3 Old Churches in Nigeria that took evangelism to the highest level in the 90s

Evangelism entails the propagation of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The main purpose of evangelism is to bring to the notice of the unbelievers the life, death, burial, resurrection and the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the essence of life, after death. The Bible says

“righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” proverbs 14:34

Evangelism brings to the notice of rhe unsaved the things that he thought are right but that is wrong before the Lord. As a result of evangelism in Nigeria, a lot of lives have been turned around from their evil ways to the ways of the Lord. If we might trace it back to the 30s, during the time of Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola, a lot of exploits, recovery, miracles and perfect transformations from demonic influenced life, to the embrace of the Lord Jesus Christ were realized severally in the lives of the new converts then. Now to the present time, what is the position of evangelism, even in Nigeria? How many churches nowadays still take evangelism as the most important aspect of spirituality and divine calling?

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Evangelism and the act of propagating the good news to the lost is a supposed activity that should be the prevalent part of the churches. It is suppose to be given the utmost attention, being the major reason why the Lord came in the first place, to save the souls of the people. To die for their sins.

However, there are still some churches in the country that has not relent on their efforts towards the indepth propagation of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Below are some of the churches;

1. Jehova Witnesses:

(A Jehova Witness member, out on evangelism with the popular Awake and Watchtower bulletins)

If there is another name to call this church, it is supposed to be Evangelism. Up to the least or most tiny of the children in the fold, they are given to intense and untiring Evangelism. The Jehova Witnesses are known for the round the town Evangelism, which involves going from house to houses, knocking on doors and preaching the gospel to whoever opens unto them and invite them in, or the same, stand with them outside the houses. They go about with bags in which their evangelism literature tracts and bulletins are carried. They are gentle in their approach to the ministrations.

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2. Deeper Life Bible Church:

Another name on the list is the Deeper Life Bible Church. Deeper Life was very popular in Evangelism in the 90s and early 2000s as noted. They were always out there, during after church services to distribute tracts, and preach the gospel to the populace. A lot of souls were saved and added to the folds as a result of the upsurge of the move of the holy spirit in evangelism activities of then.

3. The Apostolic Faith:

Another church reputed with holiness within and without is the Apostolic Faith church. The church is an international church with branches here in Nigeria. They were also renowned for intense evangelism and town visitation and outreach activities. Their bulletin, Higher Way was very popular, which they did distribute free to converts and those they’ve successfully witnessed to.

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These 3 Churches were very prominent in the area of evangelism in the 90s to the early 2000s. Their various impacts in evangelism has gone a long way to obviously changed the body of Christ in ways that cannot be rubbished. A lot of prayers is needed for the body of Christ to really be imparted greatly in that the fire of evangelism and the practical witnessing of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ would continue endlessly until the last day.

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