When Archbishop Margaret Idahosa, The Light Bearer Visits Lagos Central Bishopric (PHOTOS)

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28^TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the  demise of the Founder of Church Of God Mission International, Archbishop Benson Idahosa many years ago his memory linger on among his numerous devotees all over the world.

This is because the  Church was  founded with a humble beginning in 1962  by Benson Idahosa who was divinely  born by the urge of the Holy Spirit   with specific instructions of the Lord saying,  “Raise up an army for me, to go with the gospel to all Nations. Gather together those whom I have called and I will send them with the fire of my spirit. Give my word and your example to many who will go to teach, preach and heal”

No wonder after the demise of Idahosa  the  spiritual anointing blessed by the spirit of  Jesus Christ  has been sustained and developed by his wife Archbishop Margaret  Idahosa who  took over the mantle of leadership of the Church. The Church no doubt had  grown  its branches in all nooks and crannies with  large increase of worshippers.

Thus, in attempt to encourage the   continuous spread, growth and blessing of Lord as passed on to her by her late husband,  Benson Idahosa  by the Holy Spirit, Archbishop  Margaret Idahosa decided to pay an Apostolic Visit to Lagos Central Bishopric located at NNPC road, Ejigbo, Lagos state. Her objective is to bless them so that they can work along the spirit of God.

Her visit no doubt gave the large congregation at the  Lagos Central Bishopric of Church Of God Mission International the opportunity to see  and receive the blessing from the woman of God who is responsible for the expansion of the Church after her husband’s demise.

The Church hall was full to the brim with worshippers who could not get space in the hall hanging out by the windows.  They all just want to have a glimpse of her and if possible touch her garment for holy blessing. The worshippers mostly women dressed   in uniform wrappers and men in suits lined the NNPC road leading to the Church singing praises in great expectation of the Archbishop.

The announcement of her arrivals gingered every one. The choir backed by good instrumentalist raised the tone of the gospels music, while those lining the street  continuously echo in one voice,  ‘Mama Ekabo’ in Yoruba language which means ‘Mother welcome’ in English interpretation. Security and traffic control was at its best to avoid any kind of break down of law and order and traffic congestion respectively.

On her arrival, she went straight to the to the new school, Word of Faith Group of Schools  established by the Church and declared it opened with prayers.

While in the Church, Margaret Idahosa fondly called Mama who is not woman of many words  thanked everyone for making her visit possible to the Bishophoric.

Joking she said, “ It is what you have that you give pride to. You made me to be proud of  of all of you.”

She  poured encomium on the Bishop  of  Lagos of Church Of God International Bishop Matthew Eguowa on  his effort to bring the Church to greater height saying, “I am proud of the Bishop because of the development he had brought to the Church in Lagos. We in Benin-City speak so much about his achievements.”

She equally poured encomium on members of the choir and congregation, thanking them for staying by the Church.

“God will compress and role over  your businesses. God will role time and compress time for businesses.  What take others ten years will not take you time. God is going to role time for you so that it will not take you ten years and you will give testimonies,” she prayed as the congregation responded with a loudest Amen.

In her sermon, the cleric stressed that Christians as light in the world of darkness ought to replicate all the good works that Christ did while He was on earth and win souls into God’s Kingdom, adding that it will be disheartening for any believer not to fulfill his or her God’s ordained purpose while on earth

Addressing newsmen in a special session, Archbishop Margaret Idahosa who disclosed that  this is her first apostolic visit to the Church said she  came to bless members of the Church for working along with the headquarters.

Bearing her mind on the importance of education, she said, “Education is life.  Education is progress.  Education  is mind development and education is civilization. Any country that looks down on civilization should be ready for extinction. Thanks be to God that things are changing now.  I believe there will be more changes in future years.  It is relevant.”

Praying for peace and progress of Nigeria, the woman of God also urged Nigerians not to relent in praying for the good of the country especially for the  leaders in authority.

In her words: “It shall be well with Nigeria. I believe by the special grace of God, we are winning the war against all forms of insecurity and other challenges we are passing through as a country.  They  will soon be a thing of the past. I believe in progress and Nigeria must progress and we hope and believe that things will change for better in our country.

“I believe in the team that is winning and I believe we are winning in the name of Jesus. What is wrong today can be rewritten tomorrow. I know that to be in a position of power in Nigeria is not easy, but I believe in God and I believe in whoever is there. That does not necessarily mean that I am in politics. I am not APC, PDP etc.  I just believe in progress.  This country must progress. I believe that God has spoken that 2025 this country will be a thing of joy and men will aspire to come here.”

Responding to question on growth of Churches in Nigeria, she stated, “First of all, I want to let you know, where there is original, there is always fake. Those that know the truth will definitely speak the truth and  those that want immediate results must find another way. The thing is that religion is free for everyone, you are allowed to play your own and I am allowed to play mine,  but I am telling you that as for Church of God Mission, we believe in God and our motto says to build men and women into leadership with a global passion deeply rooted in Christ and Christ is the truth. We believe the truth.”

Also speaking, the Bishop of Lagos, Church of God Mission Int’l, Bishop Matthew Eguowa, said the church is much elated in having the archbishop in Lagos, he however charged the members to be agents of change in their various communities.

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