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  • PFN dedicates Bishop’s court to marks 30th Anniversary

    To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), the much-anticipated dedication of the Bishop’s Court, a multi-purpose facility built to the glory of God by the PFN for the use of the Pentecostal Community in Nigeria, has been fixed for Thursday, February 25th, 2016 in Lagos.

    The PFN under the leadership of its President, Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, chose the day to officially open the doors of the multi-million Naira building for its use.

    This is after an extensive consultation with members of the National Advisory Council and the National Executive Council.

    The Fellowship, which had opted, in line with the mood of the nation, to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of its birth without pomp and ceremony, will be dedicating the facility, equally recognising the moment we live in.

    The National Executive Council of the PFN is immensely grateful to God for the vision he gave to the previous Executive that started the project, and all the members who generously pooled resources together and sacrificially contributed towards the completion of the project.

    Rev. Dr. Omobude, on assumption of office as the President of the PFN, had not only expressed his determination to ensure the completion of the project, but promised to dedicate the fund for the project exclusively for the realisation of the objective. The completion of the project, he says, is a testimony to the unalloyed co-operation his team has continued to receive from the leadership and membership of the Fellowship.
    The dedication ceremony scheduled to start at 11 a.m. is expected to be witnessed by all Leaders of the Pentecostal community in Nigeria, top government functionaries and Diplomatic community, will also feature a National Stakeholders Summit and Awards Ceremony, with select Nigerians who have contributed to the development of Christianity in Nigeria and the nation recognised.

    Due to the limited capacity of the venue, attendance at the event is, regretfully restricted to only Delegates who have received invitation.

  • PFN donates education materials to schools

    The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Mushin province, has donated education materials to some pupils in primary school in Mushin area of Lagos.

    Members of PFN had earlier visited the schools recently to look into the need of the pupils. They realised that the majority of them lack educational materials, school uniforms and shoes.

    While distributing the items to over 50 beneficiaries of the programme, the Chapter chairman of PFN Reverend Babatunde Rasaq, recalled that when the team went round the schools, they saw pupils without school sandals, others with torn uniforms and yet others  without writing materials.

    Rasaq said the association then decided to provide these materials and distributed same to all public schools in the area.

    He said: “We understand the fact that learning materials are important because they can significantly increase students’ achievement by supporting their learning as well as assisting teachers to efficiently perform their duties.

    “We also want a better life through education for our youths; that is why we support early childhood development and also assist to create a conducive environment for learning.”

    Rasaq added that group’s gesture was to contribute to education development in the country.

    The PFN chapter chairman urged the parents to always speak prophetic words to the life of their children adding that such works are important to the development of the life.

    In his short exhortation, Pastor Dapo Williams, charged parents to look after their children as they are the barometer to measuring their future.

    The teachers, students and parents expressed sincere appreciation for the donation and encouraged other well meaning religious associations to emulate the gesture.

    Some of the beneficiary schools were: LGA Primary School; Ajenifunja Primary School, Bereola Primary School; St. Paul African Primary School; and Christ Central Primary School, among others.

     

  • Church behind Buhari’s anti-corruption fight – Clerics

    Church leaders on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to relent in his bid to rid the country of corruption, saying they are fully behind him.

    They spoke at a media briefing on the forthcoming state-wide crusade organised by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry in association with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN).

    Chairman of Lagos PFN, Bishop Sola Ore, represented by the Financial Secretary, Pastor Leke Akinola, said no corrupt official, past or present, should be spared.

    He said prosecution of crooks and looters of public funds must not be selective.

    “We are in support of what is happening, but we want the fight to be all-embracing. There should be no sacred cows,” he said.

    Akinola said the church also supports the anti-corruption fight through “spiritual revolution” which involves helping people realise the futility of illicit wealth acquisition.

    Deeper Life’s Church Moderator, Pastor Joseph Fasanmi, who represented General Overseer Pastor William Kumuyi, said despite government’s best efforts, robbery, cultism, drug menace, prostitution and kidnapping, among other crimes still exist.

    “A fearsome swarm of iniquities is yet rife in the state. Ours is a state that has been held under siege for too long. If not for God’s abiding grace, our city, nay the state, could have gone under altogether.

    “While we salute the positive actions so far taken by our respected Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, we hasten to state that unless the required spiritual re-naissance and moral re-armament are put in place, enduring change in Lagos, or any other place for that matter, will remain a pipe dream,” he said.

