Several cultists operating in the
Niger Delta area of Nigeria have reportedly turned a new leaf after being
touched by the preaching of Pastor Kumuyi.
Pastor Williams Folorunso Kumuyi
Five
thousand cultists in Ogoni land, Rivers state, have on Friday night, renounced
their membership of different cult groups and accepted Christ as Lord and
Saviour at a peace and unity crusade organised by
different denominations in
conjunction with Deeper Christian Life Ministry in Bori , Rivers state.
The cultists
who gave their lives to Christ shortly after a sermon delivered by the General
Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Folorunso
Kumuyi blamed politicians for using them for their selfish goals after which
they were dumped to suffer hardship.
One of the
church leaders, who spoke to NAIJ after the crusade, said Pastor Kumuyi had
earlier met with religious leaders, traditional rulers, youths and community
leaders where he asked them to set aside their differences and harness their
weaknesses and strengths in order to enthrone peace so as to attract
development to the region.
At the
meeting which was held at the convocation arena of the Ken Saro Wiwa
Polytechnic, Bori, Pastor Kumuyi made it clear that peace and development could
only thrive, if the Ogoni people learn to forgive each other, forget their past
differences and determine to work together for a better and prosperous life for
their people.
He said
animosity and hatred could only breed communal clashes, violence and distrust
even as he sued for peaceful co-existence among the various clans that make up
the Ogoni land.
Pastor
Kumuyi assured them that with peace and unity in Ogoni land, God will turn the
hearts of government at all levels towards the oil rich community which will
lead to progress and prosperity.
He said that
when God must have finished doing His wonders in Ogoni, the people will look at
their past like a child’s play; saying that the best of their past will be the
least in all their endeavours.
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