Tag: The Church Blog

The Church Blog: Guest Post | In this church, you better shout well

by Fowowe Damilola One thing I’ve come to note in church is the sheer amount of calisthenics. A lot of motion sturves. We have decided that God is moved by…

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The Church Blog: Ccioma just gave us another reason to adore her

Yes, you are probably a born again Christian who consumes everything from Nathaniel Bassey to Onos Ariyo and you don't know Ccioma. That's unforgivable but we understand. She has, for…

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The Church Blog: The Platform takes it to the logical next level – and we’re impressed

Pastor Poju Oyemade himself must have felt it – this was the year that The Platform finally went mainstream. You certainly know something has gone mainstream when the videos go…

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The YNaija Cover this evening -the 6th of December

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The Church Blog: Guest Post | How do you want your enemy to die?

by Fowowe Damilola My Church is the funniest church you can ever attend. It’s not like we parade A-list comedians to come do holy comedy. Basket Mouth doesn’t make an…

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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 5th of December

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The Church Blog: “I simply don’t want my enemies to fall down and die”

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The Church Blog: Nigerian pastors want to be influential in politics – but there is something they have to do first

Since we had this piece up, it has attracted a bit of attention. And so we thought it would be helpful to bring forward something we wanted to explore later –…

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The Church Blog: Have you noticed something about the wives of Lagos State governors?

Has it occurred to you? Over 65-percent of the governors of Lagos since democracy’s return in 1999 have been Muslim, and yet they have enjoyed a very warm mutual-admiration relationship…

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The Church Blog: Are you following the Celestial Church of Christ on Instagram?

No one, especially not the church, has allowed anyone to leave them behind the past? The Celestial Church of Christ is rooted in traditional heritage and they will say, a…

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Guest Post: The church has become worldly, and the world, churchy

by Fowowe Damilola We understand. Yes! Church has to be fun!!! Yes! We don’t serve a boring God (like God said he was fun to be with). I serve a…

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#TheExperienceReport: The effortless grace of Funke Adejumo

To be honest, one of the things we looked forward to at The Experience this year was the prayer by Funke Adejumo-Lewis of the Agape Christian Ministries. We heard her…

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#TheExperienceReport: We draw the curtains, as we look forward to hosting the Guinness Book of World Records in 2017

Next year, according to the organisers, the Guinness Book of World Records will be on ground to verify, that this historic gathering is officially the world’s largest Christian concert today.…

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#TheExperienceReport: The humility of Donnie McClurkin though

He walks around the stage, very light – as one who has engaged the vanity of the world, and understands the primacy of the One who first called him. Donnie…

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#TheExperienceReport: Have you heard Chioma Jesus’ trademark testimony?

She has told it once and again, especially at The Experience, and each time the sheer power of it resonates. The origins of her journeys through worship, and the…

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#TheExperienceReport: They took a big risk with the closing performance – and it paid off big time

Many of us came expecting tradition to be continued: Chioma Jesus would close the show. It has become a thing of pride actually: we have this cast of globally renowned…

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#TheExperienceReport: The mainstream discovers Tope Alabi again

The breakout star of yesterday’s event (okay, apart from Travis Greene that has won the hearts of everyone across the Nigerian church)? Tope Alabi. Of course those who have been…

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#TheExperienceReport: What Nigerian acts can learn from the foreign acts

When veteran worshippers, Don Moen, Donnie McClurkin, Cece Winans came up to lead worship yesterday, they understood a crucial need: we were here to worship, together. We wanted to sing,…

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#TheExperienceReport: Wait, no Catholics allowed?

Something niggles the mind from The Experience yesterday. If you pay close attention to the ministry and vision of Pastor Paul Adefarasin, you know it's centered on a unified inter-denominational…

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#TheExperienceReport: Pastor Paul’s message yesterday? Christians have to join politics – but we have questions

You know we love Pastor Paul Adefarasin. And if we didn’t love him before, the annual gift of The Experience completely sealed it. But let’s unpack his message at the…

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The Church Blog: The Christmas song releases have now begun

The first one from a major act is from producer and performer, Wole Oni - 'Come let us adore him'. Features pastor of Church Unusual, Laurie Idahosa. It drops today.…

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#CelebAtChurch: Yemi Osinbajo, Don Jazzy, Toke Makinwa and others were at The Experience yesterday

We don’t go to church or worship concerts to see celebrities, of course. But when The Church Blog sees them, what are we supposed to do now? Everyone likes celebs.…

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The Experience just ended! We’ll be reviewing it throughout the day

It just ended. With the closing performance by the incredible Tope Alabi, and closing prayers by Reverend Victor Adeyemi. And what a glorious 12 hours! The Tafawa Balewa Square was…

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The Church Blog: Here’s the full list of performers at The Experience tonight. And what we think

Can you feel how excited we are about The Experience? Don't lie. You can. It's the biggest thing happening today, this week, and if you ask us, this entire year.…

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The Church Blog: Why you should look forward to Gabriel Eziashi at The Experience tonight

Many Nigerians in Nigeria finally got to meet ‘Aka Jehovah’ singer, Gabriel Eziashi at The African Praise Experience (TAPE) in June. And they couldn’t believe their luck. Just see. So,…

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The Church Blog: But why is Nathaniel Bassey not ministering at The Experience?

It suddenly hit us: Nathaniel Bassey is not ministering at The Experience. You know how you mind plays and writes in the names of people you just naturally expect when…

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The Church Blog: The Experience 11. IT’S TODAY!

Nigeria’s biggest Christian inter-denominational experience and what is easily the biggest music concert in our country, holds today. The 11th edition. We are too excited to even pretend to be…

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The Church Blog: We like what Laurie Idahosa is doing with Church Unusual

As far as mainstreamed youth churches go, you are hard pressed to find many outside of the Lagos metropolis (if you go to House of the Rock like one of…

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The Church Blog: Say a prayer for Pastor Paul Adefarasin – who doesn’t collect a kobo in ‘offering’ for The Experience

If you have attended The Experience ever before (and between us, we have attended 5), you know it is a massive undertaking – in excellence. The music is excellent, the…

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The Church Blog: But erm, this one that we have VIP & VVIP in the church sha…

We understand the logistics of it. Even though we are all equal in Christ, in the world, strata exist. That’s not the way God created it, but sebi the devil…

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