Foursquare Gospel Church Marks 70 Years In Nigeria

Foursquare Gospel Church successful Nigeria has announced a programme of activities to observe its 70th day and 70th yearly nationalist normal slated to commence this period and tally done October.

Speaking astatine a property league successful Lagos, the wide overseer, Rev. Dr. Sam Aboyeji, said the milestone marked 7 decades of God’s astonishing grace and faithfulness since the religion was established successful the state successful 1955 by American missionaries, Rev. Harold and Mrs. Faye Curtis.

According to the church, from a humble opening astatine Yankee Bar, Yaba, Lagos, it has grown to implicit 5,000 branches crossed Nigeria and dispersed to respective African countries including Ghana, Liberia, Togo, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.

Highlighting the day programme, Aboyeji announced that the 12th yearly nationalist lecture would clasp connected Wednesday, September 17 astatine The Marquee, Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos. The taxable of the lecture is “Poverty Alleviation, Economic Development and Stability of the Nigerian Economy.”

The lawsuit volition beryllium chaired by the politician of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, portion the keynote lecture volition beryllium delivered by Dr. Doyin Salami, a elder chap astatine the Lagos Business School. Panelists see Pastor Ben Akabueze, Mrs. Ini Abimbola and Dr. Otive Igbuzor.

Aboyeji noted the prime of taxable reflects the church’s committedness to nation-building, describing poorness arsenic not simply a societal contented but a captious economical imperative requiring structural reforms and inclusive policies.

As portion of the jubilee celebration, the religion volition big Holy Spirit Refreshing Dew, a peculiar evangelistic outreach connected October 1 astatine the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.

The programme, helium said, would diagnostic a praise extravaganza with impermanent artists and ministers.

The activities volition culminate successful the 70th yearly nationalist normal scheduled for October 6–12 astatine the Foursquare Campground, Ajebo, Ogun State. The normal themed, “Completion and Perfection” (Leviticus 25:13; Psalm 138:8), volition diagnostic salient religion leaders, including Pastor E. A. Adeboye, Bishop David Oyedepo, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, and the International President of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev. Randy Remington.

The General Overseer besides extended Independence Day greetings to Nigerians, urging citizens to stay hopeful contempt challenges. “We are assured and spot the Almighty God for a caller Nigeria that we each volition beryllium arrogant of,” helium said.