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'''Bishop Thomas Muthee,''' who holds a ] in Practical Ministry, founded the Word of Faith Church (also known as the "Prayer Cave" because meetings were originally held in a grocery basement<ref name="CSMonitor">{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Lampman |title=Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0923/p15s1.html |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=September 23, 1999 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref>) in ] ] in the town of ], ] (near ]), and went on to found "about four hundred churches in ], ], ], ] and recently ] – ]."<ref name="WoF">{{cite web |url=http://www.wofchurchke.org/index.php |title=Word of Faith Church |accessdate=2008-09-22 |date=2007}}</ref> His wife was the late Margaret Muthee, and they had two children: Joshua and Ann.<ref name="WoF">{{cite web |url=http://www.wofchurchke.org/index.php |title=Word of Faith Church |accessdate=2008-09-22 |date=2007}}</ref>
'''Thomas Muthee''' is a ]n ] pastor. He is best known for a 1988 incident in which he accused a woman of ], which is cited by some evangelical Protestants{{who?}} as a successful example of ].


==The Witch-hunt of Mama Jane==
Muthee claims that he identified a local woman in ], known as Mama Jane, as a witch responsible for many of the violence-ridden town's problems. He recruited 200 followers to "set up round-the-clock intercession", and she eventually left the town, which he claims led to the demonic influence over the town being broken. The rate of crime in the town is claimed to have decreased markedly and the economy improved, so Muthee is prominently cited by proponents of the concept of spiritual warfare, such as ], who claim that one can improve a community by fighting demonic influences on it.<ref>{{cite news | title = Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer | work = ] | date = September 23, 1999 | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0923/p15s1.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Jim Runtz | title = From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid | work = ] | date = June 28, 2005 | url = http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45024}}</ref>
Muthee and his wife felt that in ] they were "called by God to Kiambu," and after six months of ] and research they came to believe that a ] known as "Mama Jane" was the cause of ] and spiritual oppression in the area.<ref name="CSMonitor">{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Lampman |title=Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0923/p15s1.html |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=September 23, 1999 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="Thompson">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Thompson |title=Palin under fire over African pastor friend who waged witch-hunt against woman he believed caused car crashes |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1057181/Palin-African-pastor-friend-waged-witch-hunt-woman-believed-caused-car-crashes.html |work=TheDailyMail.co.uk |date=September 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> Muthee alleged that "top ] and ] leaders afraid to do anything without her approval," that at least one person per month would die in a ] in front of her "] house" (otherwise known as Emmanuel Clinic), and that she harassed his ].<ref name="WND">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutz |title=From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid |url=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45024 |work=WorldNetDaily.com |date=June 28, 2005 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> According to Muthee, soon after his followers began to pray that ] would either ] or oust Mama Jane,
<ref name="WND">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutz |title=From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid |url=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45024 |work=WorldNetDaily.com |date=June 28, 2005 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="TimesOnline">{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Strange |title=Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.html |work=US Elections - Times Online |publisher=TimesOnline.co.uk |date=September 16, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> three teenagers died in another apparent accident in front of Mama Jane's clinic.<ref name="WND">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutz |title=From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid |url=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45024 |work=WorldNetDaily.com |date=June 28, 2005 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> The angry townsfolk wanted to ] her in retaliation, and when the ] entered Mama Jane's home to intervene, they were apparently startled by what they believed to be a ] and shot her pet ] to death.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Thompson |title=Palin under fire over African pastor friend who waged witch-hunt against woman he believed caused car crashes |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1057181/Palin-African-pastor-friend-waged-witch-hunt-woman-believed-caused-car-crashes.html |work=TheDailyMail.co.uk |date=September 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="WND">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutz |title=From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid |url=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45024 |work=WorldNetDaily.com |date=June 28, 2005 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="TimesOnline">{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Strange |title=Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.html |work=US Elections - Times Online |publisher=TimesOnline.co.uk |date=September 16, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> Mama Jane was then questioned by police, after which she left town.<ref name="TimesOnline">{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Strange |title=Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.html |work=US Elections - Times Online |publisher=TimesOnline.co.uk |date=September 16, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> Since then, Muthee has frequently referred to his ] as an example of successful ].<ref name="Thompson">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Thompson |title=Palin under fire over African pastor friend who waged witch-hunt against woman he believed caused car crashes |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1057181/Palin-African-pastor-friend-waged-witch-hunt-woman-believed-caused-car-crashes.html |work=TheDailyMail.co.uk |date=September 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref>


