For fear of being deported to Ghana, a Church of Pentecost branch in North Columbus, United States, has been left empty by its Ghanaian members.
A video shared on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, shows the church's wide parking lot in Ohio emptier than usual, following an ongoing wave of mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States.
These deportations began in January 2025, after Donald Trump's second inauguration on January 20.
The district pastor of the Church of Pentecost USA Inc., North Columbus, Jehovah-Jireh Temple, Samuel Koomson, expressed concern that 50 percent of his congregation is staying home instead of attending church for fear of being deported. "It is painful to see that the state gives us food to distribute to them.
