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Claim: A Facebook influencer, Solomon Buchi, shared a video of women in bikinis at a church, claiming it was from a church service in Ghana.
Verdict: False. Findings show that the video originated from an entertainment YouTube channel and does not depict a real church service in Ghana.
Full Text
Videos that appear to challenge social or religious norms frequently gain traction online. When these clips circulate without a clear context, they can provoke heated reactions and lead to assumptions about the people or communities involved.
A popular Facebook influencer, Solomon Buchi, shared a video (archived here) claiming it shows a church service in Ghana where women attend in bikinis.
The user first played the video, which appeared above his face as he waited for it to finish. The clip showed four women in undergarments among a congregation of fully dressed people.
As the footage continued, the women moved through the seated crowd toward the stage. One of them took the microphone and said they came to testify and praise God.
They sang briefly before the clip switched back to showing the Facebook user, who criticised the act. He described it as a culture that contradicts Christian standards.
His explanation of the footage showed that he believed the scene came from a church in Ghana and reflected how people there worship.
As of Mar. 9, 2026, DUBAWA found that the clip had generated 5,600 likes, 1,800 comments, and 368 shares.
Most Facebook users in the comments section expressed disdain for the claim, while others questioned it and sought more details due to scepticism.
@Faustina Donkor asked, “ In Ghana, How?”
@Blossom Sampson replied, “These are all cult groups in the name of the church. It’s high time we start arresting these folks.”
@Victor Segs demanded more proof, “How do you know that it’s a church? Anyone can arrange what appears to be a church service anywhere and create their own content. Can you tell us the name of this church and the pastor?”
We observed that the same claim was found here, here, here, here, here, and here.
The religious nature of the claim and the country involved led DUBAWA to investigate it.
Verification
DUBAWA submitted the video to InVID to extract keyframes and then ran a reverse image search.
The search returned similar social media posts that claimed the scene showed an activity in a church in Ghana. We also located the same video on TikTok with the caption:
“Pastor Blinks preaching about wearing a bikini to church using Adam and Eve as a reference point.”
Although this was not the exact scene shared by the Facebook user, it showed the same setting and the same four women dressed in undergarments.
We also noticed a disclaimer attached to the video that read, “This is fiction, not real.”
To obtain stronger evidence, we reviewed the video again and saw a banner in the church with the inscription, “End Time Church of Blinks.”
DUBAWA searched this phrase on Google and found a YouTube page called Blinks TV. The page contained several videos that showed women in undergarments, including the exact clip shared by the Facebook user who claimed the footage came from a church in Ghana.
Additionally, we found that the video was uploaded two years ago. The page description also stated that it is an entertainment channel that provides educational and informational content through movies.
Description from the YouTube page.
Conclusion
DUBAWA traced the video to an entertainment channel on YouTube. We found no evidence that the scene took place in a church in Ghana. Therefore, the claim is false.
