POWER TO POSSESS
FOR THE LORD
It was another day of power and praise of God in
Baruwa District of Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria on Sunday 13th
October 2013 as Foursquare Gospel Church, Megida was chartered. The status of the church changed and so was
the status of the pastor. In pursuit of
his drive to empower the churches in the district to reach out and possess the
land for the Lord, The Baruwa District Overseer, Rev. Samson Idowu Alawode
brought in the National Leadership of Foursquare in Nigeria to the district to
charter Megida church. The General
Overseer, Rev. Felix Meduoye in His message through the National Treasurer,
Rev. Ogedemgbe who represented him, charged the church to seek and operate in
the power of the Holy Spirit. He said it
is a small thing for God to double the population of the church in one day if
empowered by the Holy Spirit referring to the experience of the early church at
Pentecost.
It was observed that the neighbourhood had
never experienced such flood of cars and crowd before as most of the pastors in
the district came to jubilate with their District Overseer and their
colleague. It as double celebration for
the Senior Pastor, Rev. Kayode Egbebunmi because the day was also his birthday
and every one could feel the joy of the Lord radiating. In actual fact, the glory of the LORD came
down as the Cloud filled the altar.
Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria is one big
family. The chartering of Megida church
pulled powerful delegation from Akowonjo District of Zonal Superintendents and
senior pastors. With the chartering, the
church becomes autonomous to take her decisions in furthering the gospel of
Jesus Christ. The Zonal Superintendent
of the zone, Rev. Paul Isijola was also seen radiating with joy over the
chartering.
Foursquare Gospel Church, Baruwa District is
determined to multiply both in numerical strength as well as in spiritual. The District Overseer has pledged his support
to any church that want to acquire landed property for building within the
capacity of the district. In recent time
the district has raised over N2m for Orisumbare Church to acquire a piece of
land for about N3.5m. The district is
also planning a trip to Israel to expose her pastors to the holy land. Arrangements have been concluded to hold the
district’s 2014 Pastors-In-Service training in Israel. Revd. Alawode said “I want my pastors to be
exposed”.