This archive report was first published on 21 July 2019.
On July 20, 2019, a shocking incident occurred at the Nairobi Central Seventh Adventist Church in Nairobi, Kenya.
A group of worshipers, dissatisfied with the church's leadership under the Central Kenya Conference, had formed a splinter group called the Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference.
During a church business meeting, Pastor Jean Pierre Marwa was about to read the names of some members who were part of the rival faction when he was attacked by a section of worshipers.
Police were called to the scene to quell the chaos, and a video of the incident went viral on social media, showing worshipers rushing to the altar to protect or attack the pastor.
One woman was seen praying hysterically over the shocking incident, which had never been witnessed in the church's history before.
