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Ope Banwo Speaks on First ‘Worship Without Walls’ Online Concert “It’s will be biggest thing to happen in online church history”
Dr. Ope Banwo, pastor and the Visioner at The Cyber Embassy, in this interview, speaks about the preparations for the forthcoming 50-Acts Gospel musical concert tagged ‘Worship Without Walls’ being organized by the online-based Christian ministry.
Excerpts…
You are not a stranger to music promotion. But promoting virtually Gospel musical artistes online, is that the business aspect of running your internet-based ministry?
Yes, The Cyber Embassy is a full-fledged 100% online church and since worship is one of the key directorates in any church of God, we have no choice but to go hard at the online promotion of gospel music since our habitat as a church is the internet. I take that responsibility very seriously just like I take the other key purposes of a full-fledged online church very seriously too, like Netvangelism, eMinistry, eFellowship and eDiscipleship. Since we do worship exclusively online at The Cyber Embassy, it makes 100% sense to promote gospel artistes online. As far as I am concerned, every gospel music downloaded or listened to online is part of the Great Commission, whether the musician identifies with The Cyber Embassy or not. The concept of church membership is actually changing though many pastors are still thinking of church membership as physical identification with one local church. Internet works different and we are excited to promote gospel artistes online. We will leave the offline promotion to others.
How have you seen the music industry change since you rested Stingomania?
Yes. The music industry has indeed changed bigly and mostly for the better with more exposure and more income opportunities for everyone. I am frankly incredibly happy for many artistes making gains now. However, I still feel many of our artistes, Gospel or otherwise, just like the pastors, do not really appreciate the power of the internet to magnify their careers even without a music label. The popular ones are leaving a lot of money on the table while the up and coming ones are mostly ignorant that the power to explode their career is in their own hands and not in the hands of record labels. They instinctively know there is power in Instagram, Facebook, and other social media sites but they lack the comprehensive knowledge on how to maximize the internet. It is part of my mission in life to help them broaden their knowledge and focus on this area.
Your forthcoming concert, Worship Without Walls, is not the first of its type. But you tag it the biggest ever, what are the new things you are adding to your show?
Well, I know, somehow, when I use some carefully chosen adjectives like ‘the first’ or ‘the biggest’ or ‘most impactful’ to describe what I am doing, the initial reaction is to doubt it, and see it as hype, because somehow, many didn’t expect a fellow Nigerian to be the ‘first’ or have ‘biggest’ of anything globally. Yet, it is a matter of record that Nigeira has the biggest church auditorium in the world; Dunamis or RCCG camp, depending on how you think of ‘auditorium’. We have the best gathering of worshippers for monthly vigil i.e. RCCG Holy Ghost Services). We have the biggest offline gathering of gospel artistes for a Christian concert i.e. The House on The Rock ‘Experience’, and we have the most churches per-capita than any country in the world. Right? Is that hype?
So, when I say our “Worship Without Walls” concert is the biggest online Gospel concert, it is a fact and there is nothing hypey about it. It’s fact. Or do you know of any exclusively made-for-internet online Gospel concert that has over 50 gospel artistes performing for 12 non-stop hours in one single day? Please, if you discover any that existed before us, let me know and I will gladly look for another adjective. We checked, and The Cyber Embassy’s Worship without Walls, is indeed the biggest online Gospel concert ever contemplated to date. I don’t know about tomorrow. Forget the fact that we are new or that most people are even yet to hear about us. We quietly built up a 36,000 followership and over 800 active official members in four months, as an exclusively 100% full-fledged online church, without even most of the world knowing who we are yet. Of course, we expect bigger ministries to step in and even take it to a whole different level with a 24-hour nonstop worship with 100s of musicians. In fact we are counting on it and this one, by our small Cyber Embassy, is intended to challenge the churches with bigger resources and better experience on this sort of thing to take it from us and make it a global must-attend event like the ‘Experience’. My call is to be a forerunner in exploring new territories for executing the Great Commission on all levels. The men of God who will make this truly global are coming. In the meantime, The Cyber Embassy will keep pushing the envelope and keep taking the lead in demonstrating the amazing possibilities of the internet for the Great Commission.
Tell us about the planning; the preparations in terms of funds being channeled into beaming such a huge virtual programme to the world.
