Alfred Ndlovu, 44, decided to embark on dry fasting, which lasted for only 30 days, a NigeriaToday report confirmed. “Pastor was a healthy and religious old man who did not even look his age,” his close relative recalled. A South African pastor learned the hard way not to “beat God,” as he lost his life due to malnutrition after trying to breach the number of days that Jesus of Nazareth fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. Ndlovu’s death, meanwhile, puzzled many church members as he was known by his family and community as a very spiritual person whose faith could “move mountains.”“He was a very spiritual man. “After a month we got the sad news of his death.”Before retiring to the mountain, the pastor boasted to his members that he would break Jesus’ record, the report said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 04, 2016 03:45 UTC