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As the legacies of the cleric, Rev. Uma Ukpai, proceed to reverberate, the enactment of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has recalled with a heavy consciousness of nostalgia his reforms and different contributions to reposition Christendom connected the doctrine of God and humanity during his beingness time.
Amongst galore of his contributions, the PFN recalled, was his inspiration successful 1 of the Christian fora, starring to the aggregation of ideas for the commencement of the PFN level arsenic 1 of the indispensable pillars of the Christian religion of the pentecostal hue successful Nigeria.
For this and different legacies, the PFN stated that plans person been concluded to organise a posthumous thanksgiving solemnisation successful honour of the precocious cleric astatine its 40th day slated to commence from 19th of October, 2025.
Addressing a property league successful Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, the nationalist president of PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, said the 36 states and Abuja, would clasp a thanksgiving work and an grant work to observe the precocious icon who played a salient relation successful the enactment of the organisation.
Bishop Wale-Oke, who was represented by the PFN’s nationalist secretary, Bishop David Bakare, disclosed that the precocious curate of God was chosen arsenic the sole talker for the anniversary, regretting that “now that helium is nary more, the organisation volition spell up with the plans to observe him.”
‘’We expected that helium volition beryllium the main preacher astatine the celebration, the 40th anniversary, and present that he’s not here, we decided that we’re going to marque that 40th twelvemonth day a solemnisation of each Baba’s bully works portion helium was present with us.
“So, connected the 19th, being Sunday of this month, each the 36 states of Nigeria positive the FCT volition clasp a thanksgiving work and an grant work to observe each icons who person been of large blessings to the PFN. And of course, successful each the 36 states positive the FCT, Baba volition beryllium officially celebrated.
‘’And if you are portion of that service, you volition spot what we’re going to do. We’re going to celebrate, we’re going to rejoice, we’re going to springiness acknowledgment to the Lord for giving america specified a large icon that we tin ne'er forget.
‘’ So we’re going to usage that archetypal level of celebration, which is the authorities thanksgiving work for the 40th anniversary, to observe him.’’
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