Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has recalled the events surrounding his first wife’s death, blaming it on his absence from home.
Abiodun Kumuyi died on April 11, 2009, at the age of 57, following a short illness.
The couple married on September 13, 1980; therefore, their marriage lasted roughly 28 years.
The couple had two children, Jeremiah and John.
Kumuyi later wedded in London on October 13, 2010.
During the Global Workers’ Conference at the Deeper Life International Conference Centre, the famed holiness preacher lamented the death of his first wife, claiming that the devil took advantage of his absence while ministering at the church’s retreat that day.
“I was preaching here on Saturday, 11th April 2009, and the devil worked on my absence. My wife was at home because she had a challenge.
“I was driving out; the devil came, but I did not remember to close the spiritual door so that nobody would sneak into that place (his house), and when I finished the Faith Clinic that morning, I received a message that my beloved wife was gone.
“I ran to IBTC (home); I saw it had happened, and I met some people there; they were praying, and the Lord assured me that I should let it go, let go, and don’t bother about it,” the cleric said.
Despite the tragedy, Kumuyi stated that he chose not to dwell in grief but rather to channel his agony into spiritual passion in order to strengthen his global evangelical ministry.
He described the next step in his ministry as “revenge” against the devil.
The preacher stated that his wife’s death signified the end of a difficult chapter in his life and that the devil had no opportunity of causing such a tragedy in his household or ministry again.
“I let it (his wife’s death) go, but from that day, I said ‘that one happened, this other one will no more happen.’
“Since that time, for me to revenge on the devil, I have gone to many places since she left, I have covered most of the local governments in Nigeria, I have gone to almost all the nations of Africa, I have gone to all the continents of the world, blind eyes have opened, deaf ears have opened, the lame had risen up and walk and now I am getting to another level, the dead has now been raised and so I have come to tell you, those that have gone have gone, water under the bridge that has gone is gone, all that has gone has gone, now in your family you will be in charge.
“Anywhere I go, now I will be in charge. Nothing will be allowed to steal anything away,” Kumuyi added.
