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TB Joshua

January 01, 1970

Temitope Balogun Joshua (12 June 1963 – 5 June 2021) was a Nigerian charismatic pastor and televangelist. He was the leader and founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN),[2] a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos, Nigeria.

TB Joshua
Born
Temitope Balogun Joshua

(1963-06-12)12 June 1963
Arigidi Akoko, Nigeria
Died5 June 2021(2021-06-05) (aged 57)[1]
Lagos, Nigeria
Occupations
SpouseEvelyn Joshua
Children3
WebsiteThe Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, Emmanuel TV

Joshua was widely known across Africa and Latin America[3][4] and had a large social media presence with over six million fans on Facebook.[5] His YouTube channel, Emmanuel TV, had over one million subscribers and was the most-viewed Christian ministry on the platform[6] before the channel was suspended by YouTube in 2021 for alleged homophobic hate speech. Joshua was described by media outlets as the "Oprah of Evangelism"[7] and "YouTube's most popular pastor".[8]

Joshua was awarded various accolades, notably receiving the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by the Nigerian government in 2008[9] and being voted the Yoruba man of the decade by Pan-Yoruba media outlet Irohin-Odua.[10] He was called one of Africa's 50 most influential people by Pan-African magazines The Africa Report and New African Magazine.[11][12] By 2011, according to Forbes, Joshua was Nigeria's third-richest pastor,[13] although the claim was immediately denied in a statement by the church.[14] He was a controversial figure, and was officially blacklisted by the government of Cameroon in 2010.[15][16][17]

Joshua died on 5 June 2021 after one of his evening services in Lagos, Nigeria, just one week prior to his 58th birthday.[18][19] In 2024, he was accused, in a BBC investigation, of raping, torturing, and abusing followers over a period of almost 20 years. Accusations included instances of child abuse, taking place in a compound in Lagos.[20]

Early life and work

Joshua was born on 12 June 1963, as Temitope Balogun Joshua.[21] Joshua's home town was Arigidi Akoko, Ondo State.[22] He claimed that miracles accompanied his birth,[23] and that he spent 15 months in his mother's womb.[24] He claimed that his birth had been "prophesied" a century earlier.[24]

Born into poverty, Joshua's Yoruba family included both Muslims and Christians.[21][25] He grew up with a Muslim uncle after his father, a Christian, died.[21][25] According to SCOAN, the church he founded, he attended the St. Stephen's Anglican Primary School in Arigidi Akoko, Nigeria, between 1971 and 1977. After a year of secondary school education, he left to work on a poultry farm.[26]

In school, he was known as "small pastor" because of his love for the Bible.[27] Joshua attempted to join the Nigerian military but was thwarted due to a train breakdown that left him stranded en route to the military academy. He died on 5 June 2021 at his home in Lagos shortly after his Saturday night teaching of undisclosed cause.[1]

Formation of Synagogue Church of All Nations

Main article: Synagogue Church of All Nations

Joshua wrote that in a heavenly vision he had received divine anointing and a covenant from God to start his ministry.[28] Following this, Joshua founded the ministry organisation known as Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN). According to the organisation, more than 15,000 members[29] attend its weekly Sunday service; visitors from outside Nigeria are accommodated in the accommodation blocks constructed at the church.[30][31][32]

The Guardian reported that SCOAN attracts more weekly attendees than the combined number of visitors to Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London.[33] SCOAN's popular services have also resulted in an enormous boost for local businesses and hoteliers.[34]

Although Joshua's videos were distributed worldwide, gaining a large social media presence,[35] the church has only one branch, in Ghana.[36] Joshua said in 2014 that it was "not yet time" for him to have branches worldwide.[37]

SCOAN has been described as "Nigeria's biggest tourist attraction"[38] and “the most visited destination by religious tourists in West Africa,”[39] with thousands of foreigners flocking to attend the church's weekly services.[40] Figures released by the Nigerian Immigration Service indicated that six out of every ten foreigners entering Nigeria are bound for SCOAN,[41] a fact discussed in Zimbabwean parliament when addressing the economic potentials of religious tourism.[42]

This Day newspaper reported that “about two million local and inbound tourists” visit SCOAN annually.[43] The church's popularity has led to an increase in flight routes to Lagos from several African countries in 2013.[44] Joshua's contribution to Nigeria's religious tourism was highlighted[45] when the cleric hinted at the possibility of relocating his ministry to Israel during a Sunday service.[46] Several prominent Nigerians[47] opposed the relocation, urging Joshua to remain in the country, and citing the economic setbacks Nigeria would likely experience as a result of his potential relocation.[48]

Foreign visits

Joshua travelled to Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Paraguay to hold what he called "crusades." He also visited Israel to receive a humanitarian award from ZAKA and to visit biblical sites.[49] Joshua's "Miracle Crusade" in Cali, Colombia in July 2014 was allegedly attended by 100,000 people and held in the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero.[50] He travelled to the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico, and was allegedly visited by 200,000 people over two days in May 2015.[51]

Joshua's two-day visit to Estadio Monumental "U" in Lima, Peru, attracted nearly 100,000 in September 2016, making headlines in local Peruvian media.[52][53][54] In August 2017, Joshua held a Crusade in Paraguay at Estadio Defensores del Chaco. His visit caused a media storm when the Paraguayan parliament approved that the cleric be awarded the National Order of Merit, the country's highest honour, which is usually reserved only for Paraguayan citizens.[55] Testimonies from those who alleged they were healed through Joshua's prayers at the crusade made headlines in local media.[56][57][58]

In June 2019, Joshua held a two-day event at the Amphitheatre of Mount Precipice in Nazareth, Israel, the historic hometown of Jesus Christ.[59] The event was the subject of intense media scrutiny.[60] Local religious officials told their followers to boycott the event and several small protests were held calling for the event's cancellation.[61] An estimated 15,000 people travelled from over 50 nations to attend the event, significantly boosting local tourism.[62]

Humanitarian work

There is a rehabilitation programme for militants from Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region, repentant armed robbers[63] and sex workers who came to the church for 'deliverance'.[64][65]

Joshua provided two electrical transformers to a local community after theirs was burned beyond repair.[66] He donated over N26m to help restore electricity and put an end to over two years of power outage in four councils in the Akoko area of Ondo State.[67] The cleric made donations to police forces in Nigeria,[68] and Ghana.[69]

SCOAN has a 'scholarship program' which caters for the academic needs of students in their thousands, ranging from primary to tertiary education.[70] In 2012, Joshua sponsored a Nigerian student doing a PhD in Oxford University, with Nigerian media reporting she received £100,000 from the church.[71] He also gave a scholarship to a young Motswana[disambiguation needed] to study at Harvard Law School in America.[72]

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Joshua sent a team of medical personnel and humanitarian workers to the affected area, establishing a field hospital called 'Clinique Emmanuel'.[73]

The 'Emmanuel TV Team' assisted victims of the earthquake that struck the nation of Ecuador in April 2016, providing over $500,000 worth of humanitarian aid.[74]

Joshua funded the building and running of a school in Lahore, Pakistan named 'Emmanuel School'. He also rebuilt a school in a rural area destroyed by the 2016 Ecuador earthquake, travelling to Ecuador for the opening of the school in June 2017.[75]

Several groups of Nigerians attempting illegal travel to Europe through Libya have been supported at SCOAN following their deportation from the North African nation with only the clothes on their backs.[76] Stories of the harsh conditions they encountered and Joshua's subsequent assistance made headlines in several local newspapers.[77]

