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Matthew McNaught

Matthew McNaught is a writer who lives in Southampton and works in mental health. His first book, Immanuel, will be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2022

February 2024

  • FILES-NIGERIA-RELIGION-DEATH<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 01, 2015 Nigerian pastor TB Joshua speaks during a New Year's memorial service for the South African relatives of those killed in a building collapse at his Lagos megachurch on December 31, 2014. - TB Joshua, 57, one of Africa's most influential preachers with millions of television and social media followers and who founded The Synagogue Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch in Lagos, has died from an undisclosed cause, his church said on June 6, 2021 on Facebook. (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: From Lagos to Winchester – how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following – podcast

    From 2021: I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people? By Matthew McNaught
    Podcast41:10

October 2021

  • In this file photo taken on January 01, 2015 Nigerian pastor TB Joshua speaks during a New Year's memorial service for the South African relatives of those killed in a building collapse at his Lagos megachurch on December 31, 2014. - TB Joshua, 57, one of Africa's most influential preachers with millions of television and social media followers and who founded The Synagogue Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch in Lagos, has died from an undisclosed cause, his church said on June 6, 2021 on Facebook. (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Audio Long Read
    From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following – podcast

    I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people?
    Podcast35:34

September 2021

  • Nigerian pastor TB Joshua on New Year’s Day in 2015.

    The long read
    From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following

    The long read: I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people?
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