Like the ‘Experience’ event of House on The Rock that inspired this, I have not done any public fundraising and I have practically decided to use my personal funds to sponsor this until I figure out how to do it well. It’s a vision but it has not been tested on the internet until we do it on May 31. I don’t know how it would go and I don’t want to take anyone’s money and then get in trouble. Thankfully, our model does not need plenty money and virtually all the artistes being featured are volunteering to encourage us. We thank God for that grace and for the magnanimity of many of those big names who have chosen to support the project. As for preparation, we have been planning this for three months, which in internet terms is equivalent to one year of planning for an offline event. As for beaming this globally online, the beauty of the internet is it costs virtually nothing to do a concert like this online. You don’t need heavy bandwidth since you will be using the bandwidth of the popular social media to do this; we will go live simultaneously on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram etc and it costs us zero. Is that not amazing. We don’t have to rent any hall. We don’t have to pay for expensive stage. We don’t have to have security for attendees. We don’t have to think about parking. We don’t have to worry about touts or thieves disturbing attendees. We don’t have to worry about heavy traffic or armed robbers attacking our venue. It’s in fact so affordable and seamless to do a made-for-internet event where the most money you need would be for online promo. So, possibilities are endless for churches who do massive offline events.
How are the artistes getting booked on this coming concert and what do they stand to benefit apart from their arts getting more exposed to the outside world?
Like I mentioned earlier, this first one is mostly a trial and it’s all by volunteers. Of course, we also threw in little stuff to encourage the up and coming especially with music promotion online, awards for most favourite performers etc, but I don’t want to focus on what participants get since it’s not much. Instead, we are inviting them to be part of an experiment to thumb our collective noses at Covid-19. The pandemic may have temporarily shut down our places of worship offline, but it cannot take praise and worship from our mouths. So, this WWW event is more like declaring to the devil that nothing can take the praise from believers who are resolved to worship their God. Let’s keep the focus on that and not material benefits for participants, though we have plenty as explained on our site, www.WorshipWithoutWalls.Online.
Has WWW Concert come to stay as a regular music festival of sort?
Frankly, I do not know. God has told me to go do this as a demo of what is possible online. Right now, my plan is to make it an annual or even biannual event since it’s very easy to put together, but God will let me know if I need to step aside and let the big boys take it from here once I have sensitized them on the idea. I keep reminding everyone that I do not think my calling is to be a permanent one-place pastor but as a catalyst, enabler, and backend support for those called to be frontline pastors. Once somebody call to do this stepup, I may step down and rather go help them take the whole thing to another level. For me, the dynamics of online church cannot be competitive but cooperational. There is one God and one church. Let’s work together to take over the power of the internet.
What are your expectations, before, during and after the concert?
Our expectations for the Worship Without Walls Concert are very clear. With God helping us, here are the clear objectives we expect to achieve with the programme. One, we hope to give believers everywere, regardless of denomination, an opportunity to celebrate God together online by participating in a remarkable online worship experience. Two, we hope, and with God helping us, to loud the voice of praise online for believers everywhere and prove that Covid-19 has got nothing on the church of God, for those determined to raise their game in the Great Commission. Instead, the internet presents limitless possibilities for communal worship outside of brick and mortar church walls. We hope believers everywhere will embrace this Covid-19 gift to churches with a vengeance. Three, we hope to sensitize those with special calling for Christian worship to get inspired and get into the internet workshop experience, and do what we are doing much better and with much higher resources. I especially hope this first edition of WWW will trigger a passion in frontline gospel concert organizers to blow up the internet with gospel worship. Four, we hope to give Gospel artistes, especially up and coming ones, the opportunity to showcase their talents to a global audience. Most of our budget will be spent on promoting the artistes who really did well during the WWW concert for the next 60 days after the event. Unlike offline concerts, real promotion for participants actually starts after the event. Above all, our goal is to see God and Jesus glorified even in the middle of a devastating pandemic. That is our mission and with God helping us, all things are possible.
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ANOTHER PROPHECY FULFILLMENT BY PROPHET KINGSLEY AITAFO OVER THE EXIT OF DR. KENOLY, ANNOUNCING FEBRUARY’S OPEN PROPHETIC REVIVAL
ANOTHER PROPHECY FULFILLMENT BY PROPHET KINGSLEY AITAFO OVER THE EXIT OF DR. KENOLY, ANNOUNCING FEBRUARY’S OPEN PROPHETIC REVIVAL
– Another Prophecy Fulfillment by Prophet Kingsley Aitafo Following the Passing of Ron Kenoly Ahead of February Open Prophetic Revival
– Prophet Kingsley Aitafo Records Another Prophecy Fulfillment as February Open Prophetic Revival Is Announced
In the released prophecies for 2026, renowned Nigerian cleric, Prophet Kingsley Aitafo, shared a series of revelations touching on Nigeria’s economy, global events, political transitions, natural disasters, religious transformations, and the future of world leaders.