In 2009, Joshua started a football club, My People FC, as part of efforts to help the youth. Two members of the team played for Nigeria's Golden Eaglets in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Sani Emmanuel, who apparently lived in SCOAN for several years,[78] was Nigeria's top-scorer and the tournament's MVP. Emmanuel and his colleague Ogenyi Onazi signed professional contracts with SS Lazio, Onazi a key player for the Nigerian Senior Team, the Super Eagles.[79]

WBO International Light Middleweight boxing champion King Davidson Emenogu said that Joshua has financially supported him throughout his career and purportedly prophesied that he would be a world boxing champion.[80]

Joshua was involved in the meeting of the family of the late president of Liberia, Samuel Doe, with the former warlord Prince Yormie Johnson who was responsible for Doe's death. During this meeting the family publicly forgave Johnson[81] who said it was through Joshua's prayers that he stopped drinking alcohol and turned to Christianity.[82]

The cleric also played a prominent role in reconciling broken homes and restoring families torn apart by false accusations.[83]

In recognition of his humanitarian activities, he was awarded a National Honour by the Nigerian government in 2008[84] as well as receiving a letter of appreciation from the United Nations.[85] He was further honoured as an Ambassador of Peace by the Arewa Youth Forum, a predominantly Muslim organisation,[86] as well as being recognised with an 'award of excellence' by ZAKA, Israel's primary rescue and recovery voluntary service.[87]

Influence in African politics

A BBC Africa journalist once suggested that Joshua was "the most powerful man in Africa" due to his alleged influence in the African political sphere.[88]

Days after John Atta Mills became President of Ghana in 2009, he visited Joshua's church for a thanksgiving service, and claimed that Joshua had "prophesied" his ascension to power and specific details relating to his narrow victory over Nana Akufo-Addo. Joshua was a regular visitor to Ghana during Mills' early presidency and allegedly organised "prayer warriors" praying in Osu Castle.[89]

Joshua's supposed "prophecy" concerning the death of Malawian President Bingu Mutharika garnered media attention and was subsequently the subject of a Malawian government inquiry; Mutharika's successor, Joyce Banda, was also a devotee of the cleric.[90][91] Banda claimed Joshua's prayers healed her husband after he suffered a stroke and regularly visited Joshua in Nigeria while she was Head of State.[92][93]

Joshua played the role of a peacemaker in the aftermath of the Tanzanian elections in 2015, visiting the country to meet and hold reconciliatory talks with President John Magufuli – a member of his church – and opposition leader Edward Lowassa. Commentators acknowledged his visit significantly reduced tensions in the country after the elections which the opposition party alleged were fraught with irregularities.[94]

Joshua was a key influence in former Liberian warlord Senator Prince Yormie Johnson’s decision to endorse the candidacy of George Weah for president in the 2017 Liberian elections. His endorsement came days after the two were spotted publicly together in SCOAN, a visit that caused a media storm in Liberia.[95][96] Weah's main opponent and former Vice President, Joseph Boakai, also allegedly requested to visit Joshua in light of the elections.[97]

In November 2019, Joshua visited South Sudan, where he met President Salva Kiir Mayardit.[98] He led Mayardit and his cabinet in prayers for peace at the nation’s Presidential Palace in Juba and called on leaders to overcome their differences in a message broadcast on South Sudan’s state television.[99] Some South Sudanese believed that Joshua had given a "prophecy" of the subsequent unity government formed in February 2020 between Mayardit and rival leader Riek Machar.[100]

Media

Main article: Emmanuel TV

Emmanuel TV, the SCOAN television station, was founded on 8 March 2006 by Joshua.[101] Its Sunday services are broadcast live. Joshua's programmes aired weekly on several local television stations across Africa. It debuted on DStv and GOtv in November 2015,[102] as well as StarTimes in February 2016.[103] In its profile on Joshua, BBC News described him as "Nigeria's best known televangelist".[104]

Emmanuel TV's motto is 'Changing lives, changing nations, changing the world.' The station is also known for its catch-phrase, ‘Distance Is Not A Barrier’,[105] encouraging viewers to ‘pray along’ with TB Joshua by ‘touching the screen’. There are several claims of people receiving miraculous 'healing' through these prayers,[106][107] including popular Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh who said Joshua's prayers ended her 14-year smoking addiction.[108]

In April 2021, YouTube suspended Emmanuel TV's channel as a result of alleged hate speech by Joshua in videos on the channel. At the time the channel was suspended, it had over 1,800,000 subscribers and 400 million views. The allegations of hate speech referred to claims made by Joshua in at least seven videos that homosexuality is the result of possession by demonic spirits and that homosexuality can and should be cured via spiritual deliverance.[109] At the time of the channel's suspension, it was the most-viewed Christian ministry on the platform.[6][110]

Google ranked one of Emmanuel TV's YouTube videos as the fourth-most viewed clip ever within Nigeria.[111]

Wealth

Although Joshua criticized pastors who demanded money and politicians who bought-votes,[112] he became one of Africa's wealthiest pastors.[35] Former church insiders estimate that he received tens of millions of dollars from fundraising, pilgrims, sales of videos, and appearances at stadiums full of followers.[35]

In 2015, Sahara Reporters reported that Joshua has secretly purchased a Gulfstream G550 jet through a Bank of Utah trustee.[113] A Joshua aide denied the report.[114]

Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper stated that Joshua formed a company called Chillon Consultancy Limited, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in June 2006, based on reports stemming from the Panama Papers leak. Joshua denied offshore activity, posting on Facebook, "I am not a businessman and have no business whatsoever. What God has given me is more than enough."[115]

Criticism and controversy

Joshua was intensely controversial.[116]

Several prominent pastors in and outside Nigeria condemned him, including Pastor Chris Okotie, who described him as a "son of the devil"[117] as well as Enoch Adeboye, David Oyedepo, Ayo Oritsejafor, Paul Adefarasin, Matthew Ashimolowo, and Ted Haggard.[118][119] The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) rejected him (although a CAN delegation attended his funeral) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria often criticized him.[25] Numerous evangelical and Pentecostal figures in Nigeria denounced Joshua as an "impostor" and occult figure posing as an evangelical.[23]

In 2010, Cameroon's foreign minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi termed Joshua a "son of the devil pretending to be a man of God" and advised hundreds of Cameroonians not to take a planned pilgrimage to Lagos, where several others had been left without accommodation.[15] Rumours of a visit by Joshua to Zimbabwe in 2012 led to an intense national debate, culminating with pastors and politicians strongly objecting.[16]

In 2011, the BBC reported that at least three people in London with HIV died after they stopped taking life saving drugs on the advice of evangelical Christian pastors. The HIV prevention charity African Health Policy Network (AHPN) believed that SCOAN, which maintained an office in Southwark, London, "may" be one of those involved in such practices; SCOAN responded by saying that "we do not ask people to stop taking their medication".[120]

In 2014, SCOAN published videos in which a man who called himself "Mustapha" and purported to be a member of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram said that he, and four others, had planned to "bomb" the church, but that he decided to confess these plans after hearing Joshua's prayers.[121][122] SCOAN's video clip of the purported confession went viral on YouTube.[123] The Nigerian Movement for Accountability and Good Governance called on authorities to investigate the authenticity of the claims.[122]

Building collapse

Main article: Synagogue Church building collapse

On 12 September 2014, a guesthouse at SCOAN's compound in Lagos collapsed, killing at least 115 people, of whom 84 were South Africans.[124]

