The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has honoured its founding fathers and previous leaders for his or her immense contributions to the expansion of the Pentecostal motion and nationwide improvement, because the physique marked its fortieth anniversary.
Amongst these honoured on the Thanksgiving service held at Redemption Metropolis, had been Archbishop Benson Idahosa (posthumously), late Rev. Uma Ukpai, Rev. Charles Osueke, Rev. O. Ezekiel, Rev. D.O. Ogunkanmi of Christ Gospel Church Mission, Pastor William Kumuyi, Rev. Samuel Odunaike, Pastor E.O. Abina, Bishop Mike Okonkwo of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) and Pastor E.A. Adeboye.
The occasion introduced collectively Christian leaders, clerics, and dignitaries from throughout the nation to rejoice 4 many years of unity, evangelism, and advocacy inside Nigeria’s Pentecostal neighborhood.
In his remarks, the Nationwide President of PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, recommended the imaginative and prescient and dedication of the PFN’s founding fathers, saying their labour and sacrifice laid the sturdy basis upon which the PFN continues to face as we speak.
He recalled that the PFN was birthed out of the “Better Lagos for Christ” campaign by the late famend evangelist, Rev. Uma Ukpai, in 1985.
Oke described Ukpai as a terrific apostle with an unwavering ardour for soul-winning and a detribalised servant of God whose ministry transcended ethnic and regional boundaries.
Talking on the theme, “PFN: Yesterday, Right this moment and Tomorrow,” Oke stated the fellowship has remained a unifying power for the Pentecostal motion in Nigeria, fostering non secular progress, nationwide influence, and a collective imaginative and prescient for the way forward for the Church.
In his sermon, the Presiding Bishop of the Dwelling Religion Church Worldwide, popularly generally known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has known as on Christians to actively search and apply divine knowledge to deal with the nation’s challenges.
Bishop Oyedepo highlighted the church’s contributions to training, the economic system, healthcare, and different key sectors, urging Christians to take the lead in addressing the urgent challenges confronting the nation.
The cleric burdened the necessity for the church to rely extra on divine knowledge to extend its optimistic influence on society.
“By means of knowledge, kings reign and princes decree justice. Jesus is the knowledge and the facility of God. We now have continued to rejoice energy; now, allow us to transfer ahead and begin celebrating knowledge. Divine knowledge is our heritage in redemption; we now have the thoughts of Christ with the capability to create options.
“It’s time to begin calling down the knowledge of God to maintain creating options to the seemingly not possible challenges of life round us.
“Allow us to ask from God the knowledge that can present the best way ahead in direction of our enthronement in our numerous areas of endeavours.
“We have to faucet into the knowledge from heaven to reinforce our price of influence on the world round us. The Lord will ship forth His knowledge into the church that can trigger it to start to rule and reign in numerous spheres of life,” Oyedepo stated.
Delivering his goodwill message, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, recommended the fellowship for its enduring influence on nationwide improvement and ethical management.
Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Particular Adviser on Christian Issues, Rev. Bukola Adeleke, stated the fellowship, by means of its crusades and management networks, has raised women and men who proceed to positively form society.
“PFN has additionally served as an ethical compass for our public life, talking fact to energy with braveness and beauty, calling leaders to accountability and upholding the sanctity of life, justice and peace.
“In occasions of nationwide uncertainty, PFN has prayed, in moments of ethical decline, PFN has spoken, when the soul of our nation has been examined, PFN has stood agency. A watchman on the partitions of Nigeria. By means of its management, the fellowship has regularly reminded us that non secular energy should work in hand with ethical integrity and that religion with out conscience isn’t any religion in any respect.”
