Pastor Kumuyi Sends Powerful Warning to Deeper Life Marriage C'tte: "We're Losing Members"

Pastor Kumuyi Sends Powerful Warning to Deeper Life Marriage C'tte: "We're Losing Members"

  • Pastor William Kumuyi has warned Deeper Life’s marriage committees against rigid rules, stressing that such practices are pushing members away
  • He clarified that the marriage committee is a church creation for guidance, not a biblical institution, and should not exercise undue authority
  • Kumuyi urged members to prioritise God’s Word over man-made rules, emphasising that only the law of God leads to heaven

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has issued a stern warning to the church’s marriage committees nationwide.

This, the revered cleric cautioned against rigid practices that he says are driving members away.

Pastor Williams Kumuyi of Deeper Life Bible Church issues a strong warning to the church’s marriage committees nationwide.
Deeper Life Bible Church leader, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, delivers a stern caution to marriage committees across the country. Photo credit: @pastorwf_kumuyi
Source: Twitter

The holiness preacher sent the warning during the church's 2025 family and marriage conference held nationwide and monitored by Legit.ng on Sunday, August 31.

Expressing concern, Kumuyi revealed that several members had left the church due to difficulties linked to marriage rules rather than biblical teachings.

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“I’ve met people who left the church because of marriage challenges, not because of the Bible, but because of our rules,” he admitted.

He further stressed that spiritual priorities must outweigh human regulations.

“I’d rather people don’t obey me and still walk into the kingdom of God than cling to laws that drive them away.”

Focus must remain on heaven, Kumuyi says

Pastor Kumuyi emphasised that the ultimate goal of believers should remain heaven, not strict adherence to man-made principles.

“The law of God is what takes us to heaven. If anything we say has no chapter or verse, it is just our principle. Follow what you know will lead you to heaven,” he urged.

Kumuyi clarifies role of marriage committee

Pastor Williams Kumuyi cautions all Deeper Life marriage committees nationwide against rigid practices.
The General Superintendent of Deeper Life, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, strongly warns the church’s marriage committees across Nigeria. Photo credit: @pastorwf_kumuyi
Source: Twitter

Addressing the scope of the church’s marriage committee, Kumuyi clarified that it was not a biblical institution but a creation of the church to offer guidance.

“There’s no marriage committee in the New Testament. We created it to help you, not because we can give you a chapter and a verse. It is church administration,” he explained.

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He went on to warn against abuse of authority within the system:

“Marriage committees should not exercise an authority that God has not given them. This is just church organisation, not divine law.”

Recently, Kumuyi announced that such a law as banning a lady from visiting a man whom she intends to marry is nullified.

He further explained that intending couples can freely visit themselves during courtship, but only on the condition that she or he go with an elder.

Kumuyi warns Lagos govt against church demolition

Previously, Legit.ng reported that the Deeper Life Bible Church led by the general superintendent Pastor William Kumuyi, has condemned the alleged demolition of its properties in various parts of Lagos State by government agencies.

The church, in a statement signed by its legal representatives, Nojim Tairu & Co., on Thursday, June 5, accused the agencies of targeting its properties for demolition without due process.

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The church said its branches in Yaba, Olorunishola, and Lawanson were demolished by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Lagos State Building Control Agency, and the Surulere Local Government respectively.

Source: Legit.ng

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