Posthumous abuse accusations

In 2024, the BBC published findings from a two-year investigation, reporting that Joshua had abused followers over more than 15 years.[20] The BBC reported that at least 150 people lived in Joshua's secretive Lagos compound as disciples, sometimes for years or decades, and many interviewees described SCOAN as a cult.[20] More than 25 church followers from various countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Britain, the U.S., South Africa, Namibia, and Germany, revealed alleged abuse within the church and by Joshua personally, including multiple rapes, torture, and forced abortions.[20]

One Namibian woman said that Joshua repeatedly raped her, the first time when she was seventeen years old, and that she was forced to have five unsafe abortions while at the compound.[20] A British woman also said that Joshua had assaulted her, and that she was held under solitary confinement in the compound, where she made numerous suicide attempts.[20]

Multiple other interviewees reported that they were regularly subject to physical abuse, such as being beaten with electrical cables and horse whips, and were subjected to sleep deprivation.[20] Other witnesses in Nigeria said that after publicly disclosing abuse, they were attacked.[20] SCOAN denied that Joshua had committed any wrongdoing.[20]

Joshua was again accused of faking televised "healings" of followers.[20]

The BBC report led to negative response in African media, with the report being condemned as 'propaganda',[125] and "dirty lies",[126] and other sources questioning why the BBC chose to publish the report long after Joshua's death, where no response would be possible.[127][128] SCOAN itself condemned the BBC for "descending into fictional narratives and propaganda, thus turning itself into a weapon for a hatchet job as gangsters in the gab of journalism with a destructive ulterior motive for personal gains against a perceived enemy".[129]

Purported healings and miracles

Joshua's former chief lieutenant, Agomoh Paul, who left the SCOAN compound after ten years, said that Joshua was a "genius" manipulator.[35] Paul said that he was in charge of faking "miracles" purportedly performed by Joshua.[35] Paul and others interviewed by BBC News said that those who seemed to be "cured" at the church were frequently paid to "perform or exaggerate their symptoms before their supposed healing took place" and in some instances were drugged or medicated as part of the "faith healing" process.[35] Some were falsely told that they had HIV/AIDS but had made a recovery due to Joshua.[35]

Joshua's followers attributed miraculous properties to anointing water that had been prayed over by Joshua, claiming that it healed wounds,[130][131] or saved them from explosions or helicoper crashes.[132][133] In 2013, four people died in a stampede in Joshua's Ghanaian branch when an unadvertised service in which the water was being distributed drew huge crowds that exceeded the church's capacity. The incident nearly brought Ghana's capital city, Accra, to a standstill, and led to criticism of Joshua.[134]

In 2014, during the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Joshua also made headlines when he claimed his anointing water could cure people suffering from Ebola. He subsequently sent 4,000 bottles of the water and $50,000 to the Ebola-stricken nation of Sierra Leone.[135][136] A Sierra Leonean politician claimed that the water cured Ebola.[137] Lagos State Health officials visited Joshua and asked that he use his influnce to publicly discourage Ebola victims from visiting his church for prayers.[138]

SCOAN claimed that Joshua regularly facilitates miracles at the church.[139] Hundreds of weekly visitors to "prayer lines" at the church were prayed over by Joshua, and the church claimed he cured people of HIV/AIDS,[140][141][142] blindness[143] and open wounds.[144] SCOAN's claims of "spiritual healing" were the subject of several media reports, including a mention in Time Magazine,[145] an Associated Press interview[146] and an article by Foreign Policy detailing the tendency of Nigerians to seek spiritual help due to insufficient medical facilities.[147]

Wide public debate was stirred within Nigeria when the father of abducted school girl Ese Oruru stated his intention to take his daughter to TB Joshua for prayers following her release.[148] Similarly, a leaked report stating the intention of Nigeria's embattled former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke to visit Joshua for spiritual support in her battle against breast cancer elicited controversy.[149]

Purported exorcisms

SCOAN is also known for the purported deliverance during its services of people allegedly possessed by evil spirits. Strange occurrences have been reported during these deliverance prayers, including the case of a South African girl who allegedly cried blood[150] and a Liberian man who began behaving like a dog.[151] A young man allegedly delivered from a homosexual demon at SCOAN also attracted widespread media attention,[152][153] as did the purported transformation of a Paraguayan transvestite from being a woman to a being a man.[154] After deliverance, those involved often confess the atrocities which the evil spirit allegedly pushed them to engage in, such as prostitution,[155] armed robbery,[156] internet fraud[157] and human trafficking.[158]

Ghanaian human rights lawyer Kwabla Senanu claimed that he was delivered from a spiritual problem.[159] Similarly, Ghanaian musician Denise Williams said she was delivered from a demon that had pushed her to become a drug addict and to suicidal thoughts.[160]

Veteran Nigerian Nollywood actress Camilla Mberekpe was also reportedly delivered at SCOAN.[161] Popular Nollywood actor Jim Iyke also said he received deliverance at SCOAN,[162] and a video of the event subsequently went viral.[163]

A video of Kenyan Olympic athlete Mercy Cherono receiving deliverance through Joshua's prayers attracted widespread attention in Kenya. She subsequently testified in the company of her husband how the evil spirit had negatively affected her young marriage and career.[164]

Claimed prophecies

Joshua was a self-proclaimed prophet who frequently made predictions of future tragedies and events. His predictions were frequently vague or based on hindsight.[165] He asserted that the Holy Spirit was the "source" of dozens of predictions.[165]

Based on a January 2013 sermon in which Joshua said that followers "should pray against suicide bombers or an attack of any kind that will affect many," SCOAN claimed that Joshua had made a "prophecy" of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[165] In January 2009, Joshua predicted a death of "a great star". After Michael Jackson died later that year, Joshua claimed that this was what he was referring to.[165] He claimed to have forecast the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing based on a sermon months earlier in which he said that he was "seeing flame" in America.[165]

Joshua's church claimed that he prophesied the Garissa University College attack in Kenya,[166] Ouagadougou hotel siege in Burkina Faso,[167] and the 2016 Brussels bombings.[168] Joshua claimed that COVID-19 would disappear globally on 27 March 2020.[169] Joshua also predicted the outcome of two African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final matches.[170] and Nigeria[171]

His prophecy about the impending death of an African president was widely reported in African press.[172] Joshua's followers believe the prophecy concerned the former president of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika who died in 2012, aged 78. SCOAN claimed that Joshua had predicted the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370,[173] releasing a YouTube video that amassed over 1 million views.[174] The church also claimed that Joshua has successfully predicted events in the lives of individuals who attend his church services.[175]

False rumors spread using Joshua's name are known to have caused widespread panic in communities,[176][177] affected sporting events,[178] music concerts[179] and led people to stop using social networks.[180]

When Hamza Al-Mustapha, the Chief Security Officer of former Nigerian President Sani Abacha, was released after eleven years of imprisonment, his first port of call was to Joshua's church in acknowledgement of a "prophecy" the cleric allegedly gave him when Abacha was still in power.[181]

Joshua's alleged prophecy in April 2016 that an impending terror attack would befall Ghana made national headlines in the West African nation and led the national police to issue a statement calling for the general public to be calm and vigilant.[182] 600 foreigners reportedly cancelled their visits to Ghana in the wake of the statement.[183]

Joshua incorrectly predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election in the United States. After Donald Trump won instead, Joshua stated that his "prophecy" referred to Clinton's win in the popular vote and any misinterpretation was due to a lack of "spiritual understanding".[184]

