http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24120/kingdom-seekers-fellowship-prays-to-raise-dead-pastors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24120/kingdom-seekers-fellowship-prays-to-raise-dead-pastors#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:53:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24120 Two pastors in Kenya's Kingdom Seekers Fellowship International church were killed in a road accident on Monday last week. The faithful believed that God would resurrect them if they prayed hard enough.

If the pastors will not have risen from the death by Thursday, their bodies will be buried. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24120/kingdom-seekers-fellowship-prays-to-raise-dead-pastors/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23997/kenyan-witch-hunt-targets-elders http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23997/kenyan-witch-hunt-targets-elders#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:27:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23997 Dozens of villagers in the Kenyan district of Kisii are falling prey to superstitious groups accusing them of witchcraft.

The poverty-stricken western district, known as Kenya's sorcery belt, has seen an increase in mob attacks on individuals and even killings.

The poor and elderly in particular are being targeted. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23997/kenyan-witch-hunt-targets-elders/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:50:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23889 Of course it isn't all that unusual for a pastor to claim healing powers. Witness the blow-dried televangelists of America and elsewhere, who often advertise their dramatic healing powers in infomercials.

But in western Kenya the belief in the supernatural is far deeper, and the line between Christianity and the occult is thin at best.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23889/lawrence-omambia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21498/suspected-witchcraft http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21498/suspected-witchcraft#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 06:40:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21498 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21498/suspected-witchcraft/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21294/mungiki-41 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21294/mungiki-41#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:42:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21294 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21294/mungiki-41/feed 0