Fresh inquiry launched into a UK church that sold quack cures

IN April we reported that Kingdom Church in London – headed by a British version of  US televangelist Jim Bakker – was subjected to a probe by the Charity Commission after it was found to be flogging a COVID-19 ‘plague protection kit.’

Touted as a “miracle med” by “Prophet” Climate Wiseman, above, the product – a £91 small bottle of oil and piece of red yarn – was “guaranteed” to protect people against Covid-19.

Media reports about his claims led to an investigation by the charity watchdog in April, resulting in the link to buy the kits being removed.

But the church, according to this report, is now under investigation again – this time over concerns about its management and finances.

The Charity Commission said it had examined the church’s records, and was “concerned” about the accuracy of the information provided with regard to its income and expenditure.

The new probe will examine the charity trustees’ compliance with their legal duties around its administration, governance and management.

This will include an examination of its relationship with a connected organisation called Bishop Climate Ministries, which the charity claimed was responsible for the sale of the “plague protection kits.”

In a blog post earlier this year, Wiseman claimed his concoction of cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet yarn acts as:

An invisible barrier to the powers of darkness. It is by faith that you can be saved from the coronavirus pandemic by covering yourself with the divine plague protection oil and wearing the scarlet yarn on your body.

That is why I want to encourage you, if you haven’t done so already, to get your divine plague protection kit today!

He told the PA news agency in April that the church had sold more than 1,000 of the kits.

This is based on the Bible – I’m a Christian and there is a way that the Bible says to protect us from plagues.

He previously insisted that the church was not selling the kits, and that the price tag was just to cover the cost of the ingredients, yarn and postage and packaging.

Bakker, above, found himself in a similar pickle when he was ordered by the US authorities to stop peddling Silver Solution.

Bakker then claimed he was in danger of being bankrupted by his inability to sell his fake cure – but was saved by a “miracle”.

On April 28, the televangelist received approval for an amount of between $650,000 and $1.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program funds.

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