Some members of the Victory Life Bible Church in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday smiled hom as the church’s lead pastor, Apostle Lawrence Achudume, doled out millions of Naira to offset their pressing needs.
The gesture to the beneficiaries, which was displayed during the Church’s Annual Special Thanksgiving Service,was in furtherance of Achudume’s determination to alleviate the suffering of people especially members,.
N11m was splashed on 30 members who had taken loans from microfinance banks and were finding it difficult to pay back.
Five students of Ogun State School of Nursing in Abeokuta got scholarships while a physically challenged woman received N200,000 and a wheelchair.
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A 50-year-old widow, who was in church for birthday thanksgiving with her family members, was presented a cheque of N1m for accommodation as she shared how she was sent packing by her husband’s family over her inability to bear a child.
While shedding light on the magnitude of his philanthropic act, Achudume explained that there was the need to give succour and a ray of hope to those who are in need of such.
The ‘Setman’ at the Victory Life Bible Church while harping on the importance of thanksgiving and gratitude, called on people to acknowlege God in all situations.
He frowned at the incessant rate of divorces and broken marriages but urged married couples to make Christ the pillar of their home for a lasting Union.
He observed that while believers are not left out in this disturbing trend, it behoves on couples to give their marriages their best shot and try to resolve whatever differences that may come up amicably.
The beneficiaries who were short of words, were full of thanks to Apostle Achudume submitting that indeed God was using him as an instrument to better the cause of humanity.