Report: Botswana hate church is no more as Anderson’s cronies detained
Delusional: Pastor Steven Anderson
Mambaonline has received unconfirmed reports that the Botswana government has now detained other members of gay hate Pastor Steven Anderson’s church who travelled to the country to support him.
It appears that 13 North American missionaries who flew in to help Anderson open their church in Gaborone will be deported, and that three Batswana who assisted the hate-mongers have also been detained.
It’s been further reported that the church, which apparently had not been registered to operate in the first place, has been shut down. Sources have confirmed that the venue is closed and empty.
The crackdown followed claims that the missionaries were operating in Botswana without a license or work permits, were raising money illegally and allegedly harassed locals, including children, in a bid to spread their gospel.
On Tuesday, Anderson himself was arrested by immigration officials after calling for the execution of gay people on live radio, and was deported back to the USA.
In a video posted on Wednesday, the evangelist confirmed that at least some of his followers had been taken into custody in Botswana, although admitting that, “We don’t really know what’s going on there”.
He blamed the latest events on “these sodomites, these freaks, all these different perverts and wicked people that are putting all this effort in trying to stop us”.
Anderson’s empty church in Gaborone
Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the delusional preacher also insisted that his church’s “soul-winning” safari to Africa was a huge success because “everyone in Botswana now knows who we are”. He also claimed to have “saved over 200 souls over there”.
“The Faithful Word Baptist Church of Botswana is no more,” commented Coenie Kukkuk, the attorney who led the legal battle, on behalf of GaySA Radio, against Anderson’s aborted trip to South Africa.
“This is a clear message to all the fundamentalists to stay clear of Southern Africa. We will deal with you. This is not Uganda,” added Kukkuk.
Below is a video message to Anderson posted by GaySA Radio Station Manager Hendrik Baird, who was the driver of the hugely successful and groundbreaking campaign against the evangelist.
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Victory!
I salute you Hendrik Baird for all you have done for us the LGBTI Community. My partner and I were turned away in 2013 by Steph and Marina Neethling who operated a guesthouse in Wolseley near Cape Town, so know full well the short and long term effects of discrimination and being personally called the most vile and disgusting thing by so called “Christian Crusaders”, all in the name of their so called God. Luckily we had a small victory in the Equality court against them in 2014. It is SO amazing to see how much further we have come as a nation in just a few years, having South Africa state as a nation that Anderson is NOT WELCOME in our country, and now not in Botswana. It’s the brave people like you who take a stand who make a difference, instead of simply walking away and taking the hit, allowing these people to treat us like a dirt and get away with it. A very happy and joyous September Month indeed!!
Excellent news. Well done to everyone involved in getting this hatred banned from Southern Africa.
Afrika is nie vir sissies nie!
DUIDELIK!! 😀
I say to the people of South Africa and Botswana: Are you happy with this decision? Is this what you want, minority groups like the homosexuals making decisions for you? They kicked out a man who did nothing else but speak God’s word right out of The Bible. If you don’t believe it, read it for yourself. Don’t let the lame pastors in your country tell you lies, go to the source and make your own decision.
“minority groups like the homosexuals making decisions for you”
The minority groups did not make the decision to ban this idiot from South Africa or deport him and his followers from Botswana – The GOVERNMENTS did!!
Freedom of Speech which is enshrined in our Constitutions comes with a caveat – NO HATE SPEECH!!!
Calling for homosexuals to be put to death is not free speech it is HATE SPEECH!!! We will not tolerate this from anyone in our countries!!
We will also not tolerate our citizens being manhandled and persecuted by anyone. How DARE you sick people think that you can come to another country and do as you please? We have LAWS and we WILL enforce them!!
Worry about your own country and LEAVE OURS ALONE!!!
They church will be up running with or without the expatriates pastors, and there is nothing you can do about that…
Puffin & USA – you both need a full dose of RuPaul’s Drag Race & Hurricane Bianca…! LOL – RuPaul is an ordained minister! So proud of her! You want to quote the Bible, but you spread HATE! Listen to yourselves! How in the hell are you gonna love somebody else if you cannot even love yourselves? Grow up man! I’m so glad Steve Anderson did not come to Cape Town… He would have been chewed up and spit out by the people on the Cape Flats! hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Well done. We need to stand up against this last fortress of hatred called Religion (Christianity or otherwise) and make sure they do not continue to preach a message of hatred and inequality in our land / world. If their religion teaches them to hate someone for whatever reason, they need a different religion. Otherwise they are not welcome.