Benson idahosa story

Archbishop Idahosa as a young man, went out to play football at a pitch near a Salvation Army church on a Sunday afternoon when he succumbed to the temptation to aim his shot at the head of the pastor through one of the open windows.

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It was the hand of God and young Benson realized it. He followed Pastor Okpo back to church and later answered the altar call. He thus became the very first Bini, as Benin sons and daughters are called, to join that largely Igbo congregation. Idahosa hit the ground running, as it were. Listen to him as he testified to one of his earliest exploits for God as recorded by a chronicler, Elijah Akinwunmi:.

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And flying around on my bicycle in those days, I went through the city of Benin in search of a dead person to raise to life. After about five hours of hard searching I found a compound where a little girl had died a few hours before. The corpse had been cleaned and prepared for burial. I walked boldly up to the father of the dead child. Idahosa as stated:.

Gather together those whom I have called and I will send them with the fire of my spirit. Church of God Mission International, as it known today, grew from a very humble beginning in as a prayer group first named Calvary Fellowship at a shop on Ivbizua Street, off Mission Road. It was officially inaugurated in by Rev. Edgar Perkins. On October 26th , Rev.