A video of Joshua predicting "the military" of an undisclosed Southern African nation embarrassing, killing or capturing "a President or Vice-President ... or the First Lady of that nation‚" surfaced on social media after the statement, which was made and recorded in August 2014, was interpreted as a prophecy of the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état against Robert Mugabe.[185]

Successor

Evelyn took over as leader of SCOAN after her husband's death.[21] In September 2021, SCOAN named Evelyn as its new leader.[186]

Death

T. B. Joshua died on 5 June 2021 "shortly after conducting a live broadcast", according to a BBC report.[187] According to his wife Evelyn Joshua, he showed "no sign of illness" prior to his death.[188]

The news of his death led to reactions in Nigerian media, with the death being described as "huge blow to Nigeria",[189] or "big loss" to Akoko residents,[190] and "blow to religious tourism" especially in Nigeria.[191] Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu described T. B. Joshua's death as "a great global knock" in a tribute.[192]

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January 01, 1970
joshua, temitope, balogun, joshua, june, 1963, june, 2021, nigerian, charismatic, pastor, televangelist, leader, founder, synagogue, church, nations, scoan, christian, megachurch, that, runs, emmanuel, television, station, from, lagos, nigeria, borntemitope, b. Temitope Balogun Joshua 12 June 1963 5 June 2021 was a Nigerian charismatic pastor and televangelist He was the leader and founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations SCOAN 2 a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos Nigeria TB JoshuaBornTemitope Balogun Joshua 1963 06 12 12 June 1963Arigidi Akoko NigeriaDied5 June 2021 2021 06 05 aged 57 1 Lagos NigeriaOccupationsCharismatic pastortelevangelistphilanthropistSpouseEvelyn JoshuaChildren3WebsiteThe Synagogue Church Of All Nations Emmanuel TV Joshua was widely known across Africa and Latin America 3 4 and had a large social media presence with over six million fans on Facebook 5 His YouTube channel Emmanuel TV had over one million subscribers and was the most viewed Christian ministry on the platform 6 before the channel was suspended by YouTube in 2021 for alleged homophobic hate speech Joshua was described by media outlets as the Oprah of Evangelism 7 and YouTube s most popular pastor 8 Joshua was awarded various accolades notably receiving the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic OFR by the Nigerian government in 2008 9 and being voted the Yoruba man of the decade by Pan Yoruba media outlet Irohin Odua 10 He was called one of Africa s 50 most influential people by Pan African magazines The Africa Report and New African Magazine 11 12 By 2011 according to Forbes Joshua was Nigeria s third richest pastor 13 although the claim was immediately denied in a statement by the church 14 He was a controversial figure and was officially blacklisted by the government of Cameroon in 2010 15 16 17 Joshua died on 5 June 2021 after one of his evening services in Lagos Nigeria just one week prior to his 58th birthday 18 19 In 2024 he was accused in a BBC investigation of raping torturing and abusing followers over a period of almost 20 years Accusations included instances of child abuse taking place in a compound in Lagos 20 Contents 1 Early life and work 2 Formation of Synagogue Church of All Nations 2 1 Foreign visits 2 2 Humanitarian work 2 3 Influence in African politics 2 4 Media 2 5 Wealth 3 Criticism and controversy 3 1 Building collapse 3 2 Posthumous abuse accusations 3 3 Purported healings and miracles 3 4 Purported exorcisms 3 5 Claimed prophecies 4 Successor 5 Death 6 Bibliography 7 ReferencesEarly life and workJoshua was born on 12 June 1963 as Temitope Balogun Joshua 21 Joshua s home town was Arigidi Akoko Ondo State 22 He claimed that miracles accompanied his birth 23 and that he spent 15 months in his mother s womb 24 He claimed that his birth had been prophesied a century earlier 24 Born into poverty Joshua s Yoruba family included both Muslims and Christians 21 25 He grew up with a Muslim uncle after his father a Christian died 21 25 According to SCOAN the church he founded he attended the St Stephen s Anglican Primary School in Arigidi Akoko Nigeria between 1971 and 1977 After a year of secondary school education he left to work on a poultry farm 26 In school he was known as small pastor because of his love for the Bible 27 Joshua attempted to join the Nigerian military but was thwarted due to a train breakdown that left him stranded en route to the military academy He died on 5 June 2021 at his home in Lagos shortly after his Saturday night teaching of undisclosed cause 1 Formation of Synagogue Church of All NationsMain article Synagogue Church of All Nations Joshua wrote that in a heavenly vision he had received divine anointing and a covenant from God to start his ministry 28 Following this Joshua founded the ministry organisation known as Synagogue Church of All Nations SCOAN According to the organisation more than 15 000 members 29 attend its weekly Sunday service visitors from outside Nigeria are accommodated in the accommodation blocks constructed at the church 30 31 32 The Guardian reported that SCOAN attracts more weekly attendees than the combined number of visitors to Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London 33 SCOAN s popular services have also resulted in an enormous boost for local businesses and hoteliers 34 Although Joshua s videos were distributed worldwide gaining a large social media presence 35 the church has only one branch in Ghana 36 Joshua said in 2014 that it was not yet time for him to have branches worldwide 37 SCOAN has been described as Nigeria s biggest tourist attraction 38 and the most visited destination by religious tourists in West Africa 39 with thousands of foreigners flocking to attend the church s weekly services 40 Figures released by the Nigerian Immigration Service indicated that six out of every ten foreigners entering Nigeria are bound for SCOAN 41 a fact discussed in Zimbabwean parliament when addressing the economic potentials of religious tourism 42 This Day newspaper reported that about two million local and inbound tourists visit SCOAN annually 43 The church s popularity has led to an increase in flight routes to Lagos from several African countries in 2013 44 Joshua s contribution to Nigeria s religious tourism was highlighted 45 when the cleric hinted at the possibility of relocating his ministry to Israel during a Sunday service 46 Several prominent Nigerians 47 opposed the relocation urging Joshua to remain in the country and citing the economic setbacks Nigeria would likely experience as a result of his potential relocation 48 Foreign visits Joshua travelled to Korea Singapore Indonesia Australia Colombia Mexico Peru and Paraguay to hold what he called crusades He also visited Israel to receive a humanitarian award from ZAKA and to visit biblical sites 49 Joshua s Miracle Crusade in Cali Colombia in July 2014 was allegedly attended by 100 000 people and held in the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero 50 He travelled to the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico and was allegedly visited by 200 000 people over two days in May 2015 51 Joshua s two day visit to Estadio Monumental U in Lima Peru attracted nearly 100 000 in September 2016 making headlines in local Peruvian media 52 53 54 In August 2017 Joshua held a Crusade in Paraguay at Estadio Defensores del Chaco His visit caused a media storm when the Paraguayan parliament approved that the cleric be awarded the National Order of Merit the country s highest honour which is usually reserved only for Paraguayan citizens 55 Testimonies from those who alleged they were healed through Joshua s prayers at the crusade made headlines in local media 56 57 58 In June 2019 Joshua held a two day event at the Amphitheatre of Mount Precipice in Nazareth Israel the historic hometown of Jesus Christ 59 The event was the subject of intense media scrutiny 60 Local religious officials told their followers to boycott the event and several small protests were held calling for the event s cancellation 61 An estimated 15 000 people travelled from