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Lionel Jean Michel
Reverend Lionel Jean Michel is a Johannesburg-based journalist, Thought Leader and communications strategist. He writes on faith, leadership, politics and society, bringing biblical insight and public interest analysis to contemporary African conversations today
The church must grow up 
Opinion
/ 2 April 2026

The church must grow up 

Christians being treated as cows to be milked is not an insult. It is an observation. The monetisation of fear, blessing, prophecy, oil, water, soil and access has turned pulpits into kiosks

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