The event was one of six ] documented in a 1999 video by George Otis, Jr. entitled "Transformations," in which Muthee claimed that the ] in Kiambu dropped drastically after Mama Jane left.
He founded the World of Faith Church in 1989,<ref>World of Faith Church http://www.wofchurchke.org/</ref> and was married to the late Margaret Muthee.
<ref name="CSMonitor">{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Lampman |title=Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0923/p15s1.html |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=September 23, 1999 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="WND">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutz |title=From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid |url=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45024 |work=WorldNetDaily.com |date=June 28, 2005 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="Strang">{{cite news |first=Adrienne S. |last=Gaines |title=Praying Down God's Power |url=http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=786 |work=Charisma Magazine |publisher=Strang Communications |date=January 2001 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="Workgroup">{{cite web |url=http://www.backtothebible.nl/Eng24.pdf |title=Translation Dutch letter nr. 24 |accessdate=2008-09-22 |work=Workgroup "Back to the Bible" |language=English |date=April 8, 2002 }}</ref> However, Workgroup "Back to the Bible," headed by Pastor Rien van de Kraats of ], ], found no police reports or any other sources that backed up this claim.<ref name="Workgroup">{{cite web |url=http://www.backtothebible.nl/Eng24.pdf |title=Translation Dutch letter nr. 24 |accessdate=2008-09-22 |work=Workgroup "Back to the Bible" |language=English |date=April 8, 2002 }}</ref>


==Blessing Sarah Palin==
Muthee returned to public scrutiny during the ] after his ties to vice-presidential candidate ] were revealed.<ref name="Daily Mail">Thompson, Paul. "". '']'', September 18, 2008.</ref><ref name=MSN>MSNBC </ref> Palin credited Muthee for prayers that helped her become governor of ]<ref name="Daily Mail"/><ref name=MSN/>
Muthee delivered ten sermons at ] church, the ], in ] ], during which he laid his hands on Palin in prayer before she won the ].<ref name="TimesOnline">{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Strange |title=Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.html |work=US Elections - Times Online |publisher=TimesOnline.co.uk |date=September 16, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> In a speech on ], ], marking the graduation of students from Wasilla Assembly of God’s Masters’ Commission, Palin remembered, " said, 'Lord make a way and let her do this next step.' And that's exactly what happened."<ref name="TimesOnline">{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Strange |title=Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.html |work=US Elections - Times Online |publisher=TimesOnline.co.uk |date=September 16, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref> On ], ], in an ] broadcast, ] criticized Palin for "boasting" about her ties to a witch hunter.<ref>{{cite news |first=Keith |last=Olbermann |authorlink=Keith Olbermann |title=Sarah Palin and the preaching witch hunter |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26795153#26798219 |format=Video |work=MSNBC.com |date=September 19, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-22 }}</ref>

==Humanitarian Work==
Muthee was a speaker at the first Exchange Africa-Australia Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya from ] - ], ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africa-australia.org/africa/speakers.htm |title=Speakers |accessdate=2008-09-22 |work=Exchange Africa-Australia Summit |publisher=Exchange |date=2008}}</ref> at which "]s, ], ] and ] joined together to strategically plan for significant impact on the nations of ]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africa-australia.org/africa/exchange.htm |title=What is Exchange? |accessdate=2008-09-22 |work=Exchange Africa-Australia Summit |publisher=Exchange |date=2008}}</ref>

