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  It’s a church scene that would be at home in the American South, the dynamic pastor extolling, shouting and singing the virtues of God’s guidance. The crowd rising to its feet from the pews, arms raised and waving, hands clapping, choruses of Hallelujah! reverberating. Music washes rhythm over joyous faces, the women dancing and praising, their iridescent dresses shining.

“This week will be a week to remember! Bring Jesus in, and nothing evil will harm you,” Bishop Clarence Paye shouts soulfully into a microphone from a gold and glass lectern on an elaborate padded green altar. Men, women and children, drenched with sun from towering windows, find it impossible to remain still. “There is a place in life for you!”