During a special prophetic session, the prophet stated that he foresaw the departure of two world-renowned musicians in 2026 and urged the Nigerian people and the global community to pray for them.
He urged Nigerians and everyone around the globe to pray for the musicians, among other prophecies, and already gave insight concerning them.
On February 3, 2026, American gospel singer, songwriter, and worship leader Ron Kenoly passed away at the age of 81. Widely known as the “Professor of Praise,” Kenoly was celebrated for anthems such as “Majesty” and “Lift Him Up,” which have significantly influenced modern congregational worship around the world.
He was recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary praise and worship movement, leading Scripture-based worship services that became widely adopted in churches across different nations and cultures.
The development has been described by followers of Prophet Kingsley Aitafo as a confirmation of the prophecy earlier declared in the year.
Meanwhile, Prophet Kingsley Aitafo, leader and shepherd in charge of Oneness in Christ, in conjunction with CCC Living Grace Tabernacle, invites everyone to its February Open Revival. It is a prophetic service determined to change lives through miracles, healings, signs, and wonders.
It is not an ordinary service; it is another time for a divine encounter where your faith is strengthened, prayers are answered, and breakthroughs and favour are about to rain. With its theme — Jesus Christ is the same forever — the revival is promised to release the power of Jesus Christ like never before. It is a period of shift and divine encounter.
This revival service is said to hold on the 25th of February, 2026, from 5pm – 8pm at 20, Showole Street, Ewupe, Singer Sango, Ogun State.
It is a season where God is ready to reveal Himself like never before. Members of the public are invited to attend.
Manipulation: Ignorance Is a License to Bondage — Dr. Chris Okafor
“Nothing honours until a spirit interferes.”
Manipulation, broadly defined, is the act of influencing or controlling a person or situation through subtle or overt tactics for personal advantage. In many cases, such influence is perfected through spiritual interference, because the spiritual realm ultimately governs the physical.
This profound subject formed the focus of the midweek non-denominational Prophetic Healing, Deliverance and Solutions (PHDS) Service ministered by the Generational Prophet of God and Senior Pastor of Grace Nation Worldwide, Dr. Chris Okafor, at the international headquarters of the ministry in Ojodu Berger, Lagos, Nigeria.
Speaking on the topic “Manipulation”, with the subtitle “The Spiritual Aspect,” Dr. Okafor explained that manipulation exists in two dimensions: demonic manipulation and divine manipulation.
Demonic Manipulation
According to the Generational Prophet, demonic manipulation represents the negative expression of spiritual control, where individuals are influenced by the spirit of darkness to act contrary to their true intentions and divine purpose.
He noted that under demonic manipulation, people often say or do things their inner conscience did not authorize, acting solely under satanic influence. This, he explained, accounts for the increasing hostility, false accusations, and defamatory statements directed at genuine servants of God in contemporary times.
“Many people speak evil against true men of God, maligning those sent by God to help them. Often, it is not entirely their fault—it is the work of demonic manipulation,” he stated.
Dr. Okafor, however, offered reassurance, emphasizing that a prayerful life and proper spiritual alignment provide immunity against such attacks. He stressed that when a believer is connected to a spiritual father and guided correctly, no level of manipulation can stop destiny or destroy God-ordained blessings.
He warned that unchecked manipulation can damage destiny and limit access to divine blessings.
Divine Manipulation
The Prophet further taught that just as there is demonic manipulation aimed at destruction, there is also divine manipulation—the intervention of God to protect, guide, and align His people with His eternal purpose.
“If there is a demon manipulating destinies wrongly, there is also a God in heaven who divinely interferes to preserve glory,” he declared.
Dr. Okafor explained that believers who understand the principles of serving God in truth and in spirit operate under divine manipulation, where God orchestrates events in their favour. Under such covering, no demonic manipulation can prevail.
He added that consistent prayer, commitment to kingdom service, partnership with God’s work, and active soul-winning neutralize every form of demonic interference.
Solutions to Manipulation
According to Dr. Okafor, the ultimate safeguard against manipulation is a disciplined prayer life and total commitment to the things of God. Such spiritual alignment ensures that no demonic influence can infiltrate a believer’s path.
The PHDS midweek service witnessed a mighty move of the Holy Spirit, marked by deliverance, healings, miracles, restoration, and divine solutions to numerous cases presented before Elohim, the God of Grace Nation.
