![]() In Lagos, Nigeria, it would be the Deeper Life Bible Church, pastored by William Kumuyi. Chances are it will be one of these new post-denominational churches’. “Go to almost any metropolitan area and ask to visit the largest Christian Church. ![]() ![]() Perhaps one title that would fit is the term ‘post-denominational.” Missiologists have recognized its presence for some time, but it is such a recent phenomenon that they have not yet agreed on a name for it. Peter Wagner, in an article titled ‘Those Amazing Post-Denominational Churches’ wrote: “By far, the most rapidly growing segment of Christianity on all six continents is a type of church that does not fit traditional categories or classifications. Johan Combrinck reports that the Deeper Life Bible Church not only has an attendance of 120,000 every Sunday, but has planted 500 churches in Lagos, 5,000 in the rest of Nigeria (with an independent estimate of more than 800,000 members in Nigeria alone), and 3,000 elsewhere (with missionaries to 40 countries of Africa) as the movement missionary contribution. By the early 1980’s that small group had grown to several thousand, at which time Deeper Life Bible Church was formally established.īy 1988 the congregation had grown to 50,000, and now numbers 120,000 members, making it the third largest Christian church in the world. Kumuyi started a Bible study group with 15 university students who had come to him requesting training in the Scriptures. In 1973, while serving as Math Lecturer at The University of Lagos, W.F.
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