sermons

Smyth was a prominent barrister as well as a lay preacher - a member of the congregation who delivers sermons but is not ordained - who ran summer camps for young Christians.

In Luke 19:1-10, he spots Zacchaeus, the hated tax farmer, climbing a tree to watch one of his sermons, and singles him out.

Stanton delivered regular sermons to community residents, which included exorcisms and speaking in tongues.

He delivers his sermons from a glass podium that is set against giant photographs of his lush hilltop estate called the “Garden of Eden Restored”.

He has claimed to perform miracles such as healing people during sermons and delivering a fish from the womb of a pregnant woman.