Pastor Kumuyi’s son apologises over wedding controversy

Posted by: b3rrilyn in GIST, News Jul 2, 2013

John and Love Kumuyi whose wedding has generated lots of controversies has just tendered their apology to the church. He has apologized for peace’ sake!

According to reports,�a video of the apology will be released soon.
New findings�however reveal that the church in Jamaica has some doctrinal disparity with the church in Nigeria and two, the G.S, Kumyi, was persuaded by leaders to attend the wedding because he initially didn’t want to and three, the newly wed couple have been placed on disciplinary measures!

After their wedding on the 15 of June, they received a significant level of backlash over how the bride was dressed which is claimed to be against the�doctrines�of their church. The bride who happens to be the daughter of the National�Overseer�of DLBC in Jamaica, wore a�wedding gown,�ear rings, held a bouquet and applied make-up .

We’ll, both Bride and�Groom�offered a public apology which was read to the congregation on Saturday during the church’s mid-year celebration programme held at the Deeper Life Conference Centre, Lagos-Ibadan Expresway and broadcast live to branches all over Nigeria and some parts of Africa via satellite.
Read apology letter below

�John and Love Kumuyi write to express our deepest and most sincere apology for the turn of events, that have resulted on our traditional andwedding ceremonies, that took place in Jamaica on 13th June and 15th June, 2013 respectively.

�We unreservedly and wholeheartedly state that we did not intend that our acts or omissions will, in any way, undermine the great works that God has done through the Deeper Christian Life Ministry worldwide and more specifically, through our Father in the Lord, the�General Superintendent.
�We also use this medium to profusely and sincerely apologise to the�General Superintendent�for the embarrassment and heartaches, our actions have caused him, more so that he has earlier declined to be at the events.
�This, notwithstanding, we fully accept that having been nurtured, taught and brought up with the sound teaching of the word of God, we should have been able to draw the line, which we failed to do.

�We have now realised the effects of our actions and omission and do�plead�with the church for forgiveness and also appealing that any action that should be taken be directed at John and Love, as we take this time to prayerfully reflect on our actions. We take full responsibility for what happened, and this action should, in no way, be blamed on the GS, or the leaders of the church in Nigeria, United States, Jamaica or United Kingdom and beyond.”