over 50 nations to attend the event significantly boosting local tourism 62 Humanitarian work There is a rehabilitation programme for militants from Nigeria s volatile Niger Delta region repentant armed robbers 63 and sex workers who came to the church for deliverance 64 65 Joshua provided two electrical transformers to a local community after theirs was burned beyond repair 66 He donated over N26m to help restore electricity and put an end to over two years of power outage in four councils in the Akoko area of Ondo State 67 The cleric made donations to police forces in Nigeria 68 and Ghana 69 SCOAN has a scholarship program which caters for the academic needs of students in their thousands ranging from primary to tertiary education 70 In 2012 Joshua sponsored a Nigerian student doing a PhD in Oxford University with Nigerian media reporting she received 100 000 from the church 71 He also gave a scholarship to a young Motswana disambiguation needed to study at Harvard Law School in America 72 After the 2010 Haiti earthquake Joshua sent a team of medical personnel and humanitarian workers to the affected area establishing a field hospital called Clinique Emmanuel 73 The Emmanuel TV Team assisted victims of the earthquake that struck the nation of Ecuador in April 2016 providing over 500 000 worth of humanitarian aid 74 Joshua funded the building and running of a school in Lahore Pakistan named Emmanuel School He also rebuilt a school in a rural area destroyed by the 2016 Ecuador earthquake travelling to Ecuador for the opening of the school in June 2017 75 Several groups of Nigerians attempting illegal travel to Europe through Libya have been supported at SCOAN following their deportation from the North African nation with only the clothes on their backs 76 Stories of the harsh conditions they encountered and Joshua s subsequent assistance made headlines in several local newspapers 77 In 2009 Joshua started a football club My People FC as part of efforts to help the youth Two members of the team played for Nigeria s Golden Eaglets in the 2009 FIFA U 17 World Cup Sani Emmanuel who apparently lived in SCOAN for several years 78 was Nigeria s top scorer and the tournament s MVP Emmanuel and his colleague Ogenyi Onazi signed professional contracts with SS Lazio Onazi a key player for the Nigerian Senior Team the Super Eagles 79 WBO International Light Middleweight boxing champion King Davidson Emenogu said that Joshua has financially supported him throughout his career and purportedly prophesied that he would be a world boxing champion 80 Joshua was involved in the meeting of the family of the late president of Liberia Samuel Doe with the former warlord Prince Yormie Johnson who was responsible for Doe s death During this meeting the family publicly forgave Johnson 81 who said it was through Joshua s prayers that he stopped drinking alcohol and turned to Christianity 82 The cleric also played a prominent role in reconciling broken homes and restoring families torn apart by false accusations 83 In recognition of his humanitarian activities he was awarded a National Honour by the Nigerian government in 2008 84 as well as receiving a letter of appreciation from the United Nations 85 He was further honoured as an Ambassador of Peace by the Arewa Youth Forum a predominantly Muslim organisation 86 as well as being recognised with an award of excellence by ZAKA Israel s primary rescue and recovery voluntary service 87 Influence in African politics A BBC Africa journalist once suggested that Joshua was the most powerful man in Africa due to his alleged influence in the African political sphere 88 Days after John Atta Mills became President of Ghana in 2009 he visited Joshua s church for a thanksgiving service and claimed that Joshua had prophesied his ascension to power and specific details relating to his narrow victory over Nana Akufo Addo Joshua was a regular visitor to Ghana during Mills early presidency and allegedly organised prayer warriors praying in Osu Castle 89 Joshua s supposed prophecy concerning the death of Malawian President Bingu Mutharika garnered media attention and was subsequently the subject of a Malawian government inquiry Mutharika s successor Joyce Banda was also a devotee of the cleric 90 91 Banda claimed Joshua s prayers healed her husband after he suffered a stroke and regularly visited Joshua in Nigeria while she was Head of State 92 93 Joshua played the role of a peacemaker in the aftermath of the Tanzanian elections in 2015 visiting the country to meet and hold reconciliatory talks with President John Magufuli a member of his church and opposition leader Edward Lowassa Commentators acknowledged his visit significantly reduced tensions in the country after the elections which the opposition party alleged were fraught with irregularities 94 Joshua was a key influence in former Liberian warlord Senator Prince Yormie Johnson s decision to endorse the candidacy of George Weah for president in the 2017 Liberian elections His endorsement came days after the two were spotted publicly together in SCOAN a visit that caused a media storm in Liberia 95 96 Weah s main opponent and former Vice President Joseph Boakai also allegedly requested to visit Joshua in light of the elections 97 In November 2019 Joshua visited South Sudan where he met President Salva Kiir Mayardit 98 He led Mayardit and his cabinet in prayers for peace at the nation s Presidential Palace in Juba and called on leaders to overcome their differences in a message broadcast on South Sudan s state television 99 Some South Sudanese believed that Joshua had given a prophecy of the subsequent unity government formed in February 2020 between Mayardit and rival leader Riek Machar 100 Media Main article Emmanuel TV Emmanuel TV the SCOAN television station was founded on 8 March 2006 by Joshua 101 Its Sunday services are broadcast live Joshua s programmes aired weekly on several local television stations across Africa It debuted on DStv and GOtv in November 2015 102 as well as StarTimes in February 2016 103 In its profile on Joshua BBC News described him as Nigeria s best known televangelist 104 Emmanuel TV s motto is Changing lives changing nations changing the world The station is also known for its catch phrase Distance Is Not A Barrier 105 encouraging viewers to pray along with TB Joshua by touching the screen There are several claims of people receiving miraculous healing through these prayers 106 107 including popular Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh who said Joshua s prayers ended her 14 year smoking addiction 108 In April 2021 YouTube suspended Emmanuel TV s channel as a result of alleged hate speech by Joshua in videos on the channel At the time the channel was suspended it had over 1 800 000 subscribers and 400 million views The allegations of hate speech referred to claims made by Joshua in at least seven videos that homosexuality is the result of possession by demonic spirits and that homosexuality can and should be cured via spiritual deliverance 109 At the time of the channel s suspension it was the most viewed Christian ministry on the platform 6 110 Google ranked one of Emmanuel TV s YouTube videos as the fourth most viewed clip ever within Nigeria 111 Wealth Although Joshua criticized pastors who demanded money and politicians who bought votes 112 he became one of Africa s wealthiest pastors 35 Former church insiders estimate that he received tens of millions of dollars from fundraising pilgrims sales of videos and appearances at stadiums full of followers 35 In 2015 Sahara Reporters reported that Joshua has secretly purchased a Gulfstream G550 jet through a Bank of Utah trustee 113 A Joshua aide denied the report 114 Nigeria s Premium Times newspaper stated that Joshua formed a company called Chillon Consultancy Limited incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in June 2006 based on reports stemming from the Panama Papers leak Joshua denied offshore activity posting on Facebook I am not a businessman and have no business whatsoever What God has given me is more than enough 115 Criticism and controversyJoshua was intensely controversial 116 Several prominent pastors in and outside Nigeria condemned him including Pastor Chris Okotie who described him as a son of the devil 117 as well