South African preacher makes congregation eat GRASS to 'be closer to God'

SOUTH AFRICAN: A South African preacher made his congregation eat grass to 'be closer to God' before stamping on them. Under the instruction of Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries dozens of followers dropped to the floor to eat the grass at his ministry in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria after being told it will 'bring them closer to God.'

His controversial methods have drawn criticism from thousands of people although members of his congregation swear by his methods - he is said to have claimed that humans can eat anything to feed their bodies and survive on whatever they choose to eat.

'Yes, we eat grass and we're proud of it because it demonstrates that, with God's power, we can do anything,' Rosemary Phetha told South Africa's Times Live. The 21-year-old law student says she had been battling a sore throat for more than a year, but it was healed after she ate the grass.

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