The Church specifically condemned bloggers they described as 鈥渄evilish,鈥� accusing them of manipulating and taking statements out of context for sensationalism.
The Lord鈥檚 Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries has addressed mockery of testimonies given by its members on social media.
The church while reacting on social media, debunked claims that its testimonies are fabricated.
Speaking in a statement released on Monday, the Church urged Nigerians to approach internet content with caution, warning against believing everything seen online.
The Church specifically condemned bloggers they described as 鈥渄evilish,鈥� accusing them of manipulating and taking statements out of context for sensationalism.
The backlash followed viral videos featuring testimonies from Church members, including one particularly controversial account where a member claimed to have ridden on a lion.
The Church emphasized that such testimonies are genuine expressions of faith and not fabricated stories.
The Church called on the public to disregard the disparaging comments and to approach such matters with discernment.
The Lord鈥檚 Chosen member in the testimony had said, 鈥淪omething entered my back, lifted me up. It carried me like aeroplane to express.
鈥淲hen it reached there, it dropped me. When it dropped me, I turned to look at what carried me and as I looked it was lion.
鈥淪o when the lion dropped me, the place was very narrow and tight, it now raised one hand up and asked me to go like this (pointing to the left). When I go, the lion said bye bye.鈥�
In another viral video, a lady said he fought robbers and took their AK-47 rifles.
In the footage, the elderly woman revealed that she was attacked by armed robbers.
She said she 鈥淢iraculously gained control of their guns and ensured the arrest of three of the robbers.鈥�
Similarly, a man revealed that he survived kidnapping, machete attacks, and gunshot wounds 鈥渨ithout injury鈥�.
However, reacting to the videos and the reactions trailing them, the Lord鈥檚 Chosen Church said the footages were doctored.
The Head, Public Relations and Media, of the church, Pastor Chidi Louis, described the videos as 鈥渁 bid to discredit what God is doing.
鈥淣igerians should visit the Church鈥檚 platform and listen to the complete testimonies for better understanding. The woman defeated the armed men in a dream.
鈥淒on鈥檛 believe everything you see on the internet. They just cut one part and made it look real. The woman was explaining her dream.
鈥淭he viral video is a fake one. It was doctored.
鈥淢ost of these bloggers are very wicked and devilish, they edited this testimony in a bid to ridicule the work of God.鈥�
Also, the Lord鈥檚 Chosen Church media department, on its platform, described the clip as fake and urged the public to disregard it.
Furthermore, the church鈥檚 TikTok handle released the full clip of the lady鈥檚 testimony, clarifying that her story happened in her dream.