Thanks TAC,we needed that. We cannot afford having false prophets deceiving our people. The same should happen with pamphlets and other print adverts. I am christian but this so called "new age christianity" is destroying our people. I think pastor Chris must be arrested. Cde Lerato
On 2/4/11, zingisani nkanjeni <[email protected]> wrote: > A charismatic church cannot prove that its pastors can perform healing > miracles, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (Asasa) has > ruled – and the church has to withdraw all such advertisements from e.tv. > > The Christ Embassy is an international organisation headed by Pastor Chris > Oyakhilome with branches in Cape Town and Gauteng and a number in other > countries. > > The church paid R2.6 million to have its 24-minute “faith healing” programme > run on etv for 52 weeks where it claimed that people could be cured of > illnesses and diseases such as Aids and cancer. > > The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) lodged a complaint with Asasa in > November 2009 and on Wednesday the advertising body ruled that e.tv had to > remove the programme. > > The TAC lodged the complaint after a woman who was on tuberculosis > medication stopped her treatment when she was “cured” by the church, but > subsequently died. > > The ruling stated that the programme was by definition an advertisement > promoting cure by faith. > [image: IOL news TAC001] > > The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the Christ Embassy church > from airing its claims of faith healing, following a complaint from the > Treatment Action Campaign. > > Independent Newspapers > > This is against Asasa’s code since the Christ Embassy did not register with > the Medicines Control Council to offer a product or service which cures > diseases. > > Christ Embassy said it would appeal the ruling and is adamant that it can > convey the message to people that “they will be cured by the grace of God”. > > Sean Sim, attorney for Christ Embassy, said: “My client feels that people > can be healed through the grace of God and that there is nothing wrong with > conveying that message. > > “We are not going to back away from this, there is nothing to apologise for > and nothing untoward about the programme. My client maintains that people > can be healed through faith.” > > Sim said they had 20 days to appeal the ruling. > > Etv, which is legally bound to the Asasa code, has been ordered to withdraw > the advert. The Christ Embassy programme has run its course but the ruling > applies to any similar programmes. > > The TAC’s Nathan Geffen said although the contract between e.tv and Christ > Embassy came to an end some time ago, the channel was still broadcasting the > programme two weeks ago in which the pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, claimed to > have healed a woman with a breast tumour. > > At Thursday’s media conference Geffen said the Christ Embassy programmes > were “life destroying”. > > The TAC lodged the complaint after a Cape Town doctor notified it that one > of his patients had stopped taking her XDR TB medication because she > believed the Christ Embassy could heal her. > > “She gave up her medicines because she believed Christ Embassy could cure > her. She became ill again and died – but only after transmitting XDR TB to > her children,” Geffen said. > > E.tv’s spokesperson, Vasili Vass, said on Thursday that it would abide by > the ruling and withdraw the programme. - Cape Times > > > -- > [email protected] or [email protected]. You will find me on both > e-mails > cell:0789228959 > tell:021-387-0022/3 > fax:086 604 1369 > "Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe > Slovo > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
