Why The Church Is Called Deeper Life PLUS The Real Meaning Of My Name & Why I Changed It – Pastor W.F
Kumuyi


The founder and the General Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Dr W.F Kumuyi in an interview with Elife talks about his
Christian Faith, why his church was named Deeper Life and the real meaning of his name.
Pastor Kumuyi narrated why he changed his original name Ikumuyiwa meaning “death brought this” to Kumuyi.

Excerpts:

African names have meanings. What does Kumuyi mean?

The full name is Ikumuyiwa, which means ‘death brought this”. After I became a Christian, I realised it was the death of Christ that
has brought us salvation, and also the redemption and reconciliation we have with God. So, for me, the name, Ikumuyiwa, is very
significant – death has brought something good. The death of Christ has brought us the grace and goodness of God, and the
relationship we have now with the Lord.

How many siblings do you have?

I have two siblings – a sister who is three years younger than I am, and a brother who is far much younge, 18 or 19 years younger
than I am. Both of them are in Nigeria . My sister lives in Ondo State . A born-again Christian, she attends Deeper Life. My brother
lives in Osun State, and he is also in the Church. Both of them are following the Lord.

You left the Anglican Church for the Apostolic Church. What made you switch?

I was teaching in Mayflower School, my alma mater. I completed my secondary school education in 1961, and started teaching
mathematics at Mayflower in 1962. It was there that I was introduced to the Apostolic Faith, not Apostolic Church, and really heard
about the change that Christ could make to our lives when we turned from our sins and believed in him and how he died for us on
the cross of Calvary. It was there that I had the salvation experience and things really turned up for me.

You became a born-again Christian at the age of 23, on 5th April 1964. Do you still remember what happened?

Yes, a preacher was preaching a simple message, and because I had become almost like a moralist in the sense that I protected my
name and personality, when that preacher preached, I saw that it was not just our actions that made us unacceptable to God, even
our wrong thoughts and wrong plans or planning our lives as if God didn’t exist, also made us unacceptable. I then realised that I
needed God. And when the preacher made an altar call, he pointedly said if “anybody needed Christ to fill the void in their lives, such
people should come forward”, I felt drawn to what he was saying. I went forward, knelt down and prayed.
In fact, it was such an important day for me that I still remember it to this day, even where I knelt, how it all happened, and the
peace and joy that came to my heart, that now I was reconciled with God through Jesus Christ. It was very definite.

Was it in Lagos ?

No, it was in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State , about one-and-a half hours drive from Lagos.

Why did you call it Deeper Life?

Actually it came from the people. When they received the articles, they came to the Bible studies and said: “We’ve been Christians
before, but this one is deeper than what we used to know.” So they used the name Deeper Life. We also knew that we were leading
them to deeper relations with God; that is how those articles became Deeper Christian Life Articles. Then as we continued with the
Bible studies, the group became known as the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. And when it became a Church in 1983, we called it the
Deeper Life Bible Church.

Are you saying the name, Deeper Life, didn’t come from you?

Well, yes and no. We called the articles we sent out “Deeper Life Articles”. The people themselves were saying those articles were
deepening their Christian lives. So the name came from both sides.

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Thank God for this ministry.

One of the few G.O I respect and admire. Very different from the horde.

God bless you brother Kumuyi.

People follow your only leader who is Jesus.

Holiness is not in outward dressing or conformance , it is about inner purity from a heart of love.

God2man: Thank God for this ministry.

Candour: One of the few G.O I respect and admire. Very different from the horde.

God bless you brother Kumuyi.

Kumuyi Is a gift to our generation

@Frosbel, yes Jesus Christ is the leader of all who believe in HIM, but we also have earthly leaders who God Himself made so.

My pastor Kumuyi, God will bless you for life and Heaven alone is what I ask God to reward you with, you taught me Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.

God bless Deeper Christian Life Ministry. God bleSs His Church as a whole, God bless me for being part of the Church God bless you for being a member of the Church of Christ.

May we all be found worthy when He shall come. Remain rapturable.

Nice one

I admire him because he's SCANDAL FREE

my most respected man of God

Do they still stick to their doctrine of not watching television in this 21th century

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my most respected pastor, He always preach d truth. though i m a muslim.

God bless u xir

Very simple and straightforward man.
A good role model.

If no b say dis topic dey fp,wetin concern me with deeper life.buh since e dey fp,e better make i comment my reserve

Watch your tongue...they might just kill you immidiately...pastor kumuyi is the one and only man of God that i will always know...may God bless him and forgive you...i love you pastor..please continue praying for me...

God2man: Thank God for this ministry.

God bless Daddy W.F Kumuyi!!!

May God continueto strenghten u daddy......many days to live to u