A self-proclaimed South African pastor Light Monyeki has lost his congregants after making them drink rat poison to test their faith.

According to reports the incident took place during the ‘High Place Conference’ referred to as his ‘Supernatural Service’

Before the tragic incident, the pastor preached to his followers that they should not fear death as nothing can kill them.

Monyeki started pouring Rattax (a popular rat poison) into a bottle of water, which he challenged his believers to drink.

He then nipped the bottle which contained the poisonous water.

With the power of belief they had in Monyeki, many followers ran forward to take a drink as well.

Predictably enough, in the evening, many members of the congregation started to complain of stomach pains,.

Later 5 of them were declared dead, 13 more were taken to the hospital for ingesting Monyeki’s rat poison cocktail.