Representative Cori Bush's Nigerian faith healer claims he cured her of COVID-19 - simply by the power of prayer over the phone.
Charles Ndifon, a Rhode Island-based pastor whose Kingdom Embassy International church claims to be able to cure AIDS and resurrect people from the dead, has long acted as Bush's spiritual guide.
Bush, a 44-year-old representative for Missouri, is a local chapter founder member and pastor at the controversial church.
Representative Cori Bush's Nigerian faith healer Charles Ndifon claims he cured her of COVID-19 by the power of prayer over the phone
On Monday, Ndifon made the bizarre, unfounded claim that he could magically cure worshippers of COVID-19 in just 30 minutes.
The 'healer', who believes that illnesses are caused by demons that must be expelled from the body, claims he cast them out of Bush after speaking to her in March 2020.
'She had COVID, and she called me from the hospital,' Ndifon told The Washington Free Beacon. 'And 30 minutes later, she was breathing. Healed. It was that simple.'
Ndifon says that Bush also believes she has the power to heal and would attempt the heal the sick.
'Once in a while, cases they can't handle, they would send to me,' he claimed.
Another member of the church, who goes by Chris Chris, claimed the pastor had 'murdered coronavirus, son! We just murdered it.'
'[Bush] got healed from coronavirus right now, about maybe 30 minutes ago.
Charles Ndifon, a Rhode Island-based pastor whose Kingdom Embassy International church claims to be able to cure AIDS and resurrect people from the dead, has long acted as Bush's spiritual guide
On Monday, Ndifon made the bizarre, unfounded claim that he could magically cure worshippers of COVID-19 in just 30 minutes
'Bring people with AIDS. Bring the paralyzed people. The paralyzed people are gonna get healed and start breakdancing.
'The AIDS people, they're gonna be able to donate blood.'
Chris, who said he does not wear a mask because he believes his faith protects him from contracting the virus, added that he was 'ready to go march in the streets and just, bam, hulk-smash corona.'
'That's why I walk in confidence without no face mask; that's why I walk in confidence with no gloves,' he said.
Bush is yet to respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment about her pastor's wild claims.
Since joining Congress in January, she has frequently recounted her time as a nurse, and urged others to 'follow science'.
She announced in January that she was moving her office away from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's, claiming that the Georgia Republican was endangering her by refusing to wear a mask.
Bush also hit the headlines earlier this month when she testified before Congress on maternal mortality and referred to mothers as 'birthing people', in a nod to transgender men who could also bear children.
On her website, Bush describes herself as 'a registered nurse, single mother, and an ordained pastor. Following the murder of Michael Brown Jr. by a now-terminated Ferguson police officer, she became a civil rights activist and community organizer fighting for justice for Black lives on the streets of Missouri and across the country.'
Ndifon promotes events to huge crowds, promising: 'Healing the sick, raising the dead, guaranteed!'
Rep Cori Bush shared her recovery from coronavirus in this video on her Facebook account last year
Bush is yet to respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment about her pastor's wild claims
The spiritual leader solicits donations from attendees, while staying at luxury hotels and donning designer suits, the Beacon reported.
Ndifon told the site he does not take a salary, outside of donations, and noted that the Swedish government failed when it attempted to take him to court for practicing medicine without a license.
'We don't prescribe medication, we don't tell you to get off your medication,' he said.
'We tell you, you're healed, go see your doctors, your doctors will get you off because it's obvious.
'It's like science, we have the proof.'
Ndifon has self-published 52 books and audio collections about healing, miracles, wealth-creation and other subjects, which are listed for sale on the church website for between $9.99 and $200.
He said he has conducted hundreds of thousands of healings and miracles, including diverting Hurricane Katrina's path away from Florida.
He also said he caused the rain to stop for two weeks during the monsoon season in India.
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