Nigerian Church Has Huge Expansion Plans in US
October 25, 2013
The Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in 1952 in Nigeria. It had no U.S. presence a few decades ago, but has since planted hundreds of churches across the country. It now aims to harness the explosive growth of African Christianity in re-evangelizing a country where surveys show that one in five people don’t belong to any faith. A visit to the church’s newly expanded headquarters in northern Texas shows what is in the works.
In this bucolic setting in Floyd, Texas, the Redeemed Christian Church of God recently opened its $15-million North American Redemption Camp.
A recent gathering here featured spirituals and fervent prayer.
It also featured the church’s worldwide leader, Enoch Adeboye. “In Jesus’ mighty name we have prayed! “Amen!” he said.
His appearance was part of a U.S. tour that began at a rented megachurch in Maryland. His disciples consider him a prophet, despite the former mathematics professor’s almost phlegmatic demeanor.
“Don’t be surprised if tomorrow you have a test on what you have learned today,” he said playfully to laughter.
His lesson was on how to win converts for this intensely energetic Pentecostal movement.
Pastor James Fadele is the North American director, also based in Texas. He said the headquarters are not finished and will be expanded outward to ultimately seat one million people.
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