The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor W. F. Kumuyi, has described as untrue reports that he held a crusade despite government’s ban on large gatherings in view of the rampaging coronavirus disease.
A statement on Sunday by the church’s Secretary, Samuel Afuwape, said the claim that Kumuyi held a crusade was “a complete misrepresentation of our special monthly church service tagged: Power Night, which was streamed online to all Deeper Life Bible Church locations worldwide.”
Afuwape said, “Generally, it is not our practice to take issue with media outlets, but as a responsible and law-abiding church, we believe that we need to set the record straight as the content of the articles, which went viral online, was misleading, mischievous and totally untrue.
“In line with the directives of the Lagos State Government on Wednesday, 18th March, 2020 limiting social and religious gatherings to a maximum of 50 persons, our church had, in compliance, held our monthly Power Night Service at local districts where an old message of our General Superintendent was transmitted by satellite broadcast.
“It bears restating that it was not a new service, but the message from an old programme that was broadcast worldwide. The grossly misleading report misrepresented the actual situation, hence the need to set the records straight.”

By Oladimeji Ramon