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A pastor fromSalvation Ministries celebrating Sunday Service.The Niger Delta region is host to myriad branches of Christianity, often in the form of new evangelical churches. Every Sunday people gatherin churches and chapelsto listen to the gospel.Religious fervour and often unquestioning beliefs in the Bible are combined with beliefs in magic and ancient animism.Many believers are at the mercy of so-called pastors who reap financialrewards from performing doubious healing rituals or, worse, exorcisms that involvethe abuse and torture of young boys and girls suspected of harbouring evil spirits.