He held up a box of Rattex rat poison (Picture: CEN)

A Christian pastor urged followers to prove their faith in god by drinking ‘deadly’ rat poison.

The man, known as Prophet Light Monyeki, mixed up a solution of Rattex rat poison in a plastic bottle in front of the congregation.

'Paedophile ring leading' childcare worker charged with 104 child sex offencesAfter blessing it so that it would no longer be harmful but ‘nourishing’ instead, he drank some himself and then urged people to come forward so he could pour it into their mouths.

He told them to drink the poison to ‘show forth their faith’ – and many willingly did so, according to the church’s social media page.




The ‘prophet’ reportedly told the Grace Living Hope Ministries in Soshanguve, South Africa: ‘We do not need to proclaim faith because we are believers.’

His strange actions were apparently a reference to a street drug called nyaope, made with heroin and rat poison.

‘If nyaope boys can smoke Rattex for more than eight years, who are we?’ he said. ‘Death has no power over us.’

It is not known whether anybody became ill as a result of drinking rat poison at the service, or how concentrated the solution was.

It is unclear if the authorities are involved.

He got people to prove their faith by drinking rat poison (Picture: CEN)

He also drank some himself (Picture: CEN)

But many people commenting on the church’s social media page were not convinced.

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‘When I think correctly Jesus never used poisonous things to demonstrate miracles,’ one commenter said. ‘HE touched the people and they were healed.’

One believer defended the ‘prophet’ by saying: ‘General Light Monyeki. Nothing can stop us. Appointed by God, not people or media.

‘So if God allows it, we gonna do it. The more you talk bad about our family, the more crazy God makes us.

‘If you think it’s demonic or satanic, come deliver us then. We are willing to kneel down before you and get deliverance. But if u can’t do that, keep your opinion to yourself.’