Olayiwola Matthew
Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has shared an emotional account of how he lost his first wife, Abiodun Kumuyi.
Speaking during a Global Workers’ Conference at the ministry’s international center, he reflected on the painful incident that occurred on April 11, 2009.
Kumuyi explained that Abiodun, who was his first wife was unwell and at home while he was ministering at a church retreat. Recalling the moment, he said, “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 that nobody will sneak into that place.”
Pastor Kumuyi said he had just finished preaching at a Faith Clinic session when he got the devastating news. “When I finished the Faith Clinic that morning, I received a message that my beloved wife was gone. I ran to IBTC; 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, don’t bother about it,” he recalled.
Rather than allow grief to consume him, he turned the tragedy into a renewed spiritual drive. “I let it (her death) go, but from that day, I said ‘that one happened, this other one will no more happen,’” he said. He also declared, “Now I am in charge everywhere I go.”
Since then, Pastor Kumuyi said he has expanded his outreach across the globe as part of what he described as a spiritual counterattack against the forces of evil that took his first wife. “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,” he explained.
He shared testimonies from his travels, saying, “Blind eyes have opened, deaf ears have opened, the lame had risen up and walked. Now, I am getting to another level—the dead has now been raised.”
In his closing remarks, he encouraged believers to take control of their spiritual and family lives. “Those that have gone, have gone. Water under the bridge 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,” he said.
Pastor Kumuyi was married to his late wife, Abiodun, for 28 years. Their marriage, which began in 1980, was blessed with two sons, Jeremiah and John.