coronavirus lockdown in May, it allowed religious worshippers to gather in groups of up to 50, but banned people assembling to drink alcohol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey can arrest us until Jesus comes back,\u201d said Makiti, wearing a bishop\u2019s mitre with a miniature bottle of spirits hanging off it. \u201cPeople call us drunkards but we are doing God\u2019s work. Even Jesus turned water into wine.\u201d Makiti<\/em><\/strong> said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n At Gabola church, every worshipper comes with his own drink and they share. During his Christmass sermon, Bishop Makiti said that he has already identified Nairobi and Kisumu as furst cities of call where his members are ready and willing to start church operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabola church where beer and whisky are allowed to open its branches in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses-1 Timothy 5:23-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Some leaders are against liquor seller\/consumers but they themselves are drinking expensive spirits in their homes’ -Wolf in sheep’s skin-<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what greets you when you enter the Gabola international church in Southafrica. When South Africa began easing its coronavirus lockdown in May, it allowed religious worshippers to gather in groups of up to 50, but banned people assembling to drink alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n From the controversial Gabola Church proclaiming that all tithes go towards buying alcohol and nothing else to congregants being told that month-end means more offerings, some churches have challenged the usual way that churches conduct their business<\/em><\/strong> .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey can arrest us until Jesus comes back,\u201d said Makiti, wearing a bishop\u2019s mitre with a miniature bottle of spirits hanging off it. \u201cPeople call us drunkards but we are doing God\u2019s work. Even Jesus turned water into wine.\u201d Makiti said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n .<\/p>\n\n\n\n ever heard of a church that serves beer and whisky during worship? Well the Gabola church could soon land in Kenya as early as February 2023. Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses-1 Timothy 5:23-. “Some leaders are against liquor seller\/consumers but they themselves are …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14484"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14496,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484\/revisions\/14496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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That\u2019s a problem for the Gabola church \u2014 the name means \u2018drinking\u2019 in the local Tswana language \u2014 for whom a tipple is an integral part of their religious worship.
Founded just four years ago, the church tried to hold its usual meetings in local bars, called shebeens, to praise God while downing whisky, but they soon got arrested, its leader and self-styled \u2018pope\u2019 Tsietsi Makiti, 55, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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But he added they had been moving services from place to place to avoid a run-in with the cops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sermon where Christ turned water into wine is very popular with the church.
Gabola means ..drinking.
So the church is named the drinking church of South Africa
The church is considering starting a branch in Kenya soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That\u2019s a problem for the Gabola church \u2014 the name means \u2018drinking\u2019 in the local Tswana language \u2014 for whom a tipple is an integral part of their religious worship.
Founded just four years ago, the church tried to hold its usual meetings in local bars, called shebeens, to praise God while downing whisky, but they soon got arrested, its leader and self-styled \u2018pope\u2019 Tsietsi Makiti, 55, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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But he added they had been moving services from place to place to avoid a run-in with the cops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/inbound293145080891374370.jpg\")
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