The Church of Pentecost in Ghana has made the ludicrous claim (of course backed by no verifiable evidence) that they managed to resurrect two people in 2015.
The claim was contained in the church’s annual report, submitted at its 42nd annual general council meeting.
The church catalogued several other miracles committed by God throughout the year, but then settled on the two outstanding ‘Lazarus’ stories.
“The church continued to experience the supernatural presence and workings of God in the form of miracles, signs and wonders. The dead were raised to life, the deaf and dumb were healed, the paralyzed received healing, the blind had their sight restored and the barren were blessed with fruit of the womb.” The report read.
“Some of the notable ones included the following; in Lasssia Tuolu district in the Wa area, Elder Domare (a middle-aged man) was said to be dead in November 2015, while preparations was being made for his funeral, the district Overseer visited his residence. On reaching there, he directed that all the elders lay their hands on the body for prayers; commanding the dead to rise. To the glory of God, Elder Domare came back to life.
“In Mbonubo, a nine-year-old boy in the Yendi district died and was prayed for by the leadership and members of the Yendi local assembly. After hours of intensive prayer, the boy was brought back to life,”
Unfortunately, the report failed to clarify how God decided on the two people who deserved to be saved out of the millions who died and were certainly prayed for throughout the year, or even any details on how the process was documented for observation and replication.
This reminds me of when the Catholic Church makes someone a saint if two miracles are performed in their name. Apparently God answers prayers so rarely that only answering twice in response to a prayer in someone’s name qualifies them to be a saint. Doesn’t sound fishy at all.