Monsignor Theophilus Okere was born in 1935 in the rural Nnorie community, Ngor Okpala local council area of Imo State. He grew up like any other child and was ordained in 1962 at Mbutu Okohia by His Lordship, Most Rev. Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye to become the first Catholic priest from Ngor Okpala.

THE executive secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Mr. John Kennedy Opara has said that the commission would emphasize on the spiritual re-birth of all pilgrims. He disclosed this in Abuja recently during a courtesy visit by Pastor Andy Cochran of the Bren Wood Bible Society of the United States of America, reports JIMOH BABATUNDE.

THERE were very strong indications here, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan may be the chief guest at this evening’s Holy Ghost Service of the ongoing 60th annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Redemption Camp.

THE General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Wednesday, came down very hard on corrupt Christians, warning that there was no way they can inherit the Kingdom of God unless they urgently changed their ways now.

THE official opening of the 60th annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, took place Tuesday evening with a superlative callisthenic display by a multitude of children drawn from across the country. The theme of the week-long programme is “Come Up Higher.”

WITH a simple proclamation: “I ordain you in the name of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit.

AS at 4.00 p.m., yesterday, five babies had already been delivered on the first day of the 60th annual convention of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, currently holding at the Redemption Camp of the church along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

MEMBERS of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, have started arriving the Redemption Camp, venue of the 60th annual convention of the church which begins today with the ordination of deacons and deaconesses.

REVEREND Oladimeji (Ladi) Thompson is the founder/Senior Pastor of Lagos-based Living Waters Unlimited Church, and the international Co-ordinator of Macedonian Initiative, a non-government, non-denominational organization established to provide succour to Christians persecuted because of their belief in Jesus Christ. Lately, the security consultant has assumed the office of a Special Adviser to the National President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Anti-terrorism and Security Matters.

DESPITE a multidimensional war against the Christian Church worldwide, it is still spreading its tentacles into several unimaginable territories to the amazement of those who would rather see the Church go under.