Joshua Selman Nimmak’s story is one to learn from. His story is a story of how our upbringing can shape our path and decisions in life. Joshua Selman Nimmack is an ardent Teacher of God’s word, Televangelist, Founder and Senior Pastor of Eternity Network International (ENI), Samaru, Zaria, Kaduna State. He was born on the 25th of June, 1984 and hails from Langtang North, Plateau State. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied chemical engineering.
He received an early calling to serve God and got born again as a child in a Sunday School session. In his secondary school days, he had a mentor who formulated a quiet-time guide for him and taught him the basics of Christianity. This formed a foundational bedrock upon which he built his knowledge of God. The hunger he had for God kept on growing. People could easily see how much he loved God. While his peers were playing, Joshua was always found alone reading and studying the Bible diligently. Shortly after, he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This birthed a whole new level into the spiritual realm for Joshua.
Prior to gaining admission to study at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Joshua desired to preach at the University, even as a little boy. He had a dream in which he was ministering in the university and also started having encounters with heavenly personalities and notable Apostles of God. This came to pass. While at the University, Joshua had four friends who were just like him. They sought God and were hungry for knowledge. They would study diligently together. Himself and his friends began to do extraordinary things on campus. They applied their faith and performed miracles, preaching deep insight of the word to students. Amongst other miracles, this birthed the healing of a stammerer.
Along the line, some of the things he walked in were called heresies. This made he and his friends backslide.
It wasn’t long, on the 2nd of December, 2002, Joshua had an encounter with God. While he slept, someone tapped him on the hand and as he woke up, he knew it was Jesus though he couldn’t explain how he knew. This experience made him cry profusely and he decided to rededicate his life for the Master’s use. It wasn’t long before he received a vision which prompted the birth of his ministry. In the vision, he was standing in front of a tower that looked like one of the University’s hostels. Suddenly, he saw a sea of people having no end. They were all crying and sobbing saying there was no food and water. He immediately felt immense compassion for them. In the vision, it became like he had the key to their solutions and they affirmed that he was the reason they were where they were. He then told them he was coming to rectify the situation. Right after that, he woke up. This was when he knew he had been called to be a Minister of God. He had another encounter where Jesus Christ Himself appeared and stood before him. Jesus stretched His hands towards him and a great beam of light came upon him. This encounter ushered him into a new level in the supernatural realm as he began to have an extraordinary insight into the Word like never before. This made him continue to preach the word to students, healing the sick and performing miracles. In due time, he started his own ministry, Eternity Network International in Zaria, Kaduna State in March, 2011. The Ministry organized a program known as Koinonia in the same year the Ministry was founded. Since then, the program is organized weekly on Fridays. Lots of people have testified as a result of the program.
Apostle Joshua Selman has been mentored and influenced by a large number of anointed men of God. He is a product of many graces/divine impartation and this is seen when he talks about the different men of God that have at one time or the other imparted his life. A few amongst the mentioned names are Benny Hinn, Bishop David O. Oyedepo, T. L. Osborn, Reinhard Bonnke, etc.
Many do not know that Apostle Joshua is also a singer. He was once a music director and coupled with his vocal dexterity, he sang a couple of songs. Some of them include, “See the glory of the Lord”, “I’m under the Shadow”, “You have taken all the shame, “Let the fire fall from your Altar to touch my Body”, “Nothing in this World could Satisfy”, “Your Goodness is Real”, “Sujanah”, “You who reign and rule over all”.
He was listed by YNaija in December 2018 and April 2020 as one of the 100 most influential Christian ministers in Nigeria. By the hand of God on his life, he goes across countries to preach the life transforming Gospel to let people know that several dimensions of God lie outside miracle performance and healing. Apostle Joshua is a man who God has blessed abundantly with a deep uncommon understanding of the scriptures and in turn, has blessed others. His story teaches a lesson to bring up our children in the way of Christ, teaching them the Word and deliberately creating time for them to study the Word. This applies to us too. He is a perfect example of “With God, you will always win”.
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