Pastor allegedly orders church members to kneel at entrance for coming late

A Nigerian pastor has allegedly ordered latecomers to kneel at the church entrance as punishment for arriving late to service.

This claim surfaced in a viral post on X, formerly Twitter, which has been generating reactions online.

In the video, a few individuals can be seen kneeling outside what appears to be a church building.

The caption on the post provides context, reading: “I saw these people kneeling at their church entrance because they were late for church.”

As the footage spread online, social media users flooded the comment section with their reactions.

See some reactions below:

@chababy81: “Some of you left by 5 AM to work because of one thing or the order but when it comes to church you want to do anyhow.”

@Mhajid93: “Pastor wey go tell me to kneel gats be Anthony Joshua!”

@chababy81: “Those people that thinks their ideology is bigger than will come for but I’m super active.”

@Evequadri: “God just blow this trumpet already.”

@musty_harun: “That’s good why will the come late to service some even choose time to come to God service.”

@chababy81: “If they can kneel down in school when they’re late, while not in church. You guys fear human more than God.”

@belloayodamope1: “Just look at them, look at the Church and look at everything there in general.”

@aprokodriver: “Na like this one pastor started flogging his member until he pour fuel on one of them and lit matches. Make una Dey play.”

@Iamowolabi01: “This can’t be true, what sort of rubbish is this? Kneel down for coming late to church? This can never be true.”

WATCH VIDEO:

Sheybi una dey see ‍pic.twitter.com/azFQmIdZbU

— Oyindamola (@dammiedammie35) February 16, 2025