S.Africa's 'Gabola' booze church fetes easing of COVID-19 controls

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S.Africa's 'Gabola' booze church fetes easing of COVID-19 controls
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'Liquor is the one (thing) that is connecting us with our God, because if I'm under the influence of liquor I'm under the influence of the holy spirit at the same time,' says Gabola church's 'pope.

EVATON - Bottles of their favourite alcoholic beverages in hand, gleeful worshippers walked into a thatched-roof hall and sat down to listen to a Sunday sermon.

Gabola was founded in 2017 by Tsietsi Makiti, 54, to capture the unchurched people who would ordinarily be rejected by conventional traditional and evangelical churches that frown on imbibers."Jesus has taught us to fish where many fishes can be found. So in taverns, shebeens... that is where you find children of God that are rejected from other churches because of their love for alcohol," Makiti told AFP.

The leader's black-and-gold mitre is decked with two miniature bottles of Johnnie Walker whisky and a popular South African liqueur called Amarula. There is no offering or tithing collected during the service. Members just have to bring their own booze.A follower, Portia Nzimande, is unapologetic about her decision to quit orthodox churches for Gabola.

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