The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has explained that his ministry embraced the use of television, radio, social media and other technological inventions for the propagation of the Gospel.
The octogenarian preacher lamented that âwicked peopleâ are using the provisions of technology to advance their agenda, hence, the church cannot continue âsleepingâ but must âwake upâ and use the same technology for Gospelâs sake.
The 80-year-old church leader spoke in a video uploaded on Sunday via Facebook by the Ekiti State chapter of the church.
In the five-minute and 16-second video, Kumuyi regrated that the church was a latecomer in taking advantage of technological tools.
âWhy are you the latecomer, why are you the one to be the last to use all these things that the people are using to make the world worse, we are going to rise up.
âAnything at the disposal of the people that are doing evil, we are going to take it away from them and use it for the propagation of the gospel. Let your NO be changed to YES,â he declared.
Earlier, Kumuyi, whose church members were known to detest television, and other gadgets, said, âPeople are getting new methods and they are doing evil. These are the last days and evil is growing worse because people go beyond using their natural strengths, natural technology, they use telephones, they use the media, they use all these connections, the Zoom and all these things to expand the evil they are doing.
âIf those messengers of Satan are using the present-day technology and they are expanding, how about you? You will use those things available; they are not only available for messengers who do evil, they are available for the people that are doing good. You will use them.
âThe church has been asleep. When radio began some years ago, people didnât understand how voices would be coming out of a radio, and so the church at that time said, âNo, we cannot use radio, there is something there that is magical, that is demonic, voice coming out from just a gadget?â The church said no. Then, the people of the world began to use the radio. Then the church woke up.
âWhen television came, somebody somewhere performing drama, they see him on the screen and then the church said, âThis is evil, these are the last days, look at them, bringing pictures on the screen and whatever they are doing somewhereâ. And the church said, âNo, we are not going to use thatâ but later they woke up and they are now using the television.
âBut now the church is waking up and we are seeing that that thing (technology) is to spread the gospel, for the word of God gets everywhere. We will be wiser than the people of the world. The Lord will wake us up.â
Kumuyi, who had been criticised last September for using a private jet and limousine to a crusade in Abuja, said, âSome people, when the aeroplane came, some people said, âWe are not doing to use aeroplaneâ and they were riding on horses. The bicycle came and they said. âGod has given us legs and if He has given us legs, why are we going to use bicycles?â
âMotorcycles came, car came and when the aeroplane came, they said, âGod has given us the land; He has not given us the space and so all those people who are using aeroplane are worldly, are going to go to hellâ. I am telling you what they said in those days but now, all those people, aeroplane has silenced them and now they can go anywhere.â
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