Pastor chases lesbians out of church
LUNGI Magwaza, the popular Imbokodo FM presenter and church pastor in Durban, has come under fire for banning lesbians from her church.
The founder of Kingdom Life Ministries was last weekend caught on tape expelling the women and using foul language as she threatened them.
She told them that they deserved to burn in hell and that they were a disgrace before God.
She presents the midmorning show on the community radio station where she plays gospel and spiritual music.
Sowetan has obtained recorded sound clips of Magwaza’s attack.
She told them that according to the Bible they must be stoned to death because they were a disgrace for committing an “abomination”.
“You are an old woman with three kids. You should be ashamed of yourself…,” Magwaza said, condemning them for dating other women.
She then told them that she once badly beat up a woman who tried to seduce her while playing women’s soccer at Mangosuthu University of Technology some years back.
Magwaza said there were desperate men out there looking for love and these women should be ashamed. She threatened to beat them up if they ever showed their faces in her church again.
One of the victims spoke to Sowetan on condition of anonymity. She said Magwaza first expelled her from the church for using incense.
“She accused me of touching the private parts of women members. I am a lesbian but I never touched any private [parts] of members in the church, I always respect the house of God,” she said.
Another victim said Magwaza had not welcomed them.
“We told her to pray for us, but whenever she was preaching she made us feel like we are in the wrong place.”
Yesterday, Magwaza said she was not sorry for expelling the lesbians from her church as they were setting a bad example to young people.
Human Rights Commission spokesman Isaac Mangena said: “Our constitution allows for everyone to have their sexual choices respected and for no one to be discriminated against because of their religion, sex and race.”