     

  • Pray for Nigeria, Ugwuanyi urges PFN

    Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has urged the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to galvanise its membership into a strong prayer group to help place the nation on the path of probity and sustainable growth.

    The governor spoke when he received the leaders of PFN, led by its National President, Dr. Felix Omobude, at the Government House in Enugu.

    He pledged his administration’s support to the fellowship in its effort to ensure that the work of God continues to flourish.

    Ugwuanyi noted that the responsibilities placed on the shoulders of leaders, and the pressure to deliver is immense, assuring them that with help from God, support and prayers of the church, they would succeed.

    He urged the body to continue in its worthy path and to intensify efforts to ensure that she remained the notable force and voice in the socio-economic life of the society.

    Dr. Omobude informed the governor that he was on a nationwide tour of fellowships to identify tasks ahead in the church with a view to improving on them.

    He noted that the church is the umbrella organisation of all the Pentecostals, adding that it was the fastest growing church in Nigeria.

    The clergy observed that associated with this fast growth are management challenges. He added that he was in the state to synergise and strengthen up a common ground with the state government with a view to enhancing the church’s values for the future in the state.

    He commended Governor Ugwuanyi for his kind disposition to the PFN by appointing its members in his cabinet.

  • PFN: Govt must give conditions for talks with Boko Haram

    PFN: Govt must give conditions for talks with Boko Haram

    Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has said the Federal Government should only negotiate with Boko Haram  if its members were willing to surrender and embrace peace.

    Its National President, Rev Felix Omobude, spoke with reporters yesterday after a programme organised by PFN at  the Victory International Church, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    According to him, Boko Haram had burnt down  850 churches in the North.

    Rev. Omobude said: ”I think it is right for the Federal Government to dialogue with Boko Haram only if they are truly ready to embrace peace. We condemn continued spate of bombings in places of worship by Boko Haram. Nobody can be justified for killing innocent people in the church or mosques. We condemn it in all ramifications.  Boko Haram are enemies of Nigeria and we must all come together to treat them as such.”

    The cleric urged the government to provide necessary facilities for the security agencies to perform efficiently.

    “I appeal to Nigerians to exercise patience with President Muhammadu Buhari over the issue of Boko Haram. I know they want a quick intervention to resolve insurgency. I believe they are working and with the cooperation of all sundry, we will see a change,” he said

     

  • FG should dialogue with Boko Haram if … – PFN

    FG should dialogue with Boko Haram if … – PFN

    The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has backed ‎plans by the Federal Government to dialogue with Boko Haram sect, provided the insurgents are truly ready to surrender and embrace peace.

    The body urged the government during negotiation with the insurgents, to continue its military operations in the northeast.

    The National President of PFN, Rev Felix Omobhude, spoke to journalists shortly after a two-day programme organised by PFN at Victory International Church, Rehoboth Cathedral‎, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday.

    He said Boko Haram has burnt down about 850 churches in the northeast since the crisis started.

    The PFN president said:”I think it is right for federal government to dialogue with Boko Haram only if they are truly ready to embrace peace. We condemn the continue bombings in places of worship by Boko Haram. Nobody can be justified for killing innocent people in churches or mosques. We condemn it in all ramifications.  Boko Haram militants are enemies‎ of Nigeria and we must all come together to treat them as such.”

    Omobhude, who saluted the ‎courage of Nigerian military in combating the sect, also urged the federal government to provide necessary facilities for the agency to perform efficiently.

    “I appeal to Nigerians to exercise patience with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue of Boko Haram. I know they want a quick intervention to resolve insurgency. I believe they are working and with the cooperation of all sundry, we will see a change,” he said.

     

  • Polls will be peaceful, says PFN’s chair

    The chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Ikorodu Province Lagos, Rev. Fola Olusanya, has assured that the general elections will be violence-free.

    He urged Nigerians to seek the face of God instead of expressing unfounded fears over possible outbreak of violence before, during and after the polls.

    He spoke at a prayer conference in Ikorodu with the theme “When the righteous pray”.

    According to him: “Even when every other thing seems to have failed, God can still change things.

    “And If God cannot help us, then who will? And as such, we have come together to seek the face of God.”

    He urged Nigerians to remain positive and commit their fears over the polls to the hands of God.

    One of the organisers, Evangelist Segun Ehinmisan said prayers can change things in a nation how matter bad.

