The History Of Deeper Life Bible Church
Deeper Christian Life Ministry, also known as Deeper Life Bible Church, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination with its international headquarters, Deeper Life Bible Church Lagos, in Gbagada, Lagos.
It is overseen by the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi.
In 1973, while serving as a mathematics lecturer at the University of Lagos, W.F. Kumuyi started a Bible study group with 15 university students who had come to him requesting training in the Scriptures.
Deeper life Bible Church emerged from dogmatic orthodoxy, where believers have difficulty with the practicality of the scripture in their daily lifestyles.
Therefore, a deeper Life ministry concept was a break away from these orthodox traditions for an authentic and thoroughbred Christianity of believers, thirsty and seeking the truth of the scripture.
It was a revival spark for several believers suffering from spiritual lethargy, cultural and civilisation mix both in structure and spirituality.
The Church started as the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. W.F. Kumuyi was a former Anglican who joined the Apostolic Faith Church after being baptised.
In 1975, he was expelled from the Church for preaching without credentials. He continued his independent ministry, which in 1982 became the Deeper Life Bible Church.
By the early 1980s, that small group had grown to several thousand when Deeper Life Bible Church was formally established.
The Church has spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa and then to the United Kingdom, from where branches were developed in Western Europe, Russia, India, and North America.
Doctrine And Beliefs Of Deeper Life Bible Church
The beliefs and doctrines of the Deeper Life Bible Church emerged from the Church’s teaching, forming the cardinal background of the Church Bible Studies and disciplines.
The members of the Church are to live according to the beliefs and practices of the Church as they have their hopes of the rapture and second coming of Christ as their utmost life priority. The doctrines of the Church will be highlighted subsequently.
Deeper Life Bible Church has 22 Core Beliefs.
- The Holy Bible
- he Godhead
- Virgin birth of Jesus
- Total depravity
- Repentance
- Restitution
- Justification by faith
- Water Baptism
- Lord’s Supper
- Sanctification
- Holy Ghost Baptism
- Redemption
- Personal Evangelism
- Marriage
- Rapture
- Resurrection of the dead
- Great tribulation
- Second Coming of Christ
- Christ millennial reign
- Great White Throne Judgment
- New Heaven and the New Earth
- Hellfire
The beliefs and practices of the Deeper Life Bible Church are biblical, as 8 of the beliefs are taken from the Book of Revelation on the events of the last days as written by John the Apostle.
The Church, therefore, considers the gospel of salvation very critical in bringing people to the awareness of Jesus’ second coming.
About The Founder
Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi was born in 1941 in Erin Ijesa, formerly under Oyo State. Still, now Osun State, Nigeria’s western region, into an Anglican family that accepted the Bible as very important as the word of God.
Source: Facts Circle
They would rise early in the morning to sing hymns, read the Bible, and pray. His parents were regular worshippers, and they impacted this into the lives of their children.
However, W.F. Kumuyi only had personal experiential knowledge of Jesus Christ once he left home to attend an atheist-led high school.
His subsequent radical and spiritually deeper change was only influenced by Western Christians’ books, including Charles Spurgeon, Charles G. Finney, and many others.
While teaching mathematics at his alma mater, he was born again on Sunday, April 5, 1964, in The Apostolic Faith Church; after graduation from the University of Ibadan, he continued teaching in the school and fellowshipping with the Church.
Later at the University of Lagos, he became a Lecturer after his Postgraduate Diploma at the University of Lagos.
Pastor Kumuyi Christian lifestyle became a phenomenon, even among the Scripture Union (SU), where he was spiritually nourished.
In 1973, while serving as a Math Lecturer at The University of Lagos, W.F. Kumuyi started a Bible study group with 15 university students who had come to him requesting a true teaching of the Scriptures.
By early 1980, that small group had grown to several thousand, at which time Deeper Life Bible Church was formally established.
