William Folorunso Kumuyi
William Folorunso Kumuyi (ka ba dʋ’a o yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnaasi nɛ yinne, nwadis ayuobu, dabisa ayuobʋ daar, 6 June 1941)[1][2] o anɛ one gat pʋ’ʋs kanɛ paad dunia wʋsa ka ba buon Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) la tuon,[3] one an kpɛɛm kanɛ ka ba buon General Superintendent ka o pin’il Deeper Christian Life Ministry ka li bɛ Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria.[4][5] o sɔb kristo biis gbana bɛdigʋ.[6][7][8][9][10]
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| Sex or gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country of citizenship | Nigeria |
| Name in native language | Ikumuyiwa |
| Given name | William |
| Family name | Kumuyi |
| Date of birth | 9 Sigir/Nwadisayɔpɔi 1941, 6 Sigir/Nwadisayɔpɔi 1941 |
| Place of birth | Osun State |
| Native language | Yoruba |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English, Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin |
| Occupation | writer, academic, pastor |
| Employer | University of Lagos |
| Educated at | University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, Mayflower School |
| Religion or worldview | Pentecostalism |
| Personal pronoun | L485 |
Pin’ilig
dɛmisim gbɛlimaBa da dʋ’a Kumuyi kristo biis yir ka li bɛ Erin-Odo Ijesa,[11] Osun State, Nigeria yatu’ona. O da naae o secondary school nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ yinne (1961) bɛnɛ Mayflower School linɛ Ikenne, Ogun State, anina ka o tɔlis tuoni kɛŋ University of Ibadan ka naae anina yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ ayɔpɔi (1967) ka mɔr first-class honours degree bɛnɛ kaanlig zamisig (mathematics) anina one da an one zamis gbaŋi gaad o taaba yʋʋm kan pʋʋgin. O da tɔlis tuoni kɛŋ sakuri zamis zamisigi bɛnɛ gbaŋ zamisig lʋgir la pʋʋgin bɛ University of Lagos.[12][13][14] o da paam dʋ’am paal kristo sa’an nɛ lasid daar, yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anaasi, nwadis anaasi, dabisa anu daar (Sunday, April 5, 1964) on da an yʋʋm pisi nɛ atan’ la (23).[11][15][16][17]
On da nɔbigid la, Kumuyi da yel ye Ti na duoe bɛkɛn’ɛog, karim wina’am gbaŋ, yʋʋm wina’am yʋʋma, ka kɛŋ pʋʋsim dɔɔgin saŋa wʋsa. Mam da kɛŋ secondary school la, mam da pʋ lɛn mɔr nya’asim nɛ pʋ’ʋsim, bɔzugɔ, ti sakur kpɛɛm la da pa’ali ti ye ti da dɔl wina’am. Saŋa bi’ela da gaad ya, mam da tɛn’ɛs ya ka lɛn pin’ili kɛn pʋ’ʋsim nam banɛ bɛ tɛnpʋʋgin la. Saŋa daa kɛna, yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ atan’ la (1963), yʋʋm yʋʋmidib nɛ wina’am labaar mɔɔnib da paam suori kɛn sakurin la na. Mam da gban’ae labaar la gbin ka paam dʋ’am paal nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anaasi, nwadis anaasi, dabisa anu daar (Sunday, April 5, 1964). Mam da karim John Wesley, Charles Finney, Spurgeon, nɛ gbana bɛdigʋ. Mam da paas Scripture Union, ka nɔbigi kɛŋ tuon.[12][18][19]
Kumuyi paam ya’am bɛdigʋ yi John Wesley, Charles Finney nɛ Charles Spurgeon ni.[20] o saam da anɛ Anglican Church pʋ’ʋsim nid.[21]
