Day: 21 November 2021

CHRISTIAN PENTECOSTAL MISSION LOSES PASTOR, REV. DR. OBIORA EZEKIEL

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Nigeria – Source: Punch The founder of the Christian Pentecostal Mission, Rev. Dr. Obiora Ezekiel, is dead. He died at the age of 78. The death of the cleric was announced on the Facebook page of the church via a statement signed by the Coordinator; CPM Int’l Imo State, Nigeria, Rev. John U. Ezeh, who is also a member of the Board of Trustees. The statement read, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I am saddled with a responsibility to all sons, daughters, friends and lovers of Christian Pentecostal Mission International (CPM) to make an…

REJOICING IN CHRISTS’ SUFFERING – PART 1

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Pastor W.. F. Kumuyi – Nigeria – Source: Guardian It might seem surprising that in a passage of the scriptures that deals with trials and suffering, we find the words “joy, gladness, rejoice, glory, exceeding joy, happy, glorify God”. But God’s Word is different from man’s words, just as God’s ways are different from man’s ways. It is not natural to rejoice when there is suffering, especially if we are living righteously. Most people see it as a strange thing for the righteous to suffer. The text begins by instructing us…