Apostle Gift Chinyere Chibuzor, the founder and general overseer of the Omega Power Ministries, has said that growing up in extreme poverty is the strongest motivation for his growing charities to uplift the underprivileged.
The apostle at an ongoing Conference Series with the theme, “Pentecostalism and African Pastorate Profile and sub-theme, Apostle Chiyeren Gift Chibuzor, Social Gospel and Neo Pentecostalism” in his honour by the University of Port Harcourt (Uniport), Rivers state following the ministerial excellence award to him as “Crusader of Social Gospel” by Uniport’s Department of Religous and Cultural Studies also said that the church has built 72 flats to be distributed free to the less privileged.
According to him: “In a society where church leaders build schools with the offering and church members can’t afford the same school for their children, we now have 15 quality schools in different states which are absolutely free for students. People thought it was impossible.
Speaking further, he said: “We have just commissioned 72 flats at Aluu, given out for free. We rehabilitate repentant criminals, cultists, prostitutes, women involved in baby factory pregnancies. We have a free hospital and maternity. A free all-girls technical college is on its way.
“I know how it feels when someone says I have no food to eat, so we are proving free restaurants. I am not doing all these to be recognized. The truth is, I have tasted extreme poverty and hardship in the past. I realise God used that bitter experience to make me appreciate bailing others out of such pity” he said.
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