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REPORT ON THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GODMAINLAND EUROPE 4th BI-ENNIAL EUROPEAN CONVENTION MADRID 2009.
THEME: THE KING OF GLORY DATE: 8th to 11th April 2009 DAY 1: Wednesday 8th April, 2009 Afternoon - Graduation Service The program started with the registration of all participants at about 12:00 Noon. The service started at 2:00 pm with an opening prayer. This was followed by Praise & Worship led by the RCCG Spain Mass Choir. The congregational hymn “ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS NAME” was led by Pastor Kunle Ajayi. He also played the keyboard. 1. Graduation of the Bible College Students The first event was the graduation of the Bible College Students. The Principal of Christ Redeemer Bible College (CRBC) London, Pastor Daniel Akhazemea, presented the students to the President of the school Pastor E.A Adeboye the General Overseer (GO) of RCCG. In total 22 students graduated with a diploma in Christian Ministry and 7 graduated with Certificate in Children Ministry. The wife of the General Overseer Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye presented the graduation scrolls to the students. The jubilant graduates sang, with zest, the school anthem and the General Overseer then prayed for them. 2. Graduation of the School of Disciples The graduation of the School of Disciples (SOD) was the next event. The program was led by the Coordinator of SOD Mainland Europe Pastor Paul Awede and the National Coordinator for Spain, Pastor Abraham Rogers. A total of 153 Students of which 57 were from Netherlands and 96 from Spain, graduated. Mummy-in-Israel, Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye presented the scrolls to the graduates. In a brief talk, the General Overseer enjoined the graduates to go out and be disciples of the land bringing others into the Kingdom. He then prayed for God to put His emblem on them and that they would serve the Lord forever. 3. Ordination of Deacons, Deaconesses, Assistant Pastors and Full Pastors The climax of the afternoon events was the ordination service. The Regional Coordinator Pastor Dele Olowu presented the ordinants to the General Overseer - 180 Deacons/ Deaconess; 40 Assistant Pastors and 11 full Pastors. The G.O stated that ordination into the office of Deacon and Deaconess is done by the laying of hands only, proclamation and prayers. The G.O & Mummy in Israel conducted this ordination. The ordination of Assistant Pastors was done by anointing with oil, the laying on of hands, proclamation and prayers while that of the full pastor was done by anointing with oil, the laying on of hands proclamation and prayer by the General Overseer and the congregation. They were then congratulated by the senior pastors present. The G.O gave a brief message. Text: Isa. 40: 28 -31. Topic: SERVING THE KING OF GLORY. Highlights of the Message We must learn how to:
Having done our part, God would do His i.e.
Serving the King of Glory comes with a reward. Finally, we are to serve God acceptably and never annoy Him.The message was rounded-up with an altar call for those who wanted to give their lives to Jesus Christ. Attendance: 757 DAY 1: Evening - Welcome / Workers’ Meeting. The evening session opened with Praise & Worship led by the RCCG Valencia Spanish choir. The Regional Coordinator Pastor Dele Olowu led the brief prayer session and officially welcomed all participants in attendance. In his speech, he said that the problems Europe is facing today are of a spiritual nature. The world renowned praise and worship leader Dr. Ron Kenoly led the congregation through a praise and worship session. The main talk of the night was taken by the G.O Pastor E.A. Adeboye. Topic: WORKING FOR THE KING OF GLORY. Text: Prov. 22: 29 Highlights of the Message
Working for the King of Glory Requires the following:
The Session closed at about 10: 30pm. Attendance: 1,374; Souls Saved: 13 DAY 2: Thursday 9TH April 2009 Morning Session and Afternoon Session The Morning Session opened a with praise and worship session led by the RCCG mass Choir. Pastor Ibrahim Abarshi was the moderator for this morning session. Since the session was devoted to seminars three on the Kingdom, the congregation was divided into three groups. Each of the lectures lasted for 2 hours including a question and answer session per group. The seminar topics were as follows”
The Afternoon session was a special session for the youth. The youth choir rendered a special song. There was a variety of presentations including a chorographic display by the youth of Andalucía Spain; a kingdom dance by the Spanish brethren; and a Christian Hip Hop rap was given by a Spanish teenager and a rap by a girl of about 10 years from the children department. Attendance: 1,023 DAY 2: Evening Session The RCCG mass choir kicked off the session with praise & worship, this was followed by a special Praise session led by Tony Selma, a Spanish praise Worshiper from Valencia. Dr. Ron Kenoly, opened the next praise and worship session with a special number in Yoruba language “I just want to say Baba O ese ”. He sang some of his well known songs like Ancient of days, and a song in Spanish called Solo para ti (meaning, Only for you). Mummy G.O led the congregation to sing the Hymn ‘Great is your Faithfulness’. She shared from Col 1: 27 - Christ in us is the hope of glory and officially welcomed everyone especially to the convention. Pastor Kunle Ajayi ushered in the G.O’s message with a worship service. Topic: THE KING OF GLORY & HIS FIRE Text: Acts 2:1-4 Highlights of the Message Daddy GO started his message by noting that there is fire that is not visible to eyes i.e. the fire of the Holy Spirit. He said when the fire of God falls several things happen:
