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Kumuyi: God’ll Re-write Nigeria’s History Soon

- Chibuzor Oluchi

The General Superinten­dent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM), Pastor William Kumuyi has called for renewed hope in God, saying the Lord will rewrite the history of the church in Nigeria, following the wave of divine visitation, spiritual awakening and unpreceden­ted revival currently moving across the church in Lagos.

He gave the assurance at the Ministers’ Developmen­t and Networking Summit held at the African Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu in conjunctio­n with the Christian Associatio­n of Nigeria (CAN).

The programme, which was tagged ‘Growing your Church, was designed to break all denominati­onal barriers and empower the body of Christ not just in Lagos State, but also across the federation.

At the summit, Kumuyi said denominati­onal barriers had been the bane of the church in Nigeria, noting that the barriers had rendered it unproducti­ve to deliver the heavenly divine purpose of winning the world to Christ.

Instead of fighting a common enemy, he said: “we are fighting one another. We are looking down on one another. We are pushing one another until the church is not even sure on which ground it stands.

He explained that the vision of the summit “is to make the church in Nigeria strong by injecting power into the local churches. The body of Christ in Nigeria is losing relevance, hence the need to develop the ministers especially at the grassroots.”

Speaking on undeniable power of united faith in the Saviour’, Kumuyi explained that the church in Nigeria “must be united in faith to lead sinners to the Saviour, Jesus Christ. Recovery will come by leading the people to their Saviour. The pursuit is to make the body of Christ strong in Nigeria.”

Taking his text from Mark 2:1-12, Kumuyi urged the church to manifest the same faith the friends of the man who was sick of the palsy manifested that got the man healed. They lowered through the roof the bed on which the sick man laid for Christ to heal him.

According to the cleric, to cause the desired revival in Nigeria and win souls for the kingdom of God, the church must manifest “United unwavering purpose, unselfish pursuit, unrepentan­t

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