The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) clocked thirty years at the location of its International Headquarters, Onike, by the University of Lagos second gate, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, on Wednesday, 24th of April, 2024. In celebration of the grace, glory and manifestation of God’s power and abundance in the Ministry, the weekly crowd-pulling Manna Water Service was used to thank and praise God.
The day witnessed the General Overseer of MFM worldwide, Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, dancing joyously and heartily on the altar, to the admiration of worshippers, who thronged the service. At some point, Olukoya invited the three assistant general overseers present at the service, Pastors Kehinde Adegbolahan, Gbesan Adebambo and Abiodun Ladejola, to join him by the pulpit and the quartet held hands, danced, and rejoiced in the Lord, as members watched with glee and surprise.
Speaking briefly before the Thanksgiving celebrations started, the General Overseer gave a brief history of the location, now known as the MFM International Headquarters. He said, the piece of land, with which the Ministry started its international headquarters, was discovered by his mechanic (who later became a member and is today, a pastor in the Church), who informed him that the plot was up for sale, in 1994.
According to Olukoya, the landlord was asking for N120,000 for the plot, whereas, his salary where he worked then, at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, was less than N300 per month. However, he said “God raised a sister, who did not know that we wanted to buy land, to pay for the land. The sister had sold something and brought exactly N120,000 as her tithe and we bought the land, which is Auditorium A with the money.”
Amidst cheers and praises to God, the avowed man of God told the eager worshippers that the Ministry was celebrating thirty years of kingdom expansion; of kingdom spread; thirty years of destinies being restored; of promotion. “There are people here, who can confirm that without MFM, they would have been dead. We are celebrating thirty years of rescuing men and women from the mouths of lions. Here people are getting married; people are receiving mysterious promotions.”
MFM has increased the voltage of prayers in Christendom, among other good things the Lord has used the Ministry to do in the lives of His people, Olukoya noted, as he added, “Because of these, we are going to praise God today” and really, it was praise galore, as different praise teams took time to lead the praises, to which the worshippers sweated it out, dancing heartily.
The General Overseer also disclosed that the monthly crowd-pulling programme, Power Must Change Hands, will be 30 years old next year. He urged the excited worshippers to relax and wait for the bigger celebration of the Ministry, which is the 35th-anniversary ceremony, coming up in August this year.
Today, the MFM International Headquarters occupy over 70 plots of land, over 17,150 square meters. This is minus some other adjoining halls and auditoria that belong to the Church, where services are held simultaneously, with the main auditorium during programmes. The biggest private organization in the entire Onike, Iwaya, Bariga, Somolu, Ebute Meta and Yaba axis, is the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International Headquarters.
