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Shocking statistics that will make you wonder if God has suddenly become a Nigerian?

    Prophet William Branham               Evang. Oral Robert     Bishop Benson Idahosa & Pastor E.A. Adeboye    Pastor W.F. Kumuyi             

Watch out for the country called Nigeria, she will teach America Christianity!

These were the words of Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke during one of his numerous crusades in the country Nigeria. And it is already happening!

Some call it the American pollution, to others, it is God’s finger come down amidst Nigeria. Some others say it is the transfer and the continuity of the American healing revival to our continent and nation in particular, but one thing that is clear is that the revival fire is burning through the Church of Jesus in Nigeria and the world is feeling it’s impact!

Years back, in a vision, God revealed his agenda concerning the nation Nigeria to a white missionary to Ilesha, the late Pa S.G. Elton, mentor and spiritual father to men like the late Arch bishop Benson Idahosa, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, Brother Gbile Akani and the likes. Pa Elton said that he saw a great revival engulfing the whole Nigeria, starting from the southern part of the nation to all other parts. This revival is what we are experiencing today and the result is that a country once recognized for idolatry practices and witchcraft is now a country fully awakened to the consciousness of the Christian God! Nigeria that was once an unreached country in the continent of Africa today boasts as one of the world’s most evangelized country.

It is possible that some would be in the mist of revival and not recognize it; In the year 1947 when revival broke out in America, it was not quickly recognized as a revival. The world scorned and mocked, the church itself fought against it, but just as all true God-originated revivals of the past prevailed, the American healing revival prevailed. Only posterity many a-times qualifies the greatness of a particular move of God.

The healing and charismatic revival hit the nation of Nigeria some years back and ever since has refused to loosen his vice-like grip on the society at large. The fire that erupted with the coming of the neo-protestant movement popularly known as Pentecostalism did not only gain ground within the establishment but has blazed a trail into the fibers of the Protestant churches, evangelicals, Roman catholic and even the African indigenous churches. Misunderstood at first, resisted and fought against, the fire of this revival opt into every facet of the church in Nigeria and threatens to engulf the very system of believe prevalent aforetime. The force of this eruption leaves one wondering as someone said whether God has suddenly become a Nigerian!

The breath taking wonders of God in Nigeria and through Nigerians around the world is a pivoting fact pointing to the truth that God has come down in the midst of Nigeria like He did in Israel in the time of Moses. Nigeria may be in the midst of a move of God’s Spirit. The question that has been asked is ‘Has God shifted his operational headquarters to Nigeria? Listen to these findings bellow:

Breath Taking Wonders of God in and through Nigeria:

1. The world’s largest prayer meeting holds in Nigeria during the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s annual Holy Ghost Congress that attracts about four to five million people.
2. Africa’s most popular and most traveled preacher and evangelist was a Nigerian. The late Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa. He was said to have gone around the world over 43 times, preached in over 140 nations of the world. Benson Idahosa was one of the world’s greatest Evangelists since the Apostles.
3. Nigeria is also the home of the world’s largest prayer meeting - the first Friday of the month night vigil of The Redeemed Christian Church Of God at the Redemption camp. It usually attracts between 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 people every month.
4. The world’s largest indoor church auditorium is in Otta, Nigeria. The 60,000 seater ultra modern chapel of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners Chapel Otta, Ogun State. It is pastored by Bishop David Oyedepo, its founder.
5. The world largest auditorium is also in Nigeria. The twelve million seat capacity outdoor auditorium at the Redemption camp. It is a 3km by 3km auditorium built in 2015.
6. Nigeria has more than 25 million active evangelical and Pentecostal Christians, one of the largest in the world.
7. The NIFES (Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students) is the world’s largest student fellowship body in the world.
8. The largest Christian gathering known is the Lekki 98 Holy Ghost prayer meeting at Lekki beach Lagos, with an estimated crowd of 7.5 million people. It was organized by Pastor E.A. Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
9. The largest church in London was founded by a Nigerian, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo of the Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC).
10. The largest church in the old USSR now Common Wealth of Independent States (CIS) was founded and is pastored by a Nigerian- Pastor Sunday Adelaja. The church now has over 25,000 members and is located in Kiev, capital of Ukraine.
11. The Nigerian Baptist convention today stands the biggest convention in the whole of Africa, Europe and Asia put together.
12. The fastest growing churches all over the world are founded by Africans, specifically Nigerians according to statistics.
13. Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church world wide (a Nigerian) by Forbes standard today stands the richest Pastor in the world.
14. Nigeria receives more white people who troop into the country for spiritual experience and miracles like no other nation on Earth.

The 3km X 3km auditorium (12 Million capacity) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Nigeria

With the statistics above and what we are witnessing in the Nigeria Church today it is not far-fetched to say that God has literally moved his Earth headquarters to the nation of Nigeria.