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Police and soldiers with members of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries outside the Montego Bay-based church, where a deadly service unfolded on October 17, 2021.
Updated 6 hours ago Tanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

Heavenly fire

The late leader of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries had reportedly claimed to be the prophet ‘Elijah’ and tried to summon heavenly fire before shooting at cops during a bloody 2021 service at the church. “Mr [Kevin] Smith started to say he was Elijah and just as Elijah called down fire from Heaven to consume the army. [He said,] ‘If I be a prophet of God and the word from my mouth is true, I call down fire from Heaven to consume the 50,” a former member of the church testified.

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