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Prophet Israel Oladele’s Genesis Global 2025 Harvest of New Dimension seeks to empower 5,000 widows and widowers in Lagos
Prophet Israel Oladele’s Genesis Global 2025 Harvest of New Dimension seeks to empower 5,000 widows and widowers in Lagos
…Hallel Night of Praise comes with high expectations.
The Genesis Global Harvest of New Dimension has arrived. There remains something exceptional and distinctive about the life of this esteemed man of God, Genesis, whose generosity and concern for welfare have set him apart and made him stand out among his peers.
Some may suggest that this is no longer news, as they might perceive it as an annual routine; however, it’s breaking news at our disposal because this year’s harvest of new Dimension is already causing some individuals to think in suspense due to the massive preparation becoming mind-blowing and creating a climax atmosphere.
It is undeniable that Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe, fondly referred to as Genesis, hosts an annual Adults Harvest that has become a prominent event, characterized by numerous funfairs and jamborees from the Friday Hallel Night of Praise to the Sunday Harvest of New Dimension Thanksgiving.
Evidently, no harvest has ever been planned in this manner in the history of the CCC Lagos chapter, as Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe has redefined and transformed the doctrine of harvest of CCC through his divine wisdom with his Genesis Global family.
As of the time of filing this report, Prophet Genesis’ media aide, Oluwaseun Fabiyi, has confirmed that all hotels within the Dalemo, Alakuko, Abule Egba to Sango Otta axis have been fully booked due to the arrival of dignitaries from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ondo, Ekiti, Kano, and Kaduna, who have come to celebrate with the prophet of God, resulting in potential difficulties for Lagosians seeking hotel accommodations.
A glimpse from the 2024 Hallel Night of Praise, which suddenly became the talk of the town when Prophet Genesis rode a decorated horse from backstage to the edifice altar, changing the atmosphere and shocking many attendees with this experience reminiscent of Lord Jesus Christ’s ride on a donkey, demonstrating Prophet Genesis’ divine wisdom in incorporating innovative elements into Genesis Global programs.
The 2025 Hallel Night of Praise, slated for Friday, 19 December 2025, at Genesis Global City, Dalemo Alakuko, off Duro Ishola Street, Lagos, is highly anticipated by many.Hallel Night of Praise is a specially designed evening of worship, created to complement the adult harvest, providing an opportunity for thanksgiving and heartfelt praise to God Almighty, who values and responds to fervent and sincere prayers – a fundamental principle that has fostered prayer answers, church growth, and expansion within the Genesis Global community.
Get ready for a night of unbridled praise and worship as Hallel Night of Praise brings together a stellar lineup of gospel artists, featuring the host, Genesis Global Choir, Elijah Daniels, Oyinkansola, Tobi Akuraku, CCioma, Erniola Olusoga, Minister Olalekan, Dare Oxygen, Titilayo Euba, and other anointed ministers of God, all set to create a night of open heavens and intense praise, kicking off at 8pm and going through until dawn.
Prior to this event and as part of this special 2025 harvest of a new dimension, Saturday, the 20th has been designated for Genesis Global Foundation empowerment, where thousands of widows, widowers, elderly men, and women will be empowered by the prophet of God through the Genesis Global Foundation.
The grand finale, taking place on Sunday, 21 December 2025, will be a special Sunday of new dimension harvest of thanksgiving, beginning at 9am promptly with various spiritual activities and prophetic declarations.
A statement from Prophet Israel Genesis’ media aide, Oluwaseun Fabiyi, confirmed that the harvest committee has made comprehensive arrangements to cater to the needs of all international dignitaries and attendees, with the welfare of individuals being paramount, alongside provisions for maximum security within Genesis Global City and its surroundings. In addition, this power pack program will feature an awards and recognition segment, where the elderly and widows, and widowers will receive cash grants and food items, and others will receive food items to celebrate Christmas and the New Year.
The statement cited Prophet Genesis, who articulated that the motivation behind this initiative is to empower a multitude of vulnerable individuals without the means to participate in the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth, while also ensuring their basic needs are met.
According to Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe, also known as Genesis, in a statement to his media aide, Oluwaseun Fabiyi, the Genesis Global Church Annual Harvest is a time for people to express gratitude to God for a fruitful year at Genesis Global City, and also a time for people to experience God’s power, as testified by previous celebrations.
He further encourages individuals to experience the transformative power of God, as past events have demonstrated that it is an opportunity not only to celebrate but also to witness breakthroughs, divine encounters, and new opportunities. Save the date for the Hallel Night of Praise, from Friday, 19th to Sunday, 21st December 2025.
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