After 20-month shutdown, T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue reopens today - Punch Newspapers

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Thirty-eight-year-old graduate of business administration identified only as Chris woke up from his bed with a renewed vigour at 5:30am on October 17. He didn’t have enough sleep the previous day, having returned late from a social function he coordinated as an event planner. But he did not worry. Though a resident of Akure in Ondo State, he had always wanted to attend the mega Sunday service of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos. The 57-year-old church’s founder, T. B.

Born on June 12, 1963 in Arigidi, Ondo State, Joshua was seen by many as a captivating cleric, who not only showed compassion to the needy but also provided assistance through cash and items. His televangelism and church programmes featuring ‘healings’ of the sick attracted millions of viewers globally notwithstanding diverse opinions about them.

Several followers who could not gain access to the church’s premises for the mega Sunday service and other programmes due to space or time constraints participated online or tuned in tothe church’s 24-hour television station which broadcasts via satellite and the Internet. “There is no service, except you have an appointment. You can just walk around and pray,” a woman who appeared to be a church member but decided to speak on condition of anonymity told our correspondent.

There have been concerns that the ongoing leadership crisis in the church may have affected the activities of the church, since the ban on religious gatherings occasioned by the pandemic had been lifted. But a source told our correspondent that the church was not a conventional one but acting based on revelations from God.

 

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Yeah 20 mnths cos even bfr he died the church have been closed since during COVID-19 lockdown.

20 wetin

When did he passed on?

20 months

Who go perform miracles now🤷‍♀️

20?

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