Enlightened Christian Gathering pastor Shepherd Bushiri, who faced a barrage of criticism for his call to his congregation to continue to send through their tithes during the Covid-19 lockdown, has gone on a public charm offensive.
On Tuesday, Bushiri, who also courted controversy this week by charging followers R80 a month to follow his “virtual church” app during lockdown, joined the North West government in distributing food parcels around Rustenburg.Coronavirus by Tiso Blackstar Group - Infogram
The church shared images of the food parcels donated by Bushiri which included sanitary towels, washing powder, toothpaste, canned foods, juice, cooking oil, rice, tea bags and maize meal. The church said this was a continuation of what he and the church have been doing for months, to ensure that South Africans were “not just safe from Covid-19 but also they should not suffer from hunger”.
The ECG said since the lockdown was announced Bushiri had been “giving out cash and prayers” throughout the country.
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