Elijah Courage steps up to the altar like any other pastor. But then he takes one step, and another, in extremely high heels, with the steadiness of someone who has been doing it for years.
In Togo, his religious services became a viral phenomenon for something no one expected to see in a pulpit: eye-catching dresses, women’s shoes, and preaching that neither stops nor apologizes. As he himself has recounted, it all began when he felt that wearing high heels during his ministry was a direct prompting from the Holy Spirit.
The images multiplied across social media, and the reactions ran the gamut: surprise, ridicule, respect, confusion. Courage changed nothing. He continues to step onto the stage, heel after heel, maintaining that this is his way of drawing closer to God.