UPDATED: Man reported as Jesus in Kenyan church is Evangelist Michael Job from Florida

- A man who was widely reported as Jesus in a Kenyan church has been revealed as Evangelist Michael Job from Florida preaching in Kenya

- Michael Job is an actor, evangelist, and president of Jesus Loves You Evangelistic Ministries

- A twitter user, @DeSaylor1, had shared the photos of Job dressed like Jesus and claimed that the pastor presented his visit to the church as the return of Christ

- The event was said to have happened in the small Kenyan town of Kitengela

The man widely and erroneously referred to as Jesus who worshiped in Kenyan church has been revealed as Michael Job. Job is said to be a visiting actor, evangelist, and president of Jesus Loves You Evangelistic Ministries.

Job has worked with Evangelist Daniel Kolenda and Reinhard Bonnke (with Christ For All Nations, the ministry of Daniel Kolenda) in the past.

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The evangelist had revealed that he was visiting Nairobi, Kenya, Krakow and Warsaw Poland in summer of 2019. In addition, Michael Job is also an evangelist at TBN's Holyland Experience in Orlando Florida where he portrays the role of Jesus

According to BBC Pidgin, Job was invited to Kenya along with other pastors to preach for one Kiserian Mega Interdenominational in a crusade that took place from July 26 to 28.

The evangelist is z\ix to be an Ukrainian who grew long hair and carries a Bible. During the three-day crusade he was reported to have visited schools and gave food parcels to widows, while also preaching on the streets.

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However, the false claim that Job was presented as Jesus in Kenya emerged after a twitter user, @DeSaylor1, shared a tweet about it.

See the tweet below:

The video was also shared below:

Meanwhile, Legit had earlier reported that a 64-year-old Nigerian preacher arrested for public disturbance recently got compensated. Oluwole Ilesanmi was arrested in February and held for disturbing the peace and accused of Islamophobia.

It was gathered that the preacher was recently compensated with N1.1 million after the wrongful arrest and humiliating treatment.

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