Pa’an-pa’an tʋʋma
dɛmisim gbɛlimaKumuyi da pin’ili zamisid mathematics yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ ayi (1962) bɛ Mayflower School, anina ka o da naae[18] o da kɛŋ tuon la, yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi (1970) pin’ilig, ka o da an mathematics pa’an-pa’ani bɛ University of Lagos.[12][22]
Kristo tʋʋma
dɛmisim gbɛlimaYʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ atan’ (1973) la, on da an pa’an-pa’an mathematics ni bɛ University of Lagos la, Kumuyi da pin’il wina’am gbaŋ zamisig nɛ sakur biis piinɛnu (15 students) banɛ da kɛn wina’am gbaŋ zamisig la.[12][18][23] Wina’am gbaŋ zamisig kan ni ka Deeper Christian Life Ministry da dɔlisi pin’il.[24] yʋʋm tʋsir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ anu (1975), ba da kat Kumuyi yis Apostolic Faith Church on da pa’an wina’am siig kasi sʋʋb la yela.[21] O da pin’il o mɛŋ pʋʋsim, ka yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii nɛ ayi (1982) ka da kilim Deeper Life Bible Church.[25] yʋʋm tusayi, nɛ anu (2005) la, o pʋ’ʋsim dɔɔg la da bɛ zin’is kɔn’ɔb-kɔn’ɔb gaad tusa kɔbis nii (800,000).[26]
Pʋ’ʋsim zin’ig
dɛmisim gbɛlimaDeeper Christian Life Ministry ka Kumuyi an one pin’ili li la mɔr pʋ’ʋs dɔɔg tita’ar kanɛ bɛ Gbagada, Lagos.[27] pʋ’ʋsim dɔɔg la nidib na nyaŋi kpɛn’ɛ anina paae tusa pistan’ (30,000) pʋ’ʋs wina’am; bani mi’ da ye di paan nɛ winpʋ’ʋs dɔɔd anaasi banɛ yalim dunia wʋsa.[28] pʋ’ʋsim dɔɔg la da pin’il tʋʋma nɛ yʋʋm tusayi, piinɛ anii, nwadis anaasi, dabisa pisi nɛ anaasi (24 April 2018) daar; Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, nɛ kpɛɛm nam si’eba da kɛŋ la’asig nwa’.[29]
Pʋ’ʋsim dɔɔd la si’eba banɛ nyɛ yʋ’ʋri an: Deeper Life Conference Centre bɛ Ogun State, Kilometer 42, Lagos–Ibadan Expressway nɛ International Bible Training Centre (IBTC) ka din mɛ bɛ Ayobo, Lagos.[30]
Gbaŋ banɛ ka o sɔb
- The Hour of Decision, 1990, ISBN 978-2367-70-2
- How to Know God's Will in Marriage, 1990, ISBN 978-9-78236-713-6
- Have Compassion on Them, 1991, ISBN 978-9-78236-700-6
- The Spirit Controlled Family: W.F. Kumuyi, 1996, ISBN 978-9-78236-742-6
- The Lord's Prayer, 1997, ISBN 978-1-85424-370-6
- The Truly Liberated Woman, 2000, ISBN 978-978-2908-25-4
- Supernatural Supply in All Situations, 2009, ISBN 978-0-88144-416-2
- Daily Manna, Volume 1, 2011, ISBN 978-1-90549-379-1
- Daily Manna: A Daily Devotional Guide, 2014, ISBN 978-1-46759-809-5
- Higher Everyday: A Daily Devotional Guide for Successful Youths, 2014, ISBN 978-1-46759-810-1978-1-46759-810-1
- Kumuyi: Defender of the Faith [31]
O mɛŋ yela
dɛmisim gbɛlimaKumuyi da si’al Abiodun Olowu nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ anu, nwadis awai (September 1972).da o da paas o sakur biis banɛ ka o paani ba wina’am gbaŋ la ni. O da dii o nɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnii, nwadis awai, dabisa piinɛ atan’ (13 September 1980) bɛ Lagos, ka ba dʋ’a biis ayi, Jeremiah nɛ John. Mrs Abiodun Kumuyi da kpi’ nɛ y nɛ y nɛ yʋʋm tusayi, nɛ awai, nwadis anaasi, dabisa piinɛ yinne (11 April 2009) la.[32]
