Christ Apostolic
Church Worldwide on Saturday November 24, 2018 held the grand finale of her
centenary anniversary. 'Gbenga Bankole who was there writes on five lessons
leaders and all members of the church should learn from the anniversary.
When the Authority of CAC Worldwide announced the intention
to hold the centenary anniversary of the church at the General Council Meeting
March this year, nobody knew the celebration would be as glorious and huge as
this.
The celebration started at the beautiful city of Port
Harcourt. From there it moved to Abuja, from Abuja to Lagos, then to Ibadan,
before it was held in London. Undoubtedly the memory of the grand finale which
was held last Saturday will continue to linger in the minds of many of us who
were there.
The following are the
lessons I learnt from the programme which was held at Babalola International
Miracle Camp, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State:
1. We can get it
right as a church, if...: Irrespective of the castigation and criticism of
some people who don't see anything good in our church, I believe we can get it.
With God on our side, adequate preparation and putting square pegs in square
holes, I am optimistic the future of the church looks brighter.
2. Honoring our late,
past and present heroes and heroines is a step in the right direction:
The stanza three and four of Nigerian National Anthem says:
"The labour of our heroes past, Shall never be in vain." Honouring
our late, past and present heroes and heroines will encourage many youths of
the church, particularly ministers to put in their best for Christ to be made
known again like in 1930. It was indeed a memorable experience for the families
and friends of some of our late icons who received awards. The trend must
continue at all levels of the church. Our Ministers and Elders should be
thinking of how to encourage those who are serving God wholeheartedly in our
mission.
3. We need to start
taking proper documentation of God's deeds in CAC: Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo said while delivering his
speech at the anniversary that "The second responsibility of the church is
that of accurately documenting the great works that God has done in these many
decades through his apostles in Nigeria. I am a Professor of the law of
evidence. My entire adult life I researched, published and argued about the
primacy and validity of empirical proof. It is only what you can prove by
logical evidence that is to be believed. But God opened my eyes to the evidence
of things that are not seen as a demonstration of His power and His
almightiness. This is why the testimonies of the great works of the men and
women of the CAC must be documented properly and shared."
From the Assembly, District, Zonal/DCC, Regional and
National levels, we must as matter of urgencies beginning to keep record of
wonderful deeds of God in our midst. This will help not only our generation,
but the unborn generations to truly believe we serve the living God in our
mission.
4.The new altar: If there is something that added glamour to the anniversary,
that must be the new altar. Although the altar is still under construction,
when completed, it will add more glamour to the auditorium. By the time the
altar is completed and other necessary works that needed to be done to the
auditoriums are done, we should be having close to 40,000-seater auditorium.
5.All eyes now on us:
With the visit of the Vice President, the eyes of not only the Federal
Government, but the world at large are on us. We must be well organized more
than before and put adequate measure in place that will attract the world to
Babalola International Memorial Camp.
Wonderful observation My Amiable Brother. May God continue to strengthen and sustain His Church
ReplyDeleteGreat and careful observations. May God help us to keep these legacies to the end
ReplyDeleteNice observation. God will strength the church more n more in Jesus name. Amen
ReplyDeletethat is great, may God bless his church ijn
ReplyDeletethat is great, may God bless his church ijn
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