as Enoch Adeboye David Oyedepo Ayo Oritsejafor Paul Adefarasin Matthew Ashimolowo and Ted Haggard 118 119 The Christian Association of Nigeria CAN rejected him although a CAN delegation attended his funeral and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria often criticized him 25 Numerous evangelical and Pentecostal figures in Nigeria denounced Joshua as an impostor and occult figure posing as an evangelical 23 In 2010 Cameroon s foreign minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi termed Joshua a son of the devil pretending to be a man of God and advised hundreds of Cameroonians not to take a planned pilgrimage to Lagos where several others had been left without accommodation 15 Rumours of a visit by Joshua to Zimbabwe in 2012 led to an intense national debate culminating with pastors and politicians strongly objecting 16 In 2011 the BBC reported that at least three people in London with HIV died after they stopped taking life saving drugs on the advice of evangelical Christian pastors The HIV prevention charity African Health Policy Network AHPN believed that SCOAN which maintained an office in Southwark London may be one of those involved in such practices SCOAN responded by saying that we do not ask people to stop taking their medication 120 In 2014 SCOAN published videos in which a man who called himself Mustapha and purported to be a member of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram said that he and four others had planned to bomb the church but that he decided to confess these plans after hearing Joshua s prayers 121 122 SCOAN s video clip of the purported confession went viral on YouTube 123 The Nigerian Movement for Accountability and Good Governance called on authorities to investigate the authenticity of the claims 122 Building collapse Main article Synagogue Church building collapse On 12 September 2014 a guesthouse at SCOAN s compound in Lagos collapsed killing at least 115 people of whom 84 were South Africans 124 Posthumous abuse accusations In 2024 the BBC published findings from a two year investigation reporting that Joshua had abused followers over more than 15 years 20 The BBC reported that at least 150 people lived in Joshua s secretive Lagos compound as disciples sometimes for years or decades and many interviewees described SCOAN as a cult 20 More than 25 church followers from various countries including Nigeria Ghana Britain the U S South Africa Namibia and Germany revealed alleged abuse within the church and by Joshua personally including multiple rapes torture and forced abortions 20 One Namibian woman said that Joshua repeatedly raped her the first time when she was seventeen years old and that she was forced to have five unsafe abortions while at the compound 20 A British woman also said that Joshua had assaulted her and that she was held under solitary confinement in the compound where she made numerous suicide attempts 20 Multiple other interviewees reported that they were regularly subject to physical abuse such as being beaten with electrical cables and horse whips and were subjected to sleep deprivation 20 Other witnesses in Nigeria said that after publicly disclosing abuse they were attacked 20 SCOAN denied that Joshua had committed any wrongdoing 20 Joshua was again accused of faking televised healings of followers 20 The BBC report led to negative response in African media with the report being condemned as propaganda 125 and dirty lies 126 and other sources questioning why the BBC chose to publish the report long after Joshua s death where no response would be possible 127 128 SCOAN itself condemned the BBC for descending into fictional narratives and propaganda thus turning itself into a weapon for a hatchet job as gangsters in the gab of journalism with a destructive ulterior motive for personal gains against a perceived enemy 129 Purported healings and miracles Joshua s former chief lieutenant Agomoh Paul who left the SCOAN compound after ten years said that Joshua was a genius manipulator 35 Paul said that he was in charge of faking miracles purportedly performed by Joshua 35 Paul and others interviewed by BBC News said that those who seemed to be cured at the church were frequently paid to perform or exaggerate their symptoms before their supposed healing took place and in some instances were drugged or medicated as part of the faith healing process 35 Some were falsely told that they had HIV AIDS but had made a recovery due to Joshua 35 Joshua s followers attributed miraculous properties to anointing water that had been prayed over by Joshua claiming that it healed wounds 130 131 or saved them from explosions or helicoper crashes 132 133 In 2013 four people died in a stampede in Joshua s Ghanaian branch when an unadvertised service in which the water was being distributed drew huge crowds that exceeded the church s capacity The incident nearly brought Ghana s capital city Accra to a standstill and led to criticism of Joshua 134 In 2014 during the West African Ebola virus epidemic Joshua also made headlines when he claimed his anointing water could cure people suffering from Ebola He subsequently sent 4 000 bottles of the water and 50 000 to the Ebola stricken nation of Sierra Leone 135 136 A Sierra Leonean politician claimed that the water cured Ebola 137 Lagos State Health officials visited Joshua and asked that he use his influnce to publicly discourage Ebola victims from visiting his church for prayers 138 SCOAN claimed that Joshua regularly facilitates miracles at the church 139 Hundreds of weekly visitors to prayer lines at the church were prayed over by Joshua and the church claimed he cured people of HIV AIDS 140 141 142 blindness 143 and open wounds 144 SCOAN s claims of spiritual healing were the subject of several media reports including a mention in Time Magazine 145 an Associated Press interview 146 and an article by Foreign Policy detailing the tendency of Nigerians to seek spiritual help due to insufficient medical facilities 147 Wide public debate was stirred within Nigeria when the father of abducted school girl Ese Oruru stated his intention to take his daughter to TB Joshua for prayers following her release 148 Similarly a leaked report stating the intention of Nigeria s embattled former petroleum minister Diezani Alison Madueke to visit Joshua for spiritual support in her battle against breast cancer elicited controversy 149 Purported exorcisms SCOAN is also known for the purported deliverance during its services of people allegedly possessed by evil spirits Strange occurrences have been reported during these deliverance prayers including the case of a South African girl who allegedly cried blood 150 and a Liberian man who began behaving like a dog 151 A young man allegedly delivered from a homosexual demon at SCOAN also attracted widespread media attention 152 153 as did the purported transformation of a Paraguayan transvestite from being a woman to a being a man 154 After deliverance those involved often confess the atrocities which the evil spirit allegedly pushed them to engage in such as prostitution 155 armed robbery 156 internet fraud 157 and human trafficking 158 Ghanaian human rights lawyer Kwabla Senanu claimed that he was delivered from a spiritual problem 159 Similarly Ghanaian musician Denise Williams said she was delivered from a demon that had pushed her to become a drug addict and to suicidal thoughts 160 Veteran Nigerian Nollywood actress Camilla Mberekpe was also reportedly delivered at SCOAN 161 Popular Nollywood actor Jim Iyke also said he received deliverance at SCOAN 162 and a video of the event subsequently went viral 163 A video of Kenyan Olympic athlete Mercy Cherono receiving deliverance through Joshua s prayers attracted widespread attention in Kenya She subsequently testified in the company of her husband how the evil spirit had negatively affected her young marriage and career 164 Claimed prophecies Joshua was a self proclaimed prophet who frequently made predictions of future tragedies and events His predictions were frequently vague or based on hindsight 165 He asserted that the Holy Spirit was the source of dozens of predictions 165 Based on a January 2013 sermon in which Joshua said that followers should pray against suicide bombers or an attack of any kind that