Twitter user, @raphfrank, shared pictures of one incident on Mar 17, 2018. In it, members are seen standing in the sun as service goes on.

His caption read: “Apparently a Lords Chosen branch in Lekki Phase 1 makes its elderly members stand in this hot sun because they came late… Tragic Faith shouldn’t be by force.”

Twitter reacts to punishment by Lord’s Chosen

The pictures received mixed reactions from the users.

While some expressed their anger with the church and pity for the members, others made excuses for the church. Here are some of them:

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What would you do if your church punished you for being late?