A power-packed crusade aimed at
shutting down all beer parlours in ogba and its environs will kick start next
week.
The crusade organizers, Mountain Of
Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM said in a press briefing yesterday that they
plan to close down all the drinking joints in Ogba, Lagos after the crusade.
“We want to close down beer parlours
in Ogba environment. We want to convert beer parlours into our praying
centres,” said Pastor Aderemi Oseni, the Regional Overseer of MFM Region 32
Ogba, Lagos, who addressed journalists in his church.
“At the end of this crusade, the
kingdom of Satan would have been completely depopulated, ” he said, adding that
the crusade will take place between 19 and 21 December at MFM Regional
Headquarters at 9, Ajayi Road, Ogba.
“We are worried about the extent of crime
going on in Nigeria presently and we desire as a church of God to see as much
as we can in assisting the government of this country in reducing crime in our
own environment,” Oseni said, adding that crime can be reduced through
evangelism.
Oseni said it was an open secret that
major streets in Ogba have been converted into shrines. “I am aware of the fact
that powers of darkness have converted all our major roads to shrines in this
environment. We want to pull down all these (shrines),” he said, adding that
they are militating against the progress of mankind.
The theme of the crusade, overcoming
the storm, was inspired from Mark 4: 19 and aims at helping Nigerians overcome
their personal storms or challenges, Oseni said. “This environment is loaded
with a lot of potentials but majority of the potentials are going through a lot
of storm,” he said, adding that after the crusade the “whole of Ogba will be
delivered from every storm.” Women are not, however, allowed to wear trousers
for the crusade, Oseni said, explaining that it was against the scriptures for
women to dress like men.
