Nigerian popular church, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, has shut all its churches in Lagos and Ogun States to help prevent the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
It also declared 30 days of prayer and fasting to seek divine intervention against Coronavirus starting from Sunday, 22nd March 2020 to Monday, 20th April 2020 and that the prayer booklet would be made available free.
In a statement made by the Assistant General Overseer (Administration), Pastor Gbesan Adebambo in the Church’s headquarters at Onike Iwaya, Lagos, he said;
“We write to draw your attention to the directive from the Governments of Lagos and Ogun States, respectively, banning all religious meetings and gatherings of more than fifty worshippers as an urgent measure taken to curtail the wide spread of the global pandemic coronavirus in the aforementioned states.
Concluded by saying;
“Church premises should not be opened to members/worshipers for services. However, Pastors/Ministers must be positioned at the church entrance gates(s) to attend to the uniformed members, anoint them and hand Personal Prayer booklet over to them.
“Members are to be encouraged to hook up to online page on which ministration on video will be streamed live from the International Headquarters covering the period of the interim arrangement, connecting through https:ntainoffire.org/messages. Other online platforms are; MFM youtube, streaming
faith prayer, azure and audio-only prayer, MFM facebook channel and MFM Television.”