Muthee is also currently involved with Restoration Alliance in providing ] to Kenya.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.restorationalliance.org/ra_African_Water_Projects.html |title=Another Drop in the Bucket |accessdate=2008-09-22 |author=Dan Flory |date=May 15, 2007 |work=African Water Projects |publisher=Restoration Alliance}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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== External links == == External links ==
* - An account of the confrontation of Mama Jane from Choicesforliving.com * - An account of the confrontation of Mama Jane from Choicesforliving.com

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Bishop Thomas Muthee, who holds a Master's degree in Practical Ministry, founded the Word of Faith Church (also known as the "Prayer Cave" because meetings were originally held in a grocery basement) in February 1989 in the town of Kiambu, Kenya (near Nairobi), and went on to found "about four hundred churches in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan and recently Gisenyi – Rwanda." His wife was the late Margaret Muthee, and they had two children: Joshua and Ann.

The Witch-hunt of Mama Jane

Muthee and his wife felt that in 1988 they were "called by God to Kiambu," and after six months of prayer and research they came to believe that a witch known as "Mama Jane" was the cause of crime and spiritual oppression in the area. Muthee alleged that "top government and business leaders afraid to do anything without her approval," that at least one person per month would die in a car accident in front of her "divination house" (otherwise known as Emmanuel Clinic), and that she harassed his congregation. According to Muthee, soon after his followers began to pray that God would either save or oust Mama Jane, three teenagers died in another apparent accident in front of Mama Jane's clinic. The angry townsfolk wanted to stone her in retaliation, and when the police entered Mama Jane's home to intervene, they were apparently startled by what they believed to be a demon and shot her pet python to death. Mama Jane was then questioned by police, after which she left town. Since then, Muthee has frequently referred to his witch-hunt as an example of successful spiritual warfare.

The event was one of six revivals documented in a 1999 video by George Otis, Jr. entitled "Transformations," in which Muthee claimed that the crime rate in Kiambu dropped drastically after Mama Jane left. However, Workgroup "Back to the Bible," headed by Pastor Rien van de Kraats of Kamperland, Netherlands, found no police reports or any other sources that backed up this claim.

Blessing Sarah Palin

Muthee delivered ten sermons at Gov. Sarah Palin's church, the Wasilla Assembly of God, in October 2005, during which he laid his hands on Palin in prayer before she won the gubernatorial contest for Alaska. In a speech on June 8, 2008, marking the graduation of students from Wasilla Assembly of God’s Masters’ Commission, Palin remembered, " said, 'Lord make a way and let her do this next step.' And that's exactly what happened." On September 19, 2008, in an MSNBC broadcast, Keith Olbermann criticized Palin for "boasting" about her ties to a witch hunter.

Humanitarian Work

Muthee was a speaker at the first Exchange Africa-Australia Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya from April 28 - May 1, 2008, at which "pastors, leaders, missionaries and business people joined together to strategically plan for significant impact on the nations of Africa."

Muthee is also currently involved with Restoration Alliance in providing potable water to Kenya.

References

  1. ^ Lampman, Jane (September 23, 1999). "Targeting cities with 'spiritual mapping,' prayer". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  2. ^ "Word of Faith Church". 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  3. ^ Thompson, Paul (September 18, 2008). "Palin under fire over African pastor friend who waged witch-hunt against woman he believed caused car crashes". TheDailyMail.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  4. ^ Rutz, Jim (June 28, 2005). "From basket case to boomtown without a dime of aid". WorldNetDaily.com. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  5. ^ Strange, Hannah (September 16, 2008). "Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter". US Elections - Times Online. TimesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  6. Gaines, Adrienne S. (January 2001). "Praying Down God's Power". Charisma Magazine. Strang Communications. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  7. ^ "Translation Dutch letter nr. 24" (PDF). Workgroup "Back to the Bible". April 8, 2002. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  8. Olbermann, Keith (September 19, 2008). "Sarah Palin and the preaching witch hunter" (Video). MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  9. "Speakers". Exchange Africa-Australia Summit. Exchange. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  10. "What is Exchange?". Exchange Africa-Australia Summit. Exchange. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  11. Dan Flory (May 15, 2007). "Another Drop in the Bucket". African Water Projects. Restoration Alliance. Retrieved 2008-09-22.

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