BY IFEOMA IKEM
Marathon Messiah’s Praise was born from a desire to gather men from all walks of life and different nations to celebrate God over the life of our dear Daddy G.O. and to engineer a new dispensation of praise.
From the inception of Marathon Messiah’s Praise in 2012 to the 9th edition in 2020, there has been an overwhelming amount of testimonies and positive reviews; an evidence that Christ alone is glorified.
Pastor Leke Adeboye (Senior Special Assistant to the General overseer RCCG)
said during a zoom conference that indeed, Marathon Messiah’s Praise has received nothing but God’s mercy and this year, she hosts her 10th edition in 30 countries, Nigeria being the host country.
All these springing up from acknowledging God’s faithfulness in the life of our icon, who recently celebrated 40 years as the General Overseer of the REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF
GOD: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE.
According to him,Marathon Messiah’s Praise is a globally renowned interdenominational gospel musical event of non-stop praises, worship and prayers. It is a specific number of hours where sons and daughters of God come together to appreciate God’s mercy and faithfulness to the world.
The number of hours are very significant as they symbolize the number of years Pastor E.A.Adeboye has spent on earth.
The first edition of Marathon Messiah’s Praise was held in 2012 when Daddy clocked 70 years.
This year, we are celebrating 79 years of amazing grace in his life while also marking 10 years of success, abundance and all-round progress of Marathon Messiah’s Praise.
This 10th edition is themed: BEHOLD THE KING. It is scheduled to hold from 1st to 4th March, 2021 in 30
countries across six continents.
Over the years, the event has witnessed stupendous growth in scope, impact and reach. There was growth in the number of participants, and the venue changed from the Youth Centre to the Prayer Foyer, New Auditorium,Shimawa to accommodate the increase last year.
Participating countries also leapt from 4 countries in 2014 to 30 in 2021. Marathon Messiah’s Praise has also
increased its influence from music to include prayers, evangelism and CSR.
Important Details about the 10th edition of this event, 79 Hours Marathon Messiah’s Praise Countries that will be participating this year include Nigeria, United States of America,
Canada, England, Australia, Spain, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, Cameroon, Kenya,Netherlands, Sweden, Malaysia, South Africa, Ireland, Ukraine, Brazil, Israel, Zambia,Ghana and New Zealand.
“Our pursuit of bringing Marathon Messiah’s Praise to the doorstep of every human on earth can only be accomplished via increasing the number of participating countries.he said
79 Hours Marathon Messiah’s Praise holds between 8am GMT+1 Monday, 1st March and 3pm GMT+1 Thursday, 4th March, 2021 at the Prayer Foyer of the 3/3 Auditorium, Redemption Camp, Lagos, Nigeria.
He added that this year, over 150 Worship ministers and choral groups will be ministering across the 30 participating Countries.
“TEAM SOTERIA ,was launched at the 8th edition of the programme in 2019 (77 hours Marathon Messiah’s Praise), and it has since become a major arm of Marathon Messiah’s Praise where we have people gather to pray before and during the event,he said.
They also go out on evangelism while the programme is on. As part of this year’s edition the team will be available for prayer and counselling with a dedicated call-in line for the general public.
There will be one stream which will fully cover both Nigerian and other countries. The single stream can be watched on Dove TV, RTM, X2D. HI-IMPACT TV and on YouTube from our website www.mmpraise.org. Our online audience can follow us live on our various Social Media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter @themmpraise.
Dove Television (Channel 349 on DSTV) will be streaming live as we ‘BEHOLD THE KING’.
Every year gets better than the previous, and we believe that this year’s Marathon Messiah’s Praise will be the best.
There will be miracles, healings, expression of the gifts of the Spirit,
revelation, peace, repentance and an understanding of who the King is and men’s authority as kings in this world.
This is not an event to miss. Prepare your heart wherever you are to be a part of this glorious and special praise convocation.
Pastor Kunle Ajayi,the Intercontinental Music Director,RCCG, the Marathon Messiah’s Praise commerced batch by batch it will focus on the life of Daddy G.O the glory of God throughout his life.
We have our marathon messiah’s praise differently each year, but this 10th edition is going to be awesome and brings to door step live globally for 79 hours without stop.
Project coordinator – Marathon Messiah’s Praise,Oluwafemi Oyetunde,also said it is going to be exciting, where God do something new in Nigeria.
“As we overcome the pandemic outbreak globally,it is thing of joy and his grace is sufficient.