    He said: “I want Nigerians to know that the country will not disintegrate. Everything will work out fine and there will be peace because God’s eyes are on us and we should continue to pray for the progress of the country, especially Christians.”

  • Obadan to PFN: Don’t endorse Jonathan

    Former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rev. Peter Obadan, has warned leaders of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria against endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan at the PFN Biennial Conference which kicks off in Lagos on Wednesday.

    He said it would be unacceptable for the men of God to use the occasion to endorse President Jonathan when the body has one its own, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Obadan, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, urged the Christian body not to use religion to blackmail Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the APC presidential candidate.

    The former Deputy Governor noted that the issues about Islamizing Nigeria and unearthing Buhari’s past because of his disciplinary measures were arrant nonsense.

    He reminded the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejiafor and the President of the PFN, Pastor Felix Omobhude, that the late Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa, who is regarded as father of PFN supported a Muslim/Muslim ticket when the late Chief M.K.O Abiola and Amb. Baba Gana Kingibe ran for the Presidency.

    He said, “I will advise the leadership of PFN to encourage all Christians to vote their conscience. And if PFN must endorse, we must endorse our own Buhari/Osinbajo. For Pentecostal minister to make a declaration for Jonathan is a vote for corruption, vote for inefficiency of which I am sure God will also hold them accountable for the sufferings of Nigerians.”

    “Capitalistic ministers who have been blessed with wealth including private jets, who are thinking that they may be called upon to account for the source of their wealth if Buhari wins, need not to be afraid because they will also have access to the Presidency because the vice presidential candidate of the APC is a minister of God which we have never had as a nation.”

    “All the blackmail and whatever against Buhari are ungodly because Buhari took over the reins of this nation when drug barons were almost taking over the entire nation and there was so much corruption in the civilian administration then. Majority of Nigerians applauded the military intervention then if not, Nigeria would have collapsed.”

     

  • Our candidates in 2015, by PFN

    Our candidates in 2015, by PFN

    The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has told the United States (US) envoys the kind of candidates it wants.

    Responding to enquiries on what the PFN was looking for in the candidates it would support in the coming general elections, the Lagos State PFN Chairman, Bishop Sola Ore, said: “We believe anybody who wants to take up leadership position must be somebody with character, courage and capacity. We believe the church has people with these qualities; this is why we are appealing to our members to participate in the elections.”

    He spoke when a team from the Department of States of the United States met the PFN executives at the weekend in Lagos to find out the role of the church in the coming elections.

    Mr. Nichola Austin of the US Consul-General in Lagos led Dr. Patrick Quick and Caitlin Conaty of the US Department of States to the meeting.

    The PFN chairman said the body would mobilise churches.

  • Osun election: We didn’t collect money from anybody-PFN

    The Osun State chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), did not collect money from anybody before, during and after the just-concluded gubernatorial election, its chairman, Rev. Olasunmbo Ige, has declared.

    He made the declaration at a meeting of all the chapters of the body in the South West in Osogbo last week.

    Ige, who delivered a sermon at the meeting urging members of the body to return to the message of the second coming of Christ said: “We thank God that the election has come and gone.

    “We want to categorically state that we did not collect money from the Osun State government because we don’t joke with our integrity.

    “We are committed to the message of the cross and we will not allow anybody to drag our name in the mud.”

    About 50 delegates from the region attended the meeting, which considered how the body can be more relevant to nation-building.

    The National Vice Chairman South West PFN, Bishop Reuben Oke, enjoined members to work towards the progress of the country and the church.

    Oke noted that the PFN cannot make any impact if there is disunity among members, noting that the success of the church lies in unity.

    “Our strength lies in the unity of purpose and cooperation among ourselves. We cannot overemphasise the unity of the body,” he reiterated.

    Oke added: “We are in a strategic period in the history of our country. This is the time for us to close rank and come together with a heart of oneness.

    “This is the time for us to build our nation and work towards the progress of the church and Nigerians in general.”

    The Chairman of the Lagos Chapter, Bishop Sola Ore, urged the leadership of the body to begin to focus on grassroots pastors whom he noted have been very active in the PFN.

    “There is a need to begin to look at how the PFN can be blessings to churches that are small and growing so that they will be encouraged to continue to participate in the activities of the body.

    “Many members of the PFN want to know how the PFN will be a blessing to them. That is what we should be working on in the years to come,” he counselled.