The concept of New Religious Movements (also referred to as Pentecostalism) as a spiritual ferment is a global phenomenon. Studies opines that it started in the 1960s in the Western World gradually drifting towards Nigeria in the 1970s and early 1980s. By 1990 and early 2000, it had proliferated in Nigeria in a great way particularly for instant “miracle, signs and wonders”, radical departure from Orthodoxy. These were the posture of the New Religious Movements (also referred to as Pentecostalism) during the times of the COVID 19 Pandemic, when in spite of evidence of the wide spread of the Pandemic, members of the New Religious Movements were encouraged by their leaders to ignored warning, signs and even precautions from both governments and health institutions. The paper is thus an attempt at historicizing the emergence of the New Religious Movements, bringing to fore some ways in which the body ignored the warnings/precautions of the government and health organisations. The qualitative method is used for this particular research. Data obtained from primary and secondary sources were deployed to carry out the study with an analytical and narrative historical approach. This includes historical, descriptive and analytical approaches based on gathered evidence. The result shows that while it was generally accepted that the COVID 19 was indeed a Pandemic, the New Religious Movements saw it as a fluke, a propaganda and an attempt at stopping the spread of the Gospel (an End-Time message) and as such ignored warnings aimed at preventing spread and death.
