We searched for this congregation by name with Lilongwe and Malawi, and found no listing, Facebook page, news item, map entry or denominational register entry for an "El-Shaddai Center" branch, and nothing linking the contact name to a church in Lilongwe. A denomination named "Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Malawi" does appear in a general list of church bodies (xmind.app list of church denominations), so the parent name is plausible even though this particular local centre is not documented anywhere we could see. Our search on the bare word "acop2025" returned only an unrelated pharmacology conference in Colorado (posts on X by ISoP), and we found no church page under that name on any site builder such as simdif.com, wixsite.com, weebly.com or business.site, so the given web address could not be confirmed. We found no scam reports, fraud warnings or complaints about this church, and no sign the name is only a personal brand. The findings are summarized here for space; the full research was weighed in the review.
Our conclusion: The web address given (acop2025.org) does not resolve, and an independent search found no Facebook page, map listing or news item for an El-Shaddai Center congregation in Lilongwe or for Pastor John Banda. However, a denomination called the Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Malawi does appear in a general register of church bodies, so the parent body is real and a local branch in Lilongwe is entirely plausible, and nothing suggests a business, a p
We have asked this church for one piece of extra evidence: a photo, a link, its denomination, or a church that can vouch for it. The moment we can verify, this report is upgraded. Without a response, the listing is paused after 14 days.