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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Grace to Grace International Church (GGIC), through its Grace and Mercy Scheme (GAMP), has empowered hundreds of residents of Isawo community in Ikorodu, Lagos. The foundation also provided free medical screening for residents while the beneficiaries received medication for their ailments. The  cases the group could not  handled were referred.It  also graduated 21 females from the church’s free tailoring institution. Admonishing the graduands, the President of Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministries, Prophet Isa El- Buba, advised them to maximize the opportunity they received from the church. and also be a blessing to their communities. His words: “What this means is that responsibility has come on them, responsibility to make a difference, they have to encourage others and multiply what has been given to them. They have to be productive, they need to multiply and also contribute to the growth of others”. The General Overseer of the church, Pastor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Sam Eyoboka with Agency reports AS Christians across the globe last Sunday prayed, tweeted, posted and talked face-to-face about the urgent action needed to aid 20 million people facing famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria on the declared Global Day of Prayer to End Famine, the World Council of Churches, WCC, called on the Group of Seven, G7 leaders to end famine and save about 1.4 million children. The 2-day 43rd G7 summit ended yesterday in Taormina (ME), Sicily, Italy. It discussed, among other issues, global food security. The number of people globally in need of food assistance in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria has risen by 35 per cent in the last 12 months, from 80 to 108 million people. Among them are 1.4 million child-ren, who are at risk of death unless aid reaches them immediately. A statement issued by the WCC and made available to Sunday Worship said: “In this day and age, famine cannot be tolerated, not just because every ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – The Methodist Church Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to redouble its efforts in restoring peace in the Niger Delta by sustaining the ongoing peace talks in the region. The Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, the Most Rev. Joseph Oche Job said this became necessary as other forceful methods used by the government proved abortive. Job, who stated this at the present-ation of the communiqué issued at the end of the 23rd Diocesan Synod of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Abuja, at Cathedral of Unity Wuse, Abuja, noted that as the situation is now, the country needs peace in the Niger Delta region to survive. “The synod observed that the economic recession of the nation and prayed that government should do all to restore the economic stability of the nation within possible time to cushion the suffering of the masses,” the cleric said. He maintained that it is barbaric for government to refuse the people the wages for their l...