will affect many SCOAN claimed that Joshua had made a prophecy of the November 2015 Paris attacks 165 In January 2009 Joshua predicted a death of a great star After Michael Jackson died later that year Joshua claimed that this was what he was referring to 165 He claimed to have forecast the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing based on a sermon months earlier in which he said that he was seeing flame in America 165 Joshua s church claimed that he prophesied the Garissa University College attack in Kenya 166 Ouagadougou hotel siege in Burkina Faso 167 and the 2016 Brussels bombings 168 Joshua claimed that COVID 19 would disappear globally on 27 March 2020 169 Joshua also predicted the outcome of two African Cup of Nations AFCON final matches 170 and Nigeria 171 His prophecy about the impending death of an African president was widely reported in African press 172 Joshua s followers believe the prophecy concerned the former president of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika who died in 2012 aged 78 SCOAN claimed that Joshua had predicted the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 173 releasing a YouTube video that amassed over 1 million views 174 The church also claimed that Joshua has successfully predicted events in the lives of individuals who attend his church services 175 False rumors spread using Joshua s name are known to have caused widespread panic in communities 176 177 affected sporting events 178 music concerts 179 and led people to stop using social networks 180 When Hamza Al Mustapha the Chief Security Officer of former Nigerian President Sani Abacha was released after eleven years of imprisonment his first port of call was to Joshua s church in acknowledgement of a prophecy the cleric allegedly gave him when Abacha was still in power 181 Joshua s alleged prophecy in April 2016 that an impending terror attack would befall Ghana made national headlines in the West African nation and led the national police to issue a statement calling for the general public to be calm and vigilant 182 600 foreigners reportedly cancelled their visits to Ghana in the wake of the statement 183 Joshua incorrectly predicted that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election in the United States After Donald Trump won instead Joshua stated that his prophecy referred to Clinton s win in the popular vote and any misinterpretation was due to a lack of spiritual understanding 184 A video of Joshua predicting the military of an undisclosed 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Blessings PM News Nigeria Archived from the original on 2 August 2019 Retrieved 8 June 2021 Nkawihe Maurice 14 November 2015 TB Joshua s Emmanuel TV Goes On DStv And GOtv Nyasa Times Malawi Archived from the original on 10 March 2016 Akwaja Chima 6 February 2016 Startimes Unveils Extra Special Offer for Subscribers All Africa Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Oladipo Tomi 17 September 2014 TB Joshua Nigeria s best known televangelist BBC Archived from the original on 23 January 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2018 Petesch Carley 19 April 2014 Nigeria Preacher Healer or Controversial Leader Associated Press Archived from the original on 18 January 2017 Retrieved 11 March 2016 Osazuwa Nosa 14 November 2011 Watching Emmanuel TV Works Miracles Modern Ghana Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 Retrieved 11 March 2016 Allotey Henry 19 November 2013 Emmanuel TV A Channel Of Hope Ghana Web Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 Retrieved 11 March 2016 Ogunjimi Opeoluwani 31 August 2012 TB Joshua s Prayers Ended My 14 Year Smoking Addiction Tonto Dike Vanguard Nigeria Archived from the original on 2 December 2013 Retrieved 13 February 2013 TB Joshua YouTube blocks Nigerian preacher over gay cure claim BBC News 16 April 2021 Archived from the original on 7 June 2021 Retrieved 7 June 2021 Bruce James 15 April 2015 Skewed Stats World Magazine US Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 Retrieved 10 March 2016 Mohammed Amina 21 May 2015 Patience Jonathan s There is God video Nigeria s most viewed YouTube clip ever Premium Times Nigeria Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 Retrieved 15 June 2015 via Google T B Joshua lambasts money hungry pastors and politicians Sowetan South Africa 20 January 2015 Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Synagogue Pastor TB Joshua Secretly Purchases 60 Million Gulfstream G550 Private Jet Sahara Reporters 14 September 2015 Archived from the original on 11 January 2016 Retrieved 5 January 2016 Rumors Of T B Joshua s Purchase Of 60m Private Jet Baseless False Aide 28 October 2015 Archived from the original on 8 January 2024 Retrieved 29 September 2015 Gaffey Conor 13 April 2016 Panama Papers Nigerian Preacher TB Joshua Denies Offshore Activity Newsweek Archived from the original on 10 November 2017 Retrieved 9 November 2017 10 things you didn t know about T B Joshua and his SCOAN ministry Buzznigeria com 25 July 2014 Archived from the original on 29 July 2014 Retrieved 26 July 2014 Menzie Nicola 16 December 2013 Nigerian Pastor Who Preaches With Armed Guards Rebuked For Saying Catholics Going To Hell Calling Pope Anti Christ Christian Post Archived from the original on 14 August 2016 Retrieved 8 April 2016 Eyoboka Sam 7 March 2009 I Will Not Worship In TB Joshua s Church Says Adeboye Modern Ghana Archived from the original on 23 April 2016 Retrieved 8 April 2016 Grady J Lee Church Leaders Still At Odds Over Credibility Of Faith Healer Charisma Magazine US Archived from the original on 5 May 2016 Retrieved 23 May 2016 Church HIV prayer cure claims cause three deaths Bbc co uk 18 October 2011 Archived from the original on 18 October 2011 Retrieved 21 June 2018 Ibrahim Raheem 13 March 2014 Boko Haram Plans To Bomb TB Joshua s Church Averted Nigerian Observer Nigeria Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 Retrieved 23 May 2016 a b Group Demands Investigation Of Self Confessed Boko Haram Member At TB Joshua s Church Premium Times Nigeria 10 March 2014 Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 Retrieved 11 March 2016 T B Joshua Releases Full Video Clip Of Boko Haram Deliverance Nigerian Eye Nigeria 16 March 2014 Archived from the original on 11 March 2016 Retrieved 11 March 2016 TB Joshua Lagos church collapse Many South Africans dead Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine BBC Idris Tijani 28 September 2023 The BBC Public interest or propaganda Blueprint Newspaper Retrieved 28 January 2024 Sunday Ochogwu 9 January 2024 They re dirty lies Fani Kayode fumes over BBC s heavy allegations against TB Joshua Daily Post Newspaper Retrieved 29 January 2024 Documentary on TB Joshua BBC criticized for releasing film on dead prophet Cameroon News Agency 8 January 2024 Retrieved 28 January 2024 TB Joshua Lies have become truth Iginla reacts to BBC report Daily Post Newspaper 9 January 2024 Synagogue Church Tackles BBC Over Documentary Leadership News 10 January 2024 Retrieved 28 January 2024 Edjewhovbo Benson 22 July 2010 Curing Four Year Old Acid Victim Daily Independent Archived from the original on 29 June 2011 Retrieved 18 December 2012 Ndlovu Gherke Nomsa 16 July 2010 By Divine Connection The Voice Botswana Archived from the original on 2 May 2014 Retrieved 18 December 2012 Njoku Ihechuwku 27 October 2015 How T B Joshua s morning water saved us from Bristow Helicopter crash Vanguard Nigeria Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Orenuga Adenike 21 April 2014 How T B Joshua s anointing water saved us from the Nyanya bomb blast Survivors Daily Post Nigeria Archived from the original on 8 March 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Hirsch Afua 23 May 2013 Celebrity Pastor Under Fire After Worshippers Die In Rush For Holy Water The Guardian UK Archived from the original on 8 June 2021 Retrieved 16 December 2016 Tracy Abigail 15 August 2014 This Guy Sent Sierra Leone 4 000 Bottles of Holy Water to Cure Ebola Vocativ Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Griffin Andrew 17 August 2014 Millionaire Preacher Sends 4 000 Bottles Of Holy Water As Ebola Cure The Independent UK Archived from the original on 6 July 2017 Retrieved 15 September 2017 Ogbeche Danielle 3 November 2015 TB