By Banji Ojewale
Years ago Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, opened a chink in the curtains of the future he anticipated for himself. Preaching to a large congregation of local worshippers that also had an overflow of global online audience, he said he happily looked forward to a season when no black strands would remain on his head. It would be a glistening crown of white hair.
The
revered cleric said he hoped that before then, by the Mercy of the Great Master
he serves, he would have succeeded in spreading the Gospel of Christ worldwide.
He is not ready to retire, he assured the assembly. But in very advanced age,
he would request the Deeper Life Bible Church to acquire a reclining chair for
him to enable him undertake more of searching the Scriptures, more of hearing
from Heaven and more of teaching the Word. As Pastor Kumuyi foresaw it, the
white hair has since landed, dominantly and decisively defeating the black.
Again, as he predicted, the Church the Lord used him to found is taking the message of Christ’s love to every corner of the globe, beginning right here in Nigeria and to other African countries, and beyond. What we haven’t seen is the chair. Will it be a cane seat? Or the steel version? Either way, many don’t expect the pastor to ask for it soon.
