Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly, who used to be a member of Deeper Life , in a recent interview tells us why he left to start his own church:

In a chat with TheNewsNigeria, Bakare, who was a member of the Deeper Life church between 1978 and 1983, opens up on the reason he left the church;

“One day, while I was ministering and a brother was interpreting, I was giving example of the “faith cometh by hearing and hearing the word of God” and I said, ‘Supposing you go to a supermarket to buy soap, you might not know what soap to buy but because you watched the advertisement of Joy soap on television, then you would look for Joy soap because you have been hearing about it.’ And my interpreter said: “If you have been watching the devil’s box…”

I told him I didn’t say devil’s box but television, and he repeated, saying the devil’s box and Brother Kumuyi was behind us. I said I didn’t say devil’s box and that the normal interpretation was amu ohun mu aworan, (the box that captures both the voice and the visuals). Anyway, he still said what he said.

The following Sunday, Brother Kumuyi came up with what he called “Sunday Exaltation”; he said that even if you repair television, you are a child of the devil. Then I took my Bible and left. I went home and said I would serve my God, but was not interested any more in church.


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