'Power praying' is answer to Jamaica's woes, says pastor

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A local pastor is reiterating that the answer to Jamaica's ills lies in prayer, moreso, “power praying”.

Speaking yesterday at the 200th anniversary celebration of Phillippo Baptist Church in Spanish Town, president of the Jamaica Baptist Union, Reverend Dr Devon Dick made an impassioned plea for Christians to engage in “power praying” to stem societal issues such as crime and violence.


“The news is that there was a funeral service yesterday in Quarry, St James, for a reported gang leader. This is a parish which is under a public state of emergency. There was a shooting incident and one person was killed, some injured. If the report is to be believed they said when the shooting started, many men drew their guns and I thought that was significant. We are doing far worse this year in terms of killings than last year, and last year was worse than the year before,” Dr Dick said.

'Power praying' is answer to Jamaica's woes, says pastor



If Church leaders and other Christians in Jamaica are serious about combating crime. The following needs to be addressed and done first:


- Identify and remove all Freemasons from the pulpit and other leadership positions within the church and Christian organisations.


- Identify and remove Revivalists from the pulpit and other leadership positions within the church.


- Identify and remove corrupt Christian leaders from the pulpit and other leadership positions. Christians in Jamaica must also stop venerating or worshiping church leaders. Church leaders are not to be defended when they have committed crimes. Church leaders are not above or superior to Jesus Christ commandments. All Christians and everyone is accountable to Jesus Christ


- The church needs to put their house in order in other ways as well. At a particular Christian organisation, God has shown me for example that persons are cheating on their spouses, repentance is needed


Christians need to love others as much as themselves. There are too many persons within the church that look down and believe they are better than others and as a result treat people badly within the church and outside of the church