The Church of Christ, Karu-Jikwoyi Congregation celebrated evangelist Milling Chukwumaeze, who is stepping down after twenty-one years as the congregation’s minister, in a moment of joy, thanksgiving, and excitement.
Evangelist Innocent Agu, the congregation’s new preacher, organized the other members to give the departing preacher with a bank check of three million naira as a token of appreciation for the good work he had done.
Evangelist Obakemi Moses of the Church of Christ, Nyanya congregation gave a speech at the event dubbed “Celebration of Service,” challenging preachers of the Lord’s church to always be passionate about their vocation.
He emphasized that they have been called by God to devote their lives to serving him. He praised the Church of Christ Karu-Jikwoyi for hosting the Evangelist Milling Chukwumaeze celebration.
Evangelist Obakemi tasked the Churches to always be focus on its goals as stated in the holy scriptures.
In welcome remarks, the host Evangelist, Innocent Agu thanked his predecessor for diligently servicing the congregation in the past twenty-one years. He noted that the Church will continue to respect and love the outgoing Preacher. He gave a historic explanation of how Evangelist Milling Chukwumaeze became a member of the Lord’s Church while praising his dedication all these years.
In their Goodwill messages, Evangelist Imoh Atakpa of the Church of Christ, Kubwa and his Kagini Counterpart Evangelist Uche Onyeike tasked members of the Lord’s Church to take proper care of their Evangelists if they hope to get the best of them. They lauded Evangelist Milling Chukwumaeze for his commitment to duty, especially in the Television Evangelism activities of the Churches of Christ in Abuja and its Environs.
In his response, Evangelist Milling Chukwumaeze thanked the Church of Christ Karu-Jikwoyi for giving him the opportunity to serve in God’s vineyard and supported him throughout the last two decades on the saddle. He said though age was not on his side he was not willing to quit, but the congregation decided otherwise. Evangelist Chukwumaeze enjoined the members to be heavenly minded at all times while running the Christian race with purity and steadfastness. He prayed for the congregation to do better under his successor while enjoining everyone to support him physically and spiritually.
Highpoint of the event was the cutting of the celebration cake and general presentation of gifts by members.