Yʋʋm tusayi, nɛ piiga, nwadis piiga, dabisa piinɛ atan’ (13 October 2010), nwadis piinɛ anii, o pʋ’a kpi la nya’aŋ, Kumuyi da di’ Folashade Adenike Blaize bɛ London. Folashade da anɛ kpɛɛm kanɛ ka ba buon Administrator tis Deeper Life Bible Church, London.[32]
Ya’an piini
dɛmisim gbɛlimaYʋʋm tusayi, nɛ piinɛ atan’ (2013) la, Foreign Policy magazine da kaanl Kumuyi paas "nidib kɔbisnu (500) banɛ mɔr paŋ tɛngbaŋ zug".[33] Yʋʋm tusayi, nɛ piinɛ anii (2018) la, Kumuyi da paam girim kanɛ an PhD yi University of Abuja.[34]
Dunia wʋsa wina’am gbaŋ la’asig
dɛmisim gbɛlimaPastor Dr. W.F. Kumuyi pin’ili maan dunia wʋsa nwadig-nwadig wina’am gbaŋ zamisig nɛ yʋʋm tusayi, pisi nɛ yinne, nwadis anaasi (April 2021) la bɛ Abuja, Nigeria sʋ’ʋlim. Di nwadis ayʋobʋ la’asig da bɛnɛ Abuja, ka nwadis ayɔpɔi la’asig da bɛ Calabar, ka nwadis anii la’asig da bɛ Enugu, yʋʋm tusayi, pisi nɛ yinne la ni (2021). Nidib da paas la’asig la pʋʋin, dɔlisid na’asaasɔɔng dinɛ an social media nɛ Zoom ni. Yʋʋm tusayi, pisi nɛ yinne, nwadis anii (August 2021) la’asig la da pa’an Don Moen ka o yʋʋm yʋʋma.[35] la’asig bama ba buoni ba ye Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) nɛ yʋʋm tusayi, pisi nɛ ayi, nwadis ayɔpɔi (July 2022) la ka Nigeria gɔmɛna zugdaan kʋdʋg nɛ, Olusegun Obasanjo nɛ Zambia gɔmɛna ya’andɔl kʋdʋg Nevers Mumba da paas banɛ da kɛn la’as kaŋa nina.[36][37][38]
Gbaŋ banɛ ka ba sɔb o yela
dɛmisim gbɛlimaGbaŋ kanɛ an yiiga pa’an Pastor Kumuyi vʋ’ʋm yela da yinɛ yʋʋm tusayi, pisi nɛ yinne (2021) ka one sɔb la an Banji Ojewale. Gbaŋ nwa’ mɔr lakir kɔbistan’ nɛ pisi nɛ anu (325 pages) ka di pian’zug an, Kumuyi: Defender of the Faith. Banɛ da si’ak gbaŋ kaŋa yiib na anɛ Pastor Enoch Adeboye.[39] Nigeria gɔmɛna zugraan ya’andɔl kʋdʋg, Yemi Osibanjo nɛ Lagos state governor, BabaJide Sanwo-olu da paas nidib banɛ da bɛ gbaŋ nwa zʋŋʋr ni.[40][41][42]
Gbanvɛɛnsa
dɛmisim gbɛlima- ↑ Ojewale, Banji (6 June 2011). "Kumuyi: 70 years of sacrificial service". Nigerian Tribune. Ibadan, Nigeria. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ↑ Iwuchukwu, Francis (13 August 2009). "Kumuyi Speaks for the People". AllAfrica.com. AllAfrica Global Media. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ admin (19 April 2023). "Remarks By Heads Of Churches In Ghana On The Convener Of GCK, Pastor Dr WF Kumuyi". TheLeader. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ "Deeper Life unveils billion naira headquarters". Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ↑ "How Deeper Life's 30,000 capacity hqtrs was built, by officials". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ↑ Kumuyi, William (1997). The Lord's Prayer. Lion Hudson plc. ISBN 978-1-85424-370-6.
- ↑ Kumuyi, William F. (1990). The Hour of Decision. Zoe Publishing. ISBN 978-2367-70-2.
- ↑ Kumuyi, William (2009). Supernatural Supply in All Situations. Yorkshire Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88144-416-2.
