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Some members of Victory Life Bible Church in Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday, smiled home after as the church’s lead pastor, Apostle Lawrence Achudume, doled out millions of Naira to offset their pressing needs.
The kind gesture to the beneficiaries, which was displayed during the Church’s Annual Special Thanksgiving Service, was in furtherance of Achudume’s determination to alleviate the suffering of people, especially members.
At yesterday’s event, the sum of N11million was splashed on 30 members who had taken loans from micro-finance banks and were finding it difficult to pay back.
In addition, five students of Ogun State School of Nursing in Abeokuta got scholarships, while a physically challenged woman received N200,000 and a wheelchair.
A 50 year-old widow, who was in church for her birthday thanksgiving with her family members, was presented with a cheque of N1million for accommodation as she shared the story of how she was sent packing from her matrimonial home by her husband’s family over her inability to bear a child.
While shedding light on the magnitude of his philanthropic act, Achudume explained that there was the need to give succour and a ray of hope to those in need of help.
While harping on the importance of thanksgiving and gratitude, he called on people to acknowledge God in all situations.
He frowned at the incessant rate of divorces and broken marriages, but urged married couples to make Christ the pillar of their home for a lasting union.
He observed that while believers are not left out in this disturbing trend, it behoves on couples to give their marriages their best shot and try to resolve whatever differences that may come up amicably.
The beneficiaries were full of thanks to Apostle Achudume submitting that indeed God was using him as an instrument to better the cause of humanity.
