21st February 2018: Billy Graham goes to be with the Lord. He was a well respected and globally recognized Evangelist who preached to millions and led many to Christ in his evangelistic crusades across the Globe. He was aged 99.
21st February 2021: Bishop David Oyedepo announces the approval of the construction of 747 Rural Church buildings in Nigeria. In 2021, Living Faith Church built 1,020 Rural Church buildings across Nigeria.
21st February 2022: Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) announces the purchase of multi-billion naira landed property for COZA City near the City Gate, Abuja, Nigeria debt-free. COZA City is the proposed permanent headquarters of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly led by Reverend Biodun Fatoyinbo.
21st February 2000: The first wave of the Sharia Crisis of 2000 in Kaduna State of Nigeria commences. The Sharia Crisis of 2000 was a period of religious vi0l£nce between Christians and Muslims after the Governor of Kaduna State announced the introduction of Islamic law (Sharia) to the State which left thousands of casualties. This crisis was a major landmark in the commencement of the Church Gist vision.
21st February 1945: Eric Liddell goes to be with the Lord. He was a Scottish Christian Olympian who refused to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres race at the 1924 Paris Olympics because it was held on a Sunday. He was aged 43.
21st February 1954: Bonaventure Dlamini, of the Franciscan Familiars of St. Joseph is appointed as South Africa’s first black Catholic Bishop. His appointment heralded the beginning of the Africanisation of the episcopate in South Africa.
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