Does anyone remember the church which went under the banner, New Covenant Ministries? The name has been changed so often that at BU we have struggled to keep track. The last we heard this Church – we believe it started its journey operating from the Globe Theater – in recent times has been operating from the Dove Conference Centre at the Country Road location. BU understands that this church has been struggling to meet a commitment to the bank of a loan of eighty four thousand dollars which was used to build a Pre-school. The property has been put on the market it would appear to recover the debt owed.
BU recalls that Pastor T became famous in Barbados when he rebuked the Walk Holy Band for participating in Kadooment. He made the famous quote, “May all your plans fail…Take the mask off! We need to do it God’s way.” What made the prophesy so amusing was the fact that Experience Calypso Tent has frequently operated from the Dover Conference Centre, the home base of the church. Pastor T enlarged his public profile when he encouraged members of the New Covenant Ministries flock to give their rent and mortgage payments to the Church. In response to the skepticism by some members; his response was that the Lord would watch over and protect them.
Back in February the Nation Newspaper published a story that Pastor T had a falling out with the Assistant Pastor Joanne Connell and soon after he changed the locks and announced that he had closed the Church. It has been reported that Assistant Pastor Connell has since started her own Church which is called Master’s House and operates from Sherbourne Conference Centre. The Nation further reported that Pastor Bishop who bears an American passport was last seen to be traveling to Atlanta, USA where the headquarters of the Church is located. At the time of his departure the official name of the Church was New Light Word Centre.
BU has always been puzzled that Barbadians so easily switch to these “fly by night” outfits which appear like weeds on wetlands. They have appeared all around us, Sherbourne, Hilton, Combermere, Grand Barbados, Samuel Jackman Polytechnic, Olympic to name a few. Let us not forget that the “charismatic” Jippy Doyle is before the law courts charged on having carnal knowledge of a 13 year old. This matter has been before the court for some time now, we hope that it does not vanish like others. We will hold our silence…for now on the matter of the Judicial System in Barbados. To make matters worse Barbadians have been giving their hard earn monies too easy to these money thirsty outfits. Why are we so gullible?
Pastor Bishop accompanied by his pregnant girl friend has flown off into the blue skies and yet again our trust in these fast food churches have been shaken.
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