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Backlash Trail Church Selling Bottle Of Oil, Piece Of Yarn As ‘ COVID-19 Protection Kits’

By Akinwale Akinyoade
01 April 2020   |   7:56 am
Criticism has trailed a clergyman who is selling a small bottle of oil and a piece of red yarm as 'protection kits against coronavirus.' The faith healer identified as Bishop Climate Wiseman, head of the Kingdom Church in Camberwell, south London, is selling the items as a "plague protection kit" for £91. Many have since accused…

Arch Bishop Climate Wiseman claims the concoction can protect against Covid-19 [Photo- Sourced from SDE]

Criticism has trailed a clergyman who is selling a small bottle of oil and a piece of red yarm as ‘protection kits against coronavirus.’

The faith healer identified as Bishop Climate Wiseman, head of the Kingdom Church in Camberwell, south London, is selling the items as a “plague protection kit” for £91.

Many have since accused him of exploitation of followers of the church.

In a blog post, Bishop Wiseman claimed his concoction of cedarwood, hyssop and scarlet yarn acts as “an invisible barrier to the powers of darkness”.

He wrote:

“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 said that the remedy was based on a passage from chapter 14 of the Old Testament Book of Leviticus. It reads:

“Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the freshwater, and sprinkle the house seven times.

“In this way, he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”

The archbishop has said the church has sold more than 1,000 kits [Photo- Sourced from SDE]

According to multiple media reports, the kit was originally priced at £91 but following criticism from Southwark Council, the link to buy the kit has since been deactivated.

Speaking about the incident, Victoria Mills, Southwark Council cabinet member for finance, performance and Brexit, said:

“It is wrong for anyone to exploit people’s fears at this time of high anxiety and we encourage people to report any issues like this to London Trading Standards.

“This particular issue is already under investigation by our teams.

“There are many scams relating to Covid-19 and the council will be working hard to support consumers to be on guard for bogus test kits, cures and treatments and other financial scams.”

Bishop Wiseman told the PA news agency 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 insisted that the church is not selling the kits and that the price tag was just to cover the cost of the ingredients, yarn and postage and packaging.

Bishop Wiseman added that his church was not telling people to ignore the Government’s advice.

“I have not told anybody to get out of your house, go anywhere or whatever.”

He said:

“I can’t just sit down as a religious leader and do nothing, every one of us here is trying and when we go back again in the Bible you begin to realise there is a way of God of protecting his people from plagues.

“What is so wrong about putting into practice what the Bible says?”

The plague protection kit is just one of many anointing oils sold by Bishop Wiseman for a range of problems, including oil for peace, unlimited success oil and anointing oil for good marriages.

Asides the oils, people can also buy miracle money, house blessing oil and anointed oil for court cases.

On the Kingdom Church’s website, it claims thousands of people have been healed from “all sorts” of sickness and disease since it was founded in 2005.

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