Pastor William Kumuyi offered to resign as General Superintendent of the
Deeper Life Bible Church following the controversy that trailed the
wedding of his second son, John.John
Kumuyi and his wife, Love had engaged in acts, which negated the
church’s tradition during their wedding held in Jamaica on June 15,
2013. Love, who is a daughter of the National Overseer of Deeper Life
Bible Church, Jamaica, Pastor Augustine Odih, was dressed in a fitted
stylish wedding gown with transparent short sleeves. She also wore
makeup, jewelry and carried a bouquet of flowers. The couple cruised in a
limousine and had a huge wedding cake.
The misdemeanor, which
attracted widespread criticisms, had earned the newlyweds suspension
from church activities despite showing remorse and tendering an apology
to the church, blaming their misconduct on the fact that both of them
had resided abroad for so long.
Sunday Sun gathered that the practice
in the Deeper Christian Life Ministry is that if members’ children
misbehave, both the children and their parents get punished on the
grounds that it’s the parents’ failing in their responsibilities that
made the children to err. Although the children involved in the Jamaican
wedding infraction are adults, the leadership of the church regarded
their action as a strong breach of its tradition, and immediately
removed the bride’s father, from his position as National Overseer in
Jamaica.
To demonstrate that there is no double standard in the
church, it was further learnt that Pastor Kumuyi, at the meeting held by
the leadership of the church on the matter, offered to resign as
General Superintendent, but was prevailed upon not to.
According to
the Sunday Sun source, the General Superintendent did not take kindly to
the couple’s behaviour and, unlike Eli in the Bible who did not
discipline his sons and incurred the wrath of God, Pastor Kumuyi had
ensured that the offenders were sanctioned.
Sunday 7 July 2013
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