Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has stated why his congregation has welcomed technologies such as television, radio, and social media.
Kumuyi, whose church members have been known for decades to despise television, technology, and the use of gadgets, claiming that they are gateways to hell, complained that ‘wicked people’ are using technology to further their agenda and that the church cannot continue to ‘sleep,’ but must ‘wake up,’ and use the same devices for the spreading of the Gospel.
Kumuyi said Deeper Life Church was late in embracing technology in a video posted on Facebook by the Ekiti State chapter of the church on Sunday, April 10.
He said, “Why are you the latecomer, why are you the one to be the last to use all these things that the people are using to make the world worse, we are going to rise up.
“Anything at the disposal of the people that are doing evil, we are going to take it away from them and use it for the propagation of the gospel. Let your NO be changed to YES.
“People are getting new methods and they are doing evil. These are the last days and evil is growing worse because people go beyond using their natural strengths, natural technology, they use telephones, they use the media, they use all these connections, the Zoom and all these things to expand the evil they are doing.
“If those messengers of Satan are using the present-day technology and they are expanding, how about you? You will use those things available; they are not only available for messengers who do evil, they are available for the people that are doing good. You will use them.
“But now the church is waking up and we are seeing that that thing (technology) is to spread the gospel, for the word of God gets everywhere. We will be wiser than the people of the world. The Lord will wake us up.”
Kumuyi, who flew to Abuja in a private jet and limousine in September for a crusade, said, “Some people, when the aeroplane came, some people said, ‘We are not doing to use aeroplane’ and they were riding on horses. The bicycle came and they said. ‘God has given us legs and if He has given us legs, why are we going to use bicycles?’
“Motorcycles came, cars came and when the aeroplane came, they said, ‘God has given us the land; He has not given us the space and so all those people who are using aeroplane are worldly, are going to go to hell’. I am telling you what they said in those days but now, all those people, aeroplane has silenced them and now they can go anywhere.”
