A court in Kenya has reversed its decision to revoke the license of a church owned by Pastor Ezekiel Odero, a renowned TV preacher.
The Prayer Centre and Church in Kilifi is very popular and draws many people to worship there.
Justice Jairus Ngaah stated that it was a short-term break while they investigated if the authorities followed the law when they cancelled its license in May.
Pastor Odero kept preaching even though the Registrar of Societies said he shouldn’t.
The government took away the Kilifi-based church’s permission to operate while they look into the pastor’s connection with a controversial cult leader named Paul Mackenzie Nthenge.
The police have kept Pastor Mackenzie in custody since April because they believe he told his followers not to eat, causing hundreds of them to pass away.
Pastor Odero, who was arrested in April but released on bail, says he has nothing to do with the starvation cult and strongly disagrees with its beliefs.
His lawyers told the court that the New Life Prayer Centre and Church, along with its businesses, were very important for the economy of Kilifi because they provide jobs for 8,000 people.
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Church of a well-known Kenyan televangelist given reprieve
