Pretoria – The South African pastor who last week caused an uproar after telling his church congregation to go and eat grass because ‘this is what God wants’ them to do before stamping on them, has spoken out for the first time.
ZimEye exclusively caught up with Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries (today)Sunday morning shortly before entering his church service. His church members last week dropped to the ground to eat the grass at his ministry in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria after being told it will ‘bring them closer to God.’ His controversial methods however drew criticism from thousands of people worldwide although members of his congregation swear by his instructions – he is said to have claimed that humans can eat anything to feed their bodies and survive on whatever they choose to eat.
Our reporter asked Pastor Lesego to explain and justify his motivation for telling his church folk to go and eat grass so to get close to God since in the Bible the only person who ate grass was a demon possessed mad King Nebuchadnezzar. He replied-

“Okay the Bible teaches us one thing. The kingdom of God is not a matter of talk its a matter of power. Paul says the Holy Spirit will confirm everything that I say, you get it? So it’s total demonstration of power nothing else but demonstration”.
When asked if he has point to any demonstration of power after the grass eating act, he replied.
“There are more demonstration than that, there are more demonstration than that,” he said, though without elaborating. He stated that he did not have time to explain everything but would do so soon when not in a hurry as he was going into a church service on Sunday morning.
Watch this space for upcoming full interview of pastor Lesego Daniel.