‘My Wife And I Never Argued For 29 Years’—Kumuyi
The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, said he and his late wife, Bidoun, never had an argument all through their 29 years of marriage. He said his two sons, Jerry and John, could testify to the fact that they never had an argument till she died on 11 April, 2009. Kumuyi, who disclosed this at the week...
Obasanjo To Write Book On Latter Rain Church
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo will write a book on the historical background and growth of the Latter Rain Assembly, a church headed by fiery preacher, pastor Tunde Bakare. This was announced on Sunday, by the pastor, who said he recently received a call from the former president asking him to furnish him with the details of the church sinc...
Kumuyi’s wife we knew, by sons, sympathisers
FOR two weeks, the International Bible Training Centre, IBTC, Ayobo, a suburb of Lagos, became a Jerusalem of some sort where a sea of faithful daily thronged to pay their last respects to a jewel who was taken back to heaven on April 11, after singing her own Nunc dimitis. Her departure also confirms a traditional belief that whenever a sick pe...
Thousands Attend Service Of Songs For Kumuyi’s Wife
The International Bible Training Centre (IBTC), Ayobo, Lagos, is agog in preparation for the burial of the wife of the General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Mrs. Biodun Kumuyi. Last night, thousands of Deeper Life faithful thronged IBTC and other local parishes worldwide to participate in the service of songs in honour of the d...
All Set For Kumuyi’s Burial
Preparations are in top gear for the burial of Mrs. Abiodun Idayat Kumuyi, wife of the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi. The funeral rites begin today with a service of songs. P.M.News learnt that top overseers of the church in other countries will be around to pay their last respe...
Minister’s $600K pay package prompts parishioners’ suit
Manhattan's Riverside Church - one of the country's most illustrious religious institutions - is paying its new senior pastor, the Rev. Brad Braxton, more than $600,000 in annual compensation.
War over witches
Helen Ukpabio, tele-evangelist, church founder, film actor and movie producer, is one clergywoman who can smoke out one witch in a crowd of millions of saints. Or so it seems. Nearly all her films, which however are anchored on morality, has some elements of futile display of witchcraft powers which eventually get subdued by the power of the H...
3 men caught stealing in church
Abuja—Three men were on Sunday caught allegedly stealing handsets and hand bags at the Living Faith Church Durumi, Abuja while the service was on. A correspondent who witnessed the incident, reports that the suspects, dressed in suits and traditional attire, were seen in handcuffs. A placard displayed in front of them read “we are thieves beware...
Nigerian pastor who earns mega bucks in London preaching prosperity
Nigeria’s Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), London, has carved a niche for himself in the British Christian community. His church, which attracts 8,000 congregation, is considered one of the richest in Britain. Pastor Ashimolowo, with a £100,000 yearly pay, earns more than the Archbishop of Canterbury, the official head of the British church. Robert Booth of The Guardian (London) reports.
Adeboye Is My Spiritual Son —Guru
Mr. Shuaib Ajirobatan (a.k.a. Satguru Maharajji) and a self-styled “Living Perfect Master” on this earth, has said that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, is his spiritual son. Maharajji made this claim at his “One Love Family Temple” (Olufemi Ashram), Festac Town, Lagos while reacting to newspape...