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MURDER SUSPECT PASTOR SUSPENDED FROM CHURCH

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MBABANE - It seems lighting has struck twice at the same place as murder suspect Themba Masimula has been suspended as pastor.


Masimula is also a teacher by profession and is currently on suspension from work. His suspension as a pastor was announced yesterday in court by Pat Nxumalo, who is the leader of United Pentecostal Church of Swaziland.


Bishop Nxumalo said the decision to suspend Masimula was taken by the Board of the church.
“The Board has taken a decision to suspend him from ministering the Word of God pending finalisation of his criminal case,” said Nxumalo.
He was ministering the Word of God at the Nkhaba branch.


Nxumalo disclosed this during his appearance before Judge Sipho Nkosi, who had summoned him to clarify a few things pertaining to Masimula’s behaviour as one of the pastors of the church.


During his submissions, Nxumalo painted a picture of a problematic man in Masimula. He also told the court that the elders of the church once sat down the suspect to discuss the way he handled himself but that seemingly did not yield any results.


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He informed the court as pastors in the church they have a WhatsApp group where they discuss issues related to the church.  Instead of using the group chat for constructive dismissal, Nxumalo alleged that on different occasions Masimula used the platform to launch scathing attacks on them. This includes accusing the church of not respecting Swazi culture. Nxumalo said he responded and disagreed with him.


He said Masimula was offended and again launched yet another attack on the pastors, accusing them of many things.

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