The General Superintendent of the church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has revealed how he was converted to Christianity.
According to The PUNCH, the popular cleric stated that a former official of The Apostolic Faith, Pa Elijah Dosunmu, who led him to Christ.
Dosunmu is an 83-year-old man who runs a school in Lagos State.
Kumuyi described his interaction with the octogenarian last Sunday at a private observance of the church’s 50th anniversary with other leaders in Gbagada, Lagos State.
The respected holiness preacher described how Dosunmu invited him to The Apostolic Faith, with the condition that Dosunmu also join his church, the Cherubim and Seraphim, where he was a drummer.
After his guest visited the C&S church, Kumuyi claimed that he asked him to give his impressions on the service, to which the visitor simply responded, “active.”
“He didn’t say, ‘It was bad, calling the name of angels.’ He just said, ‘active’. He is a good man.
“So, I accepted to go with him to the gospel church. But it was too quiet. People just sat down, they sang and they stood up, there was no dancing, gymnastics, nothing!
“And so, when we came out, he also asked me, ‘How was it?’ I did not have the wisdom they had or anything. But I said, ‘It was too quiet, like somebody in a cemetery, no dancing. I miss the dancing in my church.’
“So, eventually, he invited me again and I kept on going and I began to see the light and on the 5th of April 1964, I went to the altar, surrendered my life to the Lord and became born again.
“And he kept on doing the follow up and teaching me gospel songs, with another friend. Both of them were responsible for making me switch over completely and eventually I became saved, sanctified and baptised in the Holy Ghost. He was a great encouragement to me; that’s why I said I should call him out and show his face to you that this is the man, the brother, the minister that God used for me,” he added.
