Amazon Funds Mountain Of Fire & Miracles Church That Backs ‘Gay Conversion

Amazon is to give funding to a church linked to an extreme form of gay 'conversion therapy' - despite it being under investigation by the charities regulator.

A Glasgow branch of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has joined Amazon's charitable programme, Amazon Smile, under which 0.5 per cent of an item’s purchase price is sent to the buyer’s chosen charity.

Despite the inquiry by the charities regulator, Amazon will donate money to the branch whenever its supporters buy products via Amazon Smile, according to The Times.

The Nigerian movement’s founder Daniel Olukoya said that gay people are possessed by "the spirit of the dog" and believes that prayer can save those "in the bondage of homosexuality", according to the paper.

Amazon claims it accepts only registered charities that in its opinion do not “promote hatred, intolerance or discrimination based on sex, religion or sexual orientation”.

The Charity Commission began an inquiry into Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International in March over concerns for “the adequacy of the trustees’ oversight and control over individual branches” and their “failure to promptly report serious incidents".