Deeper Life is one of the biggest churches in Nigeria, with a population of over one million members in more than sixty countries around the world. The church has over 500 branches in Lagos State alone, and more than 5,000 in the rest of Nigeria. It reportedly has an attendance of 120,000 every Sunday.
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Pastor Williams Kumuyi Profile
Full name: William Folorunso Kumuyi
Date of birth: 6th June 1941
Age: 79 years
Nationality: Nigeria
Education: University of Ibadan
Parents: Gabriel Kumuyi Akinfenwa, Comfort Idowu Kumuyi Akinfenwa
Wife: Abiodun Kumuyi (m. 1980; died 2009), Esther Folashade Kumuyi (m. 2010)
Children: John Kumuyi, Jeremiah Kumuyi
Best known as: Pastor
Church: Deeper Life Bible Church
Net worth: $10 million
Pastor W.F. Kumuyi Biography, Date Of Birth, Early Life, Family And Education
He had his primary and secondary education at Ogun State, graduating from the Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun State in 1961. A year after leaving secondary school, Kumuyi started teaching at Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun-State.
He further proceeded to the University of Ibadan, from where he graduated in 1967 with a first-class honours degree in mathematics. He was the overall best graduating student in that year.
Kumuyi subsequently took up a post-graduate course in Education at the University of Lagos. In April 1964, he became a born-again Christian and another phase of his life begun.
Teaching Career and Ministry
Kumuyi began his Christain ministry in 1975 while still working as a lecturer at the University of Lagos. He first began a Bible study group with 15 students who had come to him for Bible training, a training which later became a foundation of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry.
In 1975, he was expelled from the Apostolic Faith Church for preaching on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This didn't stop him but rather gave birth to an independent ministry which later became what we now know as the Deeper Life Bible Church.
Personal Life
Pastor W.F. Kumuyi got married to his first wife, late Mummy Abiodun Kumuyi and they had two children, John and Jeremiah Kumuyi. Abiodun Kumuyi died on the 11th of April, 2009 after an illness.Pastor Kumuyi got married to Folashade Adenike Blaize on 13 October 2010, exactly 18 months after the death of his first wife. The court and church wedding were done in the UK, with some select pastors of Deeper Life in attendance.
Deeper Life Bible Church
The church has grown from a small group to millions of members worldwide. In Lagos alone, Deeper Life has over 65,000 members and around 500 branches. It has also spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa and to the United Kingdom, Russia, India and North Ameria.
Awards and Recognitions
Pastor W.F. Kumuyi was in 2013, listed by the Foreign Policy magazine among the "500 most powerful people on the planet".In 2018, Wiliams Kumuyi received an honorary PhD from University of Abuja.
Pastor W.F. Kumuyi Net Worth
Pastor W.F. Kumuyi is one of the most influential pastors in the world, with members of the Deeper Life church running into millions all over the world. The Deeper Life church also has a school, Deeper Life High School located in Gbagada, Lagos.According to TheMenOfValour.com, Pastor Kumuyi has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
Social Media Handles
You can check up Pastor Kumuyi's messages on the Deeper Life official handles:Instagram @dclmhq
Twitter @dclmhq
Facebook: Deeper Life Bible Church
Website: dclm.org
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