John kumuyi and love suspended over wedding carnally
John Kumuyi, one of the sons of the General Superintendent of the Deeper
Christian Life Ministry, and his now-wife, Love, were suspended by the
leadership of the aforementioned church and banned from carrying out any
activity in this church. The decision is grounded by the recent
controversy over the couple’s wedding in Jamaica.
It would be
recalled that John and Love wedded in Jamaica on 15 June, 2013, only
toreceive thousands negative comments from members of the church. Many
condemned the wedding gown worn by the wife-to be, also other aspects of
the wedding that were at variance with the church’s standards.
Love’s
attires turned out to differ from the conventional ones set for Deeper
Life members. Lots of people noticed her hair wasn’t “natural” and that
she applied lipstick as part of the make-up.
A limousine hired to deliver the couple
to their destination after the wedding, a huge cake that was served at the ceremony were contraryto the church’s tradition.
The
church leaders decided to place the coupleon suspension to give them
time to pray and seek forgiveness from God for theiraction, following
countless comments on social media and by the members of Deeper Life.
John
and Love’s suspension from church activities was announced last
Saturday, at Deeper Life’s monthly Miracle and Revival Programme, held
at the Deeper Life Conference Centre (DLCC), Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The news was delivered by PastorPhilip Oluwi, a key leader in the
church, who obviously was following the instructions from the General
Superintendent of the church, Pastor WilliamKumuyi. Oluwi stressed that
thestandard of Deeper Life regarding wedding and moderacy had not
changed.
“The church, Deeper Life, remains committed to the biblical
practice and standard of almost 40 years Christian dressing and still
remains and does not compromise on biblical Christian dressing.
“Hence,
deviation warrants the displeasure and frown of God and the leadership
of the church. John and Love are now under discipline,” Oluwi announced
to the entire congregation.
The couple has already apologised to
the church for the inappropriate way the wedding was conducted. The
letter was readby Oluwi and re-read several times to churchmembers by
the Church’s Secretary, Pastor Jerry Asemota. The letter, addressed to
the Church Secretary and titled ‘Letter of Apology,’ expressed the
deepest regret of the couple for bringing the church into disrepute.
Moreover,
further investigation has revealed that John and Love’s wedding was not
conducted in a Deeper Life Bible Church. It wasalso not conducted by
pastors from the church, as Deeper Life Bible Church in Jamaica has not
been licensed by the country’s government to join couples in wedlock,
according to the laws of Jamaica.
The wedding was taken to
another church where the ministers in the unnamed church conducted the
wedding and joined them in holy matrimony.
Deeper Life leaders that
came from Nigeria were said to have disapproved of the earlier gown Love
was to wear for the wedding, while another was hurriedly sewed the
night before the wedding.
Church leaders were said not to have
seen the new dress until the couple was marchinginto the church and by
then, it was too late to take any action as the wedding was not
conducted in a deeper life church
