Nnewi agog as Rhema Church dedicates new Cathedral

“Thus, all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father, David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD”, (1 Kings 7:51; 2 Samuel 8:11). “Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.…”, (2 Chronicles 5:1). The above testimony was replicated recently in Nnewi, Anambra State, as Rhema Deliver­ance Ministry dedicated a gigantic temple to the glory of God, reports Correspondent, THEO RAYS.

The Industrial and commercial city of Nnewi, Anambra State, was agog on Sun­day, July 31, as the city’s branch of Rhema Deliver­ance Mission Church lo­cated at Akabukwu, along new Onitsha road, Nne­wi, dedicated its newly built cathedral estimated to gulp N200 million.

The founder of the church, Bishop Dr. Arthur Nwachukwu, who dedi­cated the church to the glo­ry of God, led a cream of clergy men and other per­sonalities to the occasion.

 

Among the dignitar­ies are former chairman of Anambra State chap­ter of Christian Asso­ciation of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop O.C. Dominic; former CAN chairman in the South East, Arch­bishop A.A. Nwodika; Bishop Nwizu Morah; the traditional ruler of Umunya, His Royal High­ness, Igwe Hyacinth Onyekwuruje and other church faithful from Nne­wi and other branches.

 

While dedicating the cathedral, Bishop Nwa­chukwu, who was accom­panied by his wife, Patri­cia, and his sons, Pastors Chidozie and Anene who are senior pastors of Abuja and Lagos branches of the Church, said that the ca­thedral was another mile stone which God has led the church to accomplish.

 

The Bishop said that the senior pastor of the Nnewi branch, pastor Ejike Nwachukwu, got the inspiration from God to come and spread the gospel at Nnewi, noting that the completion of the cathedral within a space of one year showed that what he was doing in the vineyard of the lord was yielding positive results; adding that the cathedral would forever be a place where people with good intentions would come for salvation, deliverance, healing, blessing, break­through and prosperity.

 

In his message, the chair­man of Christian Asso­ciation of Nigeria (CAN), South East, Archbishop (Prof.) David Ebelechuk­wu, called on President Muhammed Buhari, to sustain the secularity sta­tus of Nigeria because, ac­cording to him, no one particular religion in the country should claim su­periority over the other.

 

Reiterating that God is at work in Nigeria, Arch­bishop Ebelechukwu, who is the chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Anam­bra State chapter, called for mutual understanding among the two major reli­gious in the country, Chris­tianity and Islam, stressing that there should be no contemplation of Islam­izing Nigeria in any way.

 

Referring to the prevail­ing hardship among Ni­gerians, the Archbishop, who is the founder of the Overcomer Bible Church, requested Mr. President to commence immedi­ate implementation of the All Progressive Congress (APC), manifesto in or­der to reduce sufferings of Nigerians; adding that President Buhari should focus more on building the economy of the country.

 

In his own remarks, the Senior Pastor of Rhema Deliverance Ministry, Nne­wi, Pastor Ejike Nwachuk­wu, expressed gratitude to God for the completion of the cathedral within record time, which he attributed to the outstanding grace of God upon the church.

He said that with the dedication of the cathedral, the faithful would expect greater grace of God, tes­timonies, miracles, signs, wonders and demonstra­tion of power and author­ity of God; adding that it was not easy building the edifice as they faced spir­itual and physical chal­lenges from satanic agents during the construction.