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Farting pastor fixes spirits by breaking wind [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2025-11-27  

Christ Penelope, founder of Seven Fold Holy Spirit Ministries in Limpopo, has an unusual method of pastoring to his flock: he farts on them, claiming it part of a healing process. "He says it's important that the fart be near the person's nostrils so that the "healing power" can enter the body and do its work," reports South Africa's Independent Online News.

In an interview with Drum, Penelope said his unorthodox, and stinky healing ritual is a demonstration of God's power. He claims that he is following the divine example of putting people in need of a miracle into a deep sleep before giving them the healing they need. "It started with Master Jesus when he stepped on Peter. It is the demonstration of God's power. Just like God made Adam go into a deep sleep, it is a similar thing. God did anything with the body of Adam while he was on the ground in deep sleep. He was not feeling anything," Penelope told Drum.

He's been at it for years, and there's plenty of images of Penelope sitting on people's heads online, though I didn't spot any footage—a small mercy for you this Thanksgiving morning. The ministry posts otherwise conventional charismatic services to YouTube.

Consider that testing people with abusive and degrading nonsense, to see what they will tolerate and do, is a characteristic of cults.

Previously:

• Temple of Dawn: visit inside a Brazilian UFO cult

• Cult weirdo musical act Sleepytime Gorilla Museum has reopened their doors

• A harrowing look inside the apocalyptic Evangelical cult around Donald Trump

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