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Dec

22

2023

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Kumuyi Reacts To Blessing Of Same-Sex Couples

Marriage And Love, News Flash, Religion

Kumuyi Reacts To Blessing Of Same-sex Couples Announced By Pope Francis The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has said that same-sex marriage negates the biblical teaching of Jesus Christ. Kumuyi stated this on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of a joint event of the global crusade with Kumuyi and the 2023 National December Retreat tagged: “Emmanuel.” Recall that earlier in the week, Pope Francis had granted permission for priests to bestow blessings upon same-sex couples around the world. In his address, Kumuyi stressed that the command of Christ Jesus was for a man to get married…

Dec

19

2023

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Catholic Church Authorises Priests To Officiate Same-Sex Marriages

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Catholic Church Authorises Priests To Officiate Same-sex Marriages Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, says priests can now bless same-sex relationships as part of efforts to open up the church to members of the LGBTQ community, the church said on Monday. The new declaration was announced by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez after it was endorsed by the Pope, now allowing same-sex couples to receive blessing from the church but maintaining approval is not to amend “the traditional doctrine of the church about marriage.” It is a major shift from the church’s past doctrine, where arguments against blessing same-sex…

Dec

18

2023

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I Need Prayers – T.B Joshua’s Widow Evelyn Begs Congregation

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I Need Prayers – T.B Joshua’s Widow Evelyn BegsWife of the late prophet TB Joshua, founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Evelyn, on Sunday called for prayers. Evelyn Joshua made the call during the celebration of her 55th birthday on Sunday at SCOAN headquarters in Lagos. She also urged the congregation to thank God for everything. According to Evelyn: “The reason for our celebration here today is what God can do in the lives of people; in a hopeless situation, He gives them hope. “What is good needs prayer; I need prayer.” She also encouraged the people to…

Dec

15

2023

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Jesus May Come Back On October 1st – RCCG G.O, Adeboye

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Jesus May Come Back On October 1st – RCCG G.O, Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said Jesus Christ might return to the world on October 1 of a year that is yet to be known. The Christian leader said this in a video played at the homecoming reception ceremony organised for the just recalled Nigeria High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sharafa Tunji-Ishola, in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State. Ishola, who was a former Minister of Mines and Steel, was made an Ambassador by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021,…

Dec

11

2023

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‘Emmanuel’ Is Here! As Deeper Life Hosts Global Crusade With Kumuyi(GCK) And December Retreat

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‘Emmanuel’ Is Here! As Deeper Life hosts Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) and December Retreat The global evangelisation effort gains momentum this December as the renowned internationally acclaimed evangelist and Bible scholar, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi brings his global gospel campaign to Lagos. The crusade, which is coming under the auspices of the Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK), is scheduled to be held from Thursday, December 21 to Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at the Deeper Life International Conference Centre (DLICC) KM 42, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. GCK, a monthly gospel crusade that is streamed via satellite and social media platforms from…

Dec

09

2023

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Lagos Pastor Breaks Silence On Why He Invited, Pasuma, Portable and Others To His Church Praise Night

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Why I Invited Pasuma, Portable To Praise Night – Lagos Pastor Breaks Silence The founder of a branch of Celestial Church of Christ in Lagos State, Aderemi Dabiri, has said the reason why he invited Fuji singer, Alabi Pasuma, and street-hop artiste, Portable, was to gain new converts. The cleric made this known in a video where he was seen addressing a delegation of the church’s task force who visited his parish to have an audience with him. The white garment church came under heavy criticism recently for inviting secular artistes to its praise night event. While explaining the rationale…

Dec

09

2023

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Shiloh: I Became Tinubu’s Minister After Bishop Oyedepo Laid Hands On Me – Beta Edu

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Shiloh: I Became Tinubu’s Minister After Bishop Oyedepo Laid Hands On Me – Betta Edu The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has recounted how the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, prayed for her to become a minister in the country. Edu said that Oyedepo prayed for her after she expressed ambition to become a minister at the church’s annual programme, Shiloh, in 2022. According to her, “Last year at Shiloh 2022, I prayed and told God that by the next time I come for the next year’s Shiloh, I want…

Dec

03

2023

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Prophet Fufeyln Teaches On Healing, Deliverance In Port Harcourt As Rivers Crusade Enters Day 3

News Flash, Religion, South South

Prophet Fufeyln teaches on Healing. Deliverance in PortHarcourt as Rivers crusade enters day 3 The General Overseer and Founder of Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministries, CMDM, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin has described the number 12 as the number that stands for Healing, Deliverance and testimonies for all that believe in the Gospel. Prophet Fufeyin made this revelation known to God children at the Portharcourt miracle inversion Crusade holding at Elekahia stadium in Rivers State, South South Nigeria. The international clergy Man of God posited further that twelve gives birth to hope, noting that those without hope twelve has given birth to…

Dec

01

2023

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Gbagam! Gbagam!!: Nigerian Nurse In UK Sacked, Deported Over Prayer For A Dying Patient

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Gbagam! Gbagam!!: Nigerian Nurse In UK Sacked, Deported Over Prayer For Dying Patient A Nigerian healthcare worker in the United Kingdom has been fired and deported after she was reportedly seen praying for an elderly dying patient. In a post shared on ‘X,’ popular Nigerian doctor @drolufunmilayo stated that it is unethical in the UK for nurses to bring religion into their duties. He said that although it is not customary for nurses to pray for patients, it is expected of them to ask a cleric to perform any religious service on them, even if the patient requests that they…

Nov

29

2023

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Bishop Oyedepo’s Son Finally Unveils Ministry, Receives Blessings From Father

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Bishop Oyedepo’s Son Finally Unveils Ministry, Receives Blessings From Father Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, the son of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has unveiled his own ministry, The Isaac Oyedepo Evangelistic Ministries. Isaac Oyedepo shared a YouTube video titled “Unveiling of the Isaac Oyedepo Evangelistic Ministries” on his X account on Tuesday. In the YouTube video, Bishop David Oyedepo, his father, not only ministered but also prayed for Isaac and his wife, Ayomitide, as they both knelt. Bishop Oyedepo was heard saying in part, “As hands are laid on you, I pray for unusual grace…