The Redeemed Christian church of God Celebrate their 2nd Anniversary

By: Thembela Mjiba

The Redeemed Christian church might be on its infant stage in Alice but it has been around for over decay now since its establishment in Nigeria. This all commenced when  Pa Akindayomi heard a voice telling him that he will be God's servant , not wanting to believe what he heard he decided to ignore the calling , until seven years later when nothing in his life including his  business venture  was  not going alright . Finally submitted himself to the lord's will and was willing to do what the lord wanted him to do and go where he wanted him to go.

The church was then formed in 1952 in Lagos Nigeria then spread over 181 countries since then including South Africa. The Church is fast growing in Eastern Cape as well. The celebration of the 2nd anniversary of the Fountain of life parish in Alice is evident .The pastor of Fountain of life Omobola Okoh stated that it was not an easy call to establish a new parish but with the help of her wonderful team of ministers and of course the Lord as the head of it, the Alice branch can be said now to be stable.

 Okoh didn’t forget to thank her husband for forever supporting her and she also extended gratitude to Kevin ....... the chairperson of Anniversary committee and the committee as whole for a job well done. She even mentioned that it is pleasing to the church that they have noted influx of South Africans joining them .However Oko admitted that she wanted to dodge the calling initially be course she felt inadequate to be a pastor but then again recalled that when God calls someone to a position he provide  assistance.  The three days anniversary celebration came to an end on the 22 November on a Sunday thanksgiving service.

The keynote speaker bishop ...........addressed the congregation under the theme found in Exodus 15: 11-17 where it states "God of wonders”. The are many powers out there that are meant to deceive and lead people astray but God is more powerful than all powers .He continued and said be course God is a God of wonders he can make the impossible possible. He can put end to our oppressors, fight our battles for he is a God of war. He fought battle of King David and numerous other prophets of old .All that is required of us is to turn away from our ways and be rooted in the word of God. To his sermon he also tried to eradicate the notion that states "all Pastors are thieves and liars trying to rob people of their monies.

He stated that prior to his pastoral calling he was an engineer then a pastor. He said he is mentioning this because he once met a stereo typed  person who thought as such but later on joined the church and invested so much in the a lot after his conversion. So there are a number of such people out there who don’t follow God due to these ideas. One need to pray for God's wonders and have faith to see them concluded the Bishop.