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Nigeria in Recession: What is The Role of the Church

BEING TEXT OF ADDRESS BY PASTOR ‘TUNDE BAKARE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 14th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH, ASOKORO, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016. VENUE: CHURCH AUDITORIUM, 1902, YAKUBU GOWON CRESCENT, ASOKORO, ABUJA. TIME: 4:00 p.m. THEME: THE CHURCH AND ECONOMIC RECESSION PROTOCOLS. Nearly a century ago, a woman of God broke the jinx of man-made limitation and of confinement to the proverbial "kitchen, living room and other room" by doing the unprecedented. She defied all odds – socio-cultural norms, religion and gender – to establish the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. As if that was not enough, she went ahead to build Angelus Temple, an architectural masterpiece in the heart of Los Angeles, the film industry capital of America, as the place of worship for the new church. The woman, Aimee Semple McPherson, driven by nothing other than simple obedience to God, and with no connections or earthly inheritance, raised $250,000, the modern d...