The General Overseer of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has spoken publicly of the tragedy surrounding his first wife’s death, attributing her passing to his ministerial obligations that kept him from her side.
Abiodun Kumuyi passed away aged 57 on 11 April 2009 following a short illness, marking the end of their 28-year marriage which had begun on 13 September 1980. The union produced two sons, Jeremiah and John.
During an address at the Global Workers’ Conference held at Deeper Life International Conference Centre, the renowned holiness preacher gave a rare personal testimony. With evident sorrow, he recounted how the devil exploited his absence while he was ministering at a church retreat on the fateful day.
The 82-year-old cleric, who entered a second marriage in London on 13 October 2010, framed his continued evangelical work as both tribute and spiritual recompense, stating his determination to pursue righteous vengeance through ministry.
“I was preaching here on Saturday, 11th April 2009, and the devil worked on my absence. My wife was at home because she had a challenge. I was driving out, the devil came, but I did not remember to close the spiritual door that nobody will sneak into that place (his house) and when I finished the Faith Clinic that morning, I received a message that my beloveth wife was gone.
“I ran to IBTC (home); I saw it had happened and I met some people there; they were praying and the Lord assured me that I should let it go, let that go, don’t bother about it,” the cleric said.
Despite the tragedy, Kumuyi said he chose not to dwell in sorrow but to turn the pain into spiritual passion to intensify his global evangelical mission.
He described the next move of his ministry as a “revenge” against the devil.
The cleric noted that the death of his wife marked the end of a painful chapter in his life, adding that the devil stood no chance of repeating such a tragedy in his household or ministry again.
“I let it (his wife’s death) go, but from that day, I said ‘that one happened, this other one will no more happen.’
“Since that time, for me to revenge on the devil, I have gone to many places since she left, I have covered most of the local governments in Nigeria, I have gone to almost all the nations of Africa, I have gone to all the continents of the world, blind eyes have opened, deaf ears have opened, the lame had risen up and walk and now I am getting to another level, the dead has now been raised and so I have come to tell you, those that have gone have gone, water under the bridge that has gone is gone, all that has gone has gone, now in your family you will be in charge.
“Anywhere I go, now I will be in charge. Nothing will be allowed to steal anything away,” Kumuyi added.
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