As the craze for passing exams increases among students, a pastor has
come out with an unconventional strategy for passing exams. All you
need to do is buy a pen.
A Prophet identified as Sham Hungwe, in Harare, the capital of
Zimbabwe, has attrated considerable attention after he began selling
hundreds of special, ‘anointed’ pens to local students.
He told members of the House of Grace International Church, during a
sermon that the miracle pens will help students pass exams without even
studying. According to him, “It is anointed and I declare passes when
your children sit for exams; when you sit for exams,” he said
The pastor has sold a lot of the pens for different prices ranging from $1 to $2 especially as the ‘O’ and ‘A’ level exams coming up. According to him, the more you pay, the higher the chances to pass the exams.
The pastor has sold a lot of the pens for different prices ranging from $1 to $2 especially as the ‘O’ and ‘A’ level exams coming up. According to him, the more you pay, the higher the chances to pass the exams.
According to Oddity Central, several believers scrambled to secure
the pens for themselves or their children, especially after one of the
congregants testified that he scored 14 points on his ‘A’ level last
year with Prophet Sham’s special pen. The testimony boosted sales, with
one woman paying over $10 for a single pen.
“They are said to work for anyone who is sitting for any test. My son
is not very bright and I think this will help him. With the knowledge
he has acquired and this pen from the man of God, I think it is going to
work,” a woman said.
Pastor Sham’s stunt was severely criticized by local politicians and
the media. Some of them even called for his arrest, accusing him of
ruining the standard of education in the city and mocking people’s
religious sentiments.
A
journalist identified as Stanley Mushava wrote; “Anointing cannot be
commodified because you can only set a price on it and put the Holy
Spirit up for sale by making God cheap and finite. This should not be
allowed to go on.”