20th April 1987: Pastor David Oyedepo receives the instruction, “it’s time to spread out,” regarding Church expansion. The Living Faith World Outreach Centre (LFWOC) began her spread in Nigeria on 27th May 1987 with 5 branches in Northern Nigeria including Mubi, Azare, Bauchi, Biu and Maiduguri. Notably, Pastor David Abioye started the LFC Maiduguri Church. She spread to some African countries by 1995. It counted 700 churches by 2009 and 5,600 churches worldwide by 2018. LFC established about 5000 new Churches in 2019 and over 10,000 more in 2020. Today, there are over 22,000 Living Faith Churches in 146 nations.
20th April 2013: The Rock Cathedral is dedicated in Lekki, Lagos State Nigeria. It is an 8,000-seating capacity Cathedral and headquarters of House on the Rock Church founded by Pastor Paul Adefarasin.
20 April, 1954: Myles Egbert Munroe is born in Nassau, Bahamas, East of Florida in the United States of America. He was an Evangelist, Public Speaker, author and Leadership Consultant who Founded the Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI) and Myles Munroe International (MMI). He passed on to glory on 9th November, 2014.
20th April 2013: Winners’ Chapel International conducts dedication service for the 15,000 capacity auditorium on the 15 acre Wonderland Property at Likoni Road, Nairobi,Kenya. The Church facility was dedicated by Bishop David Oyedepo and Bishop David Abioye with Vice President (now President) William Ruto of Kenya in attendance.
20th April, 1999: Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State is accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) becoming one of the First Three Private Universities in Nigeria. It is a Christian University owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The University is located at , Nigeria.
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