An evangelical pastor in Honduras ignited a heated online debate after asking a parishioner to hand over his land to the church by divine command.
In a viral video that has been doing the rounds on Latino social media for weeks, Jorge Pompa, an evangelical pastor from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, can be seen pressuring a local parishioner to sign over his property to the church, as a test of true faith that would ultimately see him rewarded greatly.
Speaking in front of his congregation, Pompa tells the confused man that God had spoken to him the other night, ordering him to tell the parishioner that He wanted him to give up his land.
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Despite the man’s evident hesitation to answer the request, the pastor continues to pressure him, claiming that he would only be giving God what was already His.
“God spoke to me last night and said, ‘Tell him that I gave him life, I gave him his children, and I can give him more than he has now if he gives me that land.’ If he gives me the land, he’ll only keep $130,000, but if he gives it to me, I’ll give him $500,000. Only if he can have the faith to believe,’” Jorge Pompa told the parishioner.
“What do you want? Money or God’s blessing? I want your papers, and I want the land now. Are you ready? Now tell him that I have asked him for the land. How can you want to sell something to God if he gave you everything?” the pastor added.
The clip ignited controversy on social media, with most people accusing the Evangelical pastor of taking advantage of his parishioner, and some even said that he should face legal consequences for assaulting the poor man.
“This should be seen by the competent authorities; it’s an assault in every sense of the word,” one person commented. “He’s taking advantage of the faithful,” someone else suggested.
There were some who took Pompa’s side, claiming that he was only doing God’s will. That would be pretty difficult to prove in a court of law, though, which is why most religion experts agree that people of faith should not engage in this sort of thing.
“It is essential that spiritual leaders maintain integrity and humility when guiding their parishioners, and not use God’s name for material gain,” theologian Juan Carlos Soto said.
• Culled from www.odditycentral.com
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