{"id":10751,"date":"2024-02-21T04:51:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T23:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/fans-celebrate-dj-black-coffee-accepting-altar-call\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T04:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T23:21:41","slug":"fans-celebrate-dj-black-coffee-accepting-altar-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/fans-celebrate-dj-black-coffee-accepting-altar-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans celebrate DJ Black Coffee accepting altar call"},"content":{"rendered":"


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By Nicole VanDyke<\/a>, CP Reporter
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South African DJ Black Coffee at the Apollo Theater in New York City on March 3, 2018. https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevenpisano\/25754782457\/in\/photostream\/ <\/span> | https:\/\/www.stevenpisano.photo\/Flickr<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grammy Award-winning South African DJ Black Coffee is making international headlines after a video showing him responding to an altar call at a church service went viral.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Feb. 9, days before video of him accepting the altar call<\/a> went viral, the 47 year old, whose real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo, shared a message with fans on Instagram after he sustained injuries<\/a> during a flight en route to Mar Del Plata, Argentina, where he was scheduled to perform a show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for respecting my privacy during an intimate and enlightening moment in my life. I\u2019ve taken this time to recover and take some much-needed time off at home, healing with my family by my side,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s been rejuvenating on a handful of levels. I can\u2019t wait to be back on the dance floor with you all very, very soon. I\u2019m thankful to the merciful God for giving me yet another chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Feb. 19, one commenter on X<\/a> who responded to the DJ accepting the altar call wrote: “May the Good Lord Jesus Christ Fetch them One By One!” Others speculated that the recent spate of celebrities rededicating their lives to Christ or getting baptized (Kat Von D<\/a> and Hulk Hogan<\/a>, among others) might have something to do with the “end of days<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

While some expressed happiness about his re-dedication of faith, others expressed skepticism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething weird is going on. \u2018Celebrities\u2019 dedicating themselves to God on camera. I am not buying any of this. None!,\u201d said one X user.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to The Citizen<\/a>, another person questioned why the personal nature and sensitivity of an altar call was broadcast on social media: \u201cAltar call was supposed to be a moment between him and God, yet someone saw it befitting to do this in that moment? … People are celebrating a soul for God and you thought let me capture a celebrity? Strange behavior while in \u2018Spirit.'”\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1990, while he was part of a street party celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, a driver ran into Maphumulo and other pedestrians. The injury left him unable to use his left arm.<\/p>\n

In more recent years, Black Coffee has made headlines for his divorce<\/a>, marital affairs<\/a>, and an accusation of assault by his ex-wife, Enhle Mbali, which he denied<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Nicole Alcindor is a reporter for The Christian Post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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