Joshua s Anointing Water Reportedly Curing Ebola In Sierra Leone Daily Post Nigeria Archived from the original on 19 February 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Moon Ruth 29 October 2014 Why Nigerian Health Officials Turned to a Megachurch Pastor When Ebola Struck Christianity Today Archived from the original on 1 November 2014 Retrieved 29 December 2014 TB Joshua now releases videos of his early days miracles Zambian Eye 23 October 2012 Archived from the original on 10 August 2014 Prophet TB Joshua Heals A Man Who Has AIDS Nigeria Films 2 February 2014 Archived from the original on 29 July 2014 People healed of HIV AIDS after visiting Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua Harare24 2012 Archived from the original on 2 August 2019 Retrieved 28 July 2014 Prophet T B Joshua amp The Synagogue The Remnant 1 February 2008 Archived from the original on 2 August 2019 Retrieved 28 July 2014 Zaimov Stoyan 12 April 2017 Blind Man Shouts I Can See at Controversial Pastor TB Joshua s Healing Service Christian Post Archived from the original on 2 August 2019 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Zaimov Stoyan 14 May 2017 Jesus shoots protruded anus back to place says TB Joshua Ministries Vanguard Nigeria Archived from the original on 2 August 2019 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Kluger Jeffrey 12 February 2009 Spiritual Healing Around The World Time Magazine Archived from the original on 14 February 2009 Petesch Carley 19 April 2014 Nigeria Preacher Healer Or Controversial Leader Associated Press Archived from the original on 2 May 2014 Retrieved 1 May 2014 Getty Rowan Moore 25 April 2014 Only The Synagogue Can Save You Foreign Policy Archived from the original on 14 May 2014 Retrieved 11 March 2017 Gaffey Conor 3 February 2016 Abducted Nigerian Girl To Be Taken To TB Joshua For Healing Says Father Newsweek Europe Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 25 March 2016 Iaccino Ludovica 24 November 2015 Sick Alison Madueke To Seek TB Joshua s Help Who Is The Controversial Self proclaimed Prophet International Business Times UK Archived from the original on 18 March 2016 Retrieved 25 March 2016 Girl who cries blood delivered at T B Joshua s church Lusaka Times Zambia 9 January 2017 Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 Retrieved 13 January 2017 Nathaniel Soonest 26 March 2016 Man turns to bush dog at TB Joshua s Synagogue Naij com Nigeria Archived from the original on 8 January 2024 Retrieved 13 January 2017 Man Is Reportedly Delivered From Homosexual Demon At T B Joshua s Church In Nigeria Black Christian News Network US 30 June 2015 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Blair Leonardo 30 June 2015 Video Shows Man Being Delivered From Homosexual Demon That Refused to Release Him at T B Joshua s Church Christian Post Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 February 2016 Prophet TB Joshua Allegedly Transforms Woman To Man Sundiata Post Nigeria 23 August 2017 Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Daniel Jo 19 March 2015 How I Slept With Prominent Pastors And Ministers International Prostitute Information Nigeria Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 A Defiler Cultist And Robber Confesses At TB Joshua s Church Information Nigeria 24 January 2017 Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Opejobi Seun 23 March 2015 How I manipulated Skype to dupe people Internet fraudster tells T B Joshua Daily Post Nigeria Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 I Sold My Life to the Devil Confessions Human Trafficker With 16 Wives Information Nigeria 3 July 2017 Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Graphic Daily 8 April 2013 T B Joshua Delivers Sleeping Lawyer My Joy Online Ghana Archived from the original on 11 April 2013 Graphic Daily 18 March 2013 I Attempted Suicide Was Into Prostitution Drugs Vodafone Icons Winner My Joy Online Ghana Archived from the original on 27 April 2013 Afisunlu Feyi 29 April 2013 Pastor T B Joshua Delivers Nollywood Actress From Witchcraft Daily Post Nigeria Archived from the original on 1 May 2013 Retrieved 30 April 2013 Aglanu Ernest Dela 29 September 2013 Jim Iyke Delivered From Demonic Possession At TB Joshua s Church My Joy Online Ghana Archived from the original on 9 February 2014 Much Ado About Jim Iyke s Deliverance At TB Joshua s Synagogue Daily Independent Nigeria 1 October 2013 Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Wanja Charity 14 March 2017 Mercy Cherono seeks divine help from Prophet TB Joshua Citizen Digital Kenya a b c d e King James 24 November 2015 The Pastor with Powerful Friends Who Predicts Tragedies Vocativ Yapching Mark 8 April 2015 Church Claims TB Joshua Predicted Kenya Terror Attack in 2012 Christian Today UK Archived from the original on 20 September 2019 Retrieved 20 September 2019 How TB Joshua Prophesied Burkina Faso Terrorists Siege Citi FM Ghana 16 January 2016 Archived from the original on 19 March 2016 Retrieved 25 March 2016 WATCH TB Joshua Predicted The Brussels Terror Attacks News 24 Nigeria Ghana Celebrities 23 March 2016 Archived from the original on 20 September 2019 Retrieved 20 September 2019 newsday 27 March 2020 TB Joshua coronavirus prophecy under the spotlight NewsDay Zimbabwe Archived from the original on 27 March 2020 Retrieved 27 March 2020 Manasa Makweembo 14 February 2012 TB Joshua Prophesied Zambia s Historic AFCON Victory Zim Eye Zimbabwe Archived from the original on 24 February 2012 Alawode Adebobola 8 February 2013 Nations Cup Final Eagles Will Win Says TB Joshua PM News Nigeria Archived from the original on 24 May 2013 Retrieved 30 April 2013 Gwede Wanga 2 April 2012 Prophet TB Joshua Insists President s Death Very Close Nyasa Times Malawi Archived from the original on 14 June 2012 Retrieved 13 February 2013 Did Nigerian Pastor s Prophecy Predict Malaysian Airliner Disappearance Archived from the original on 17 January 2016 Retrieved 5 January 2016 John Simi 13 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Clip of Nigerian Preacher Predicting Disappearance Goes Viral VIDEO International Business Times UK Archived from the original on 2 May 2014 Retrieved 1 May 2014 Ayitey Charles 18 May 2016 Ghana police official consults T B Joshua over escapee robber Yen Ghana Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 Retrieved 13 January 2017 Church Debunks Mystery Lion Prophecy Vanguard Nigeria 27 January 2010 Archived from the original on 12 October 2013 Retrieved 13 February 2013 Mlotshwa Jabulani 29 March 2010 Tales Of Doom Far Too Tall Mail amp Guardian South Africa Archived from the original on 12 October 2013 Retrieved 13 February 2013 CONFIRMED Prophecy Not True As Tickets Run Out Tumfweko Zambia 7 June 2012 Archived from the original on 12 October 2013 Retrieved 13 February 2013 Cassper slams report claiming T B Joshua predicted the death of 12 000 people at concert Times Live South Africa 19 September 2016 Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 Retrieved 13 January 2017 TB Joshua Ministries Debunk Death on 2Go and Facebook Prophecy African Spotlight 17 July 2012 Archived from the original on 19 March 2013 Al Mustapha Visits TB Joshua Straight From Kirikiri Prison Premium Times Nigeria 13 July 2013 Archived from the original on 18 November 2017 Retrieved 17 November 2017 Police Urge Calm Over Terror Prophecy Daily Graphic 11 April 2016 Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 Retrieved 13 January 2017 T B Joshua scares off IMF delegation 600 foreign visitors to Ghana Ghana Web Ghana 21 April 2016 Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 Retrieved 13 January 2017 Abayomi John 13 November 2016 Trump You need spiritual understanding to interpret my prophesy TB Joshua Punch Newspapers Archived from the original on 10 December 2016 Retrieved 12 December 2016 Thompson James 16 November 2017 Did Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua Prophesy Mugabe s Removal Mail amp Guardian South Africa Archived from the original on 16 November 2017 Retrieved 16 November 2017 Orjinmo Nduka 22 November 2021 TB Joshua s widow and the battle for his Nigerian church BBC Retrieved 29 January 2024 TB Joshua Influential Nigeria preacher dies at 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