Integrity in the pulpit
A public voice against pulpit greed, staged miracles and the commercialisation of the church in South Africa.
St Oak Global Church of Christ · South Africa
Bishop Sello Elly Mogodiri
Presiding Bishop, pastor and author from Hartbeespoort — known across South Africa for confronting pulpit greed and for insisting that the gospel is never merchandise. His books are available at R350 per copy.
Scripture first
Teaching that sends believers back to the text, so that no claim from any platform goes untested.
Teaching for the church
Every title on this site is available at R350 per copy for individuals, churches and study groups.
The ministry
A church that answers to its people
From Hartbeespoort in the North West province, Bishop Mogodiri leads St Oaks Global Church of Christ with a plain conviction: spiritual authority is a trust, not a trading licence. In 2019 he took that conviction into the public square, laying criminal charges against a Johannesburg pastor over a staged “resurrection” — telling the press he had “seen too much pulpit greed and commercialisation going on in the church.”
He has since served as a presiding bishop and elder statesman at gatherings across the North West, including the Bokone Bophirima Gospel Music Awards, and continues to mentor younger pastors in accountable leadership.
“I have seen too much pulpit greed and commercialisation going on in the church.”
Bishop Elly Mogodiri, February 2019
Latest titles
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