- ↑ Kumuyi, William F. (2000). The Truly Liberated Woman. Life Press. ISBN 978-978-2908-25-4.
- ↑ "Pastor W.F. Kumuyi @80: God's General Who Led Me to Calvary". Vanguard News. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Biography of Pastor W.F.Kumuyi"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Banji Ojewale (12 June 2016). "W.F Kumuyi at 75: As It Was On Day One…". Vanguard (Nigeria). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ "Kumuyi: tomorrow belongs to Africa". Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA: The Gale Group. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ Fasehun, McNezer (13 April 2009). "Of Private Jets and Lot's Wives". AllAfrica.com. AllAfrica Global Media. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ Ankomah, Baffour (1 October 2006). "This is Deeper Christian Life: an outsider's view through the eyes of Baffour Ankomah who travelled to four West African countries in August to see how the Deeper Christian Life Ministry is affecting lives". Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA: The Gale Group. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ "Pastor Kumuyi Remarries". AllAfrica.com. AllAfrica Global Media. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ Ankomah, Baffour (1 October 2006). "I don't want anything fake". Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA: The Gale Group. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "W.F. Kumuyi Reveals Shocking Secrets about Himself". Daily Family. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ Isaacson, Alan (1990). Deeper Life: The Extraordinary Growth of the Deeper Life Bible Church. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-34052-342-1.
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- ↑ Chika Abanobi (15 April 2018). "Revealed: Men of God who mentored Pastor Kumuyi". The Sun (Nigeria). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Stephen Gyasi Jnr. (25 February 2013). "The Kumuyi I know". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ Siobhan Downes (9 August 2014). "Pastor cancels trip to NZ amid Ebola crisis". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ↑ Peter Clarke, Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2004, p. 156
- ↑ Laurent Fourchard, André Mary et René Otayek, "Entreprises religieuses transnationales en Afrique de l'Ouest", Karthala Editions, France, 2005, p. 254
- ↑ J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 876
- ↑ Koschorke, Klaus; Schjørring, Jens Holger (2005). African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 74. ISBN 3-447-05331-3.
- ↑ Kazeem Ugbodaga (24 April 2018). "Deeper Life unveils billion naira headquarters". P.M. News. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ↑ Yemi Adebisi (29 April 2018). "Deeper Life New Auditorium: Demonstration Of Unlimited God". The Daily Independent. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ↑ "Osinbajo graces inauguration of the Deeper Life Bible Church headquarters' new auditorium". Encomium Magazine. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ↑ Baffour Ankomah (October 2006). "A Church in Transition: Deeper Life Is a Church in Transition-In the Sense That It Is Currently Replacing All Its Temporary Buildings for Cathedral-Type Edifices. Baffour Ankomah Went around West Africa to See the Work in Progress". New African. Retrieved 5 October 2019. Kumuyi is also noted to have contributed to the new translation of the Bible in to the Yoruba language
- ↑ "Kumuyi's autobiography for presentation Sept 17". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Complete story of how Pastor Kumuyi married 65-year-old Folashade Blaize in UK". Encomium Magazine. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ↑ "The FP Power Map". Foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Pastor Kumuyi Bags PhD Award From The University of Abuja".
- ↑ "Kumuyi to hold 5-Day 'Divine Solution Global Crusade' in Abuja Sept 24-28". Vanguard News. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ↑ "Obasanjo, Zambian ex-president, others grace Kumuyi global crusade launch". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ↑ Salau, Seyi John (31 July 2022). "Kumuyi launches GCK global brand, commits to reaching all nations". Businessday NG. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ↑ "Global Crusade with Kumuyi becomes worldwide brand for liberation The Nation Newspaper". 7 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ↑ "Why Kumuyi's biography took so long to write –Deeper Life". Punch Newspapers. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "Why Kumuyi deserved to be celebrated - Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu - P.M. News". Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "Kumuyi: I want to raise those who will go beyond me". The Nation Newspaper. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "Kumuyi: Defender of the faith Archives". TheCable Lifestyle. Retrieved 22 October 2021.