Life & Living

Deeper Life promises to develop Gbagada community

February 27, 2018 12:03 am

The Deeper Christian Life Ministry has sealed a pact with communities in and around the Gbagada, Lagos, headquarters of the church towards the social, economic and infrastructure development of the community.

The pact, which will see the church improve access roads, will involve the collaboration of members of the community.

It was sealed at a townhall meeting between the leadership of the church and representatives of interest groups in and around the Gbagada area.

From Left: Pastor Bayo Oyeyemi,Lagos Moderator Deeper life Church; Pastor Phillip Oluwi;Pastor Samuel Afuwape,Church Secretary and Pastor Jerry Asemota,project director, At the town hall meeting of the Church in Lagos yesterday.

Speaking at the event, held at the Agape Hall, Gbagada, William Kumuyi, general superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, represented by Phillip Oluwi, a pastor at the church pledged the commitment to continue to attract development while also boosting socio-economic activity in the area.

Referring to the Deeper Life Church as a member of the community, Kumuyi said the growth and progress of the church must positively and directly reflect on the lives of the people and the socio-economic growth of the area.

He said the townhall meeting became necessary ahead of the opening of the new ultra-mordern headquarters building of the church.

Kumuyi expressed the preparedness of the church to always create opportunities for a two-way communication designed to sustain a regime of mutual understanding with the people.

“We are interested in building and development this community. Our growth as a church cannot be said to be complete if it does not positively rub off on the rest of the community,” he said.

From Left: Archbishop Dr Mathew Akerele,General Overseer/Founder of Jehovah Salvation Church;Pastor Phillip Oluwi;Pastor Samuel Afuwape,Church Secretary and Pastor Jerry Asemota,Project Director , At the town hall meeting of the Church in Lagos yesterday.

He said already, the church had installed traffic lights in a number of places around the community with a view to easing human and vehicular movement and is committed to partnering with the community and the Lagos state government to ensure that other development projects that will make life more meaningful are attracted to the community.

Deeper Life had constructed a bridge to link the community and its environs and ease traffic in the area.

The bridge will be commissioned by Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos, on Tuesday, February 27, 2018.

It is part of the church’s social investment projects designed to impact on its immediate environment.