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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Elizabeth Mokoro has clarified allegations of owning an offshoot church.<\/p>\n

An offshoot is a splinter group from the main Adventist church.<\/p>\n

Speaking during an online sermon on Monday, Pastor Mokoro refuted the claims saying it’s an aim to tarnish her name.<\/p>\n

This is after reports circulated on social media accusing the pastor of manipulating church members.<\/p>\n

“I’m not so sure how this thing has gone so around until Mokoro is the target, there is so much on social media about me. There is a write-up of all the offshoot churches in this country.”<\/p>\n

Pastor Mokoro was also accused of being the leader of a singing group and there were also claims of her being the Pastor of a church called Mt Zion in Kisumu county.<\/p>\n

“They claim that I’m the pastor of Mt Zion, but I’m not, I have never been a pastor of Mount Zion, I am a member of Mt Zion, just like a pastor from the Conference(SDA church top leadership) has a church where he worships,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mokoro said that there have been claims she resigned from work to start her church.<\/p>\n

“They claimed I have resigned, I don’t remember tendering any resignation letter, I am still an employee of Central Nyanza Conference. I have not resigned. They say I have resigned to start my Church and now I’m a social media preacher.”<\/p>\n

Pastor Mokoro further clarified that she has never advised children to quit school, as reports from social media claimed.<\/p>\n

She said that the allegations indicated she had removed her children from a school to homeschool them.<\/p>\n

“I have a responsible husband, he makes choices on where his children go to school. Our children have shifted from a school in Kenya to a school in the US. So I cannot ask you to pull your children out of school yet mine are in school,” she said.<\/p>\n

Pastor Mokkoro further asked the congregants to pray for her saying she was summoned by the police for investigations over the allegations posted online.<\/p>\n

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