Jesusegun Alagbe
The Lead Pastor, Life Anchor Ministry International, Lagos, Bayo Akinjiyan, has said that the purpose of the Church, which is the body of believers in Christ across the world, is to feed the hungry and treat the sick.
The cleric stated this at the fourth anniversary of the ministry which held in Lagos recently.
Speaking on the theme, “The Glory of the Latter House,” Akinjiyan said the purpose of the Church was to provide for the needy, saying this was why the local church recently conducted a community medical outreach in the Agege area of the city.
Akinjiyan recalled this was why those who brought Christianity to Africa established schools and hospitals in order to provide free education and medical service.
He said, “We had a community outreach recently and we were able to reach out to the sick and the needy by giving out free drugs and clothes. Foodstuffs were also sold at highly discounted prices.
“This is because I believe that Christianity is about relationship with God and affecting lives. Jesus commended some people by saying they visited him while he was in prison, fed him while he was hungry and treated him while he was sick.
“Those ones asked when they saw him and did all those things; he replied that as long as they did it for others, they had done it for him. That is the essence of Christianity.”
The cleric added that the church had trained over 2,000 people in recent years in leadership and skills acquisition.
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