In conclusion the G.O made an altar call and multitude came to give their lives to Jesus. The entire congregation was led in a prayer session. A special event of the night involved the spreading of a white cloth around the altar on the instruction of God to our father in the Lord. Members of the congregation were asked to line up and touch the cloth with the assurance that God would meet with everyone especially. Daddy gave testimonies of what happened when such an event took place back home in Nigeria. Daddy said he actually took permission from God to do the same thing in Europe. The session ended with an offering and announcement of the program for the following day. Attendance: 2,182 Souls Saved: 430 DAY 3: Friday 10th April 2009 Morning Session The Morning session started with Praise and Worship session, led by the RCCG mass choir. Subsequence programs proceeded to the main agenda of the day which was Natural groups’ seminar. The congregation was divided in line with their natural groups: the men, women, and the youth another special group was given to the Spanish speaking brethren. The topics as follows: Men- The Wisdom of the King by Pastor James Fadele, Chairman, RCCG North AmericaWomen - The Kingdom Woman by Mummy G.O (This group met at Strong Tower Parish) Youth- Sex in the Kingdom was led for the English speaking by Pastor (Mrs.) Adeola Mensah, Provincial Pastor from Nigeria while the Spanish group was led by Pastor Suarez. Each session was allotted a time for lecture and questions. After the session all the groups came together and took an offering led by Pastor Folajimi Taiwo. A second major event of this morning session was a general lecture by Dr Ron Kenoly on Kingdom Music. Highlights of the Message on Kingdom Music Music is an expression of what is going on in our heart. Praise is exalting, glorifying, and celebrating God with recitals, rehearsing, and demonstrating the acts, works, deeds, promises, character and the attribute of God. Your value of God is determined by how you praise Him. Praise can be vertical & horizontal. Worship means honouring, respect, reverencing God but worship is only vertical. Relationship is the first priority with God. Worship is intimacy with God. Saying FATHER before praying is a form of worship. Attendance: 1,023 DAY 3 Friday 10th April 2009 Evening Session This session started with praise & worship led by RCCG mass choir. There was a special presentation by the RCCG Spain on the crucifixion & resurrection of Jesus Christ. The choir also made a presentation of Jesus as the reigning king with the children dropping their crown before The King of Glory. Dr Ron Kenoly also led a special session of praise & worship with songs like ‘Majesty’ to render praises to the King of Glory. A special welcome to Spain greetings was given by Pastor Abraham Rogers. He shared on how the church started in Spain and the challenges that the Lord helped them to overcome. He then introduced the speaker for the first main talk Pastor Miguel Diez who spoke on The King of Glory. He also led a prayer session for the land of Spain. There was then a session of prayers. The first session was led by Pastor Michael Omolewa the National Coordinator of France and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational and Scientific Cultural Organization. He led the prayer for RCCG Europe mission. The first offering was taken by Pastor Innocent Utulu, a Provincial Pastor of RCCG from Nigeria. The third prayer session was taken by Mummy G.O and her text was from Jer. 33:1. It was a prayer for families and youth in Europe. Mummy GO, specifically led the congregation to pray against the issue of abortion in Europe. A special prayer was given for the legislature for a change of policy against abortion. The Regional Coordinator gave special greetings on behalf of RCCG Mainland Europe. He gave a brief synopsis on the work in Europe thus far and called attention to the peculiar nature of the challenges confronting RCCG Mainland. As usual, Pastor Kunle Ajayi then ushered in Daddy G.O for the main talk of the night. Topic: THE KING OF GLORY Text: Ps 24: 7-10. Highlights of the Message God has many names and has a way of proving His many Names. What happens when the King of Glory comes in?
The King of Glory is available to nations, 1 Kings 7 v 1-2 as well as to individuals as in 2 Samuel 6 v11. How do I bring in the king of Glory? - Ps 20: 3 by Praise and Worship. Several words of wisdom came from our Lord through our Father in the Lord on various issues, the climax of the night event was a special anointing for all the congregation after which Daddy led the congregation to pray. A special Thanksgiving offering was taken by Pastor Agu Irukwu Chairman, RCCG Executive in the United Kingdom. The session closed with a closing prayer led by Pastor James Fadele. Attendance: 3,996 DAY 4: Saturday 11th April 2009 There was a short service in one of the RCCG parishes, Strong Tower - Fuenlabrada, Madrid. The G.O who had prepared his message, heard God asking him to leave his message out and just lay hands on everybody present. The hand of the Lord is on Europe and He will cause Europe to outrun and overtake. Pastor Tunde Oke helped to take the offering. A vote of thanks was taken by Pastor Dozie Okonkwo from the Netherlands and closing prayer by Pastor Roger Abrams. Attendance: 254 In conclusion: The Spain Euro-Convention was the best of the European Conventions held thus far. It was glorious in terms of the turn out from all the 22 countries in Mainland and North Africa. The Lord was also mightily with us throughout the four days it lasted. Most importantly, many people gave their lives to the Lord including the high and low from various parts of the continent. The Ambassadors of Nigeria in Austria and Spain as well as the Ambassador for Sudan and her husband were present throughout the event. Many pastors from other denominations in Spain were present. The event was a truly multi-national gathering that was meant to usher in the King of Glory back to Europe Mainland. One important explanation for the great blessing was the quality of the praise worship (led by seasoned artists) and also of the prayer (led by the RCCG Prayer Coordinator in Nigeria, Pastor Peter Olawale). The Conference provided an opportunity for all of us to appreciate that RCCG is a church with a covenant with God for global revival and everyone must be mobilized for it: young and old, men and women and people of all races. Europe is about to shake our world again. |
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