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John and Love Kumuyi tendered an apology letter to the church on the
22nd of June, but it seems the leaders already have their own plans. The
couple have been suspended from the church. The church leaders also
said, their wedding didn't take place in a Deeper Life Church in Jamaica
and the church's tradition of dressing moderately still holds. Read the
couple's apology letter below and that of the church too.
Letter of Apology
John and Love Kumuyi, write to
express our deepest and most sincere
apology for the turn of events, that have resulted on our traditional
and wedding ceremonies, that took place in Jamaica on 13th June and 15th
June, 2013 respectively.
We unreservedly and wholeheartedly state, that we did not intend that
our acts or omissions will in any way undermine the great works that God
has done through the Deeper Christian Life Ministry Worldwide and more
specifically , through our Father in the Lord, the General
Superintendent (GS).
We also use this medium to profusely and sincerely apologies to the
general superintendent for the embarrassment and heartaches our actions
have caused him, more so that he had earlier declined to be at the
events.
We acknowledge that we may have been distracted by cultural differences,
as both of us have been outside the country for the past two decades.
This notwithstanding, we fully accept that having being nurtured, taught
and brought up with the sound teaching of the word of God, we should
have been able to draw the line, which we failed to do.
We have now realized the effects of our actions and omission and do
plead with the church for forgiveness and also appealing that any action
that should be taken be directed at John and Love, as we take this time
to prayerfully reflect on our actions.
We take full responsibility for what happened, and this action should in
no way be blamed on the GS, or the leaders of the church in Nigeria,
United States, Jamaica or United Kingdom and beyond.
Yours Sincerely,
John and Love Kumuyi.
The Church
The church says it has decided to place the couple on suspension to give
them time to pray and seek forgiveness from God for their action and
was announced by Pastor Philip Oluwi, a key leader in the church.Oluwi,
certainly is acting on the instruction from the General Superintendent
of the church, Pastor William Kumuyi, to suspend the couple for the
embarrassment they brought upon the church during the wedding,
emphasizing that the standard of Deeper Life regarding wedding and
moderacy had not changed.
“The church, Deeper Life, remains committed to the biblical practice and
standard of almost 40 years Christian dressing and still remains and
does not compromise on biblical Christian dressing.
“Hence, deviation warrants the displeasure and frown of God and the
leadership of the church. John and Love are now under discipline,” Oluwi
announced to the entire congregation, an action that helped to calm the
nerves of many Deeper Life faithful.
However, P.M.NEWS investigation revealed that John and Love’s wedding was not conducted in a Deeper Life Bible Church.
It was also not conducted by pastors from the church as Deeper Life
Bible Church in Jamaica has not been licensed by the country’s
government to join couples in wedlock, according to the laws of Jamaica.
The wedding was taken to another church where the ministers in the
unnamed church conducted the wedding and joined them in holy matrimony.
Besides, Deeper Life leaders that came from Nigeria were said to have
disapproved of the earlier gown Love was to wear for the wedding, while
another was hurriedly sewed the night before the wedding.
Church leaders were said not to have seen the new dress until the couple
was marching into the church and by then, it was too late to take any
action as the wedding was not conducted in a Deeper Life church.
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