Pastor James Johnson, 29 . was shot and killed by a lone gunman in September 2018 inside the Church of God of Prophecy building on Old Harbour Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine.
The church seems to be under siege in Jamaica. There have been a rash of incidents involving shootings in church, sacrilege, desecration and murders in which members of the clergy appeared to have been deliberately targeted.
Jamaica s popular culture is littered with references that flirt with blasphemy, such as when deejay Aidonia spewed on a hit song, ‘Look’: “Inna beach shorts, gwaan leave yah pon a visa/gyal dem call mi lord Jesus. She say Jesus (fly out) as mi reach cross.”