7th November, 1918 : Evangelist Billy Graham is born in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America. He was an American evangelist who passed on to glory on 21st February 2018.
7th November, 1982: Deeper Life Bible officially commences Sunday Worship Service. Deeper Life Bible Church was founded by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi in August 1973 as a Bible Study group while as a Mathematics Lecturer at University of Lagos.
7th November, 1894: Walter Gowans, one of the 3 forerunners of the Soudan Interior Mission (SIM) passes on to glory. He was buried at Girku in present day Kaduna State, North Western Nigeria. Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) was founded in 1954 when the SIM-related churches (initially in Nigeria) came together to form an indigenous body. It is now known as the ‘Evangelical Church Winning All’.
7th November 2009: The Most Reverend Margaret Ekhoe Benson-Idahosa, JP, OON, is elevated to the position of Archbishop in Church of God Mission International. She became the Presiding Bishop of the Ministry after her husband and the Founder Archbishop Benson Idahosa passed on to glory in 1998.
7th November, 2021: Most Reverend Dr. Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye is presented as the Archbishop of Lagos Ecclesiastical Province (Anglican Communion), Church of Nigeria. Olumakaiye was ordained as Bishop of Lagos on 30 July 2018 and passed on to glory on 30 October 2022.
7th November 1991: Joshua Mike-Bamiloye (JayMikee) is born. He is a Nigerian Gospel singer and the second son of Evangelist Mike Bamiloye of Mount Zion Faith Ministries.
7th November 2020: Judith Kanayo (Judikay) and Anselem Okpara weds in Lagos. Judikay is a Nigerian Gospel Minister and Songwriter.
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