Kumuyi: Deeper Life Member Who Went Through Marriage Committee Shares Experience, Sparks Reactions
- A Deeper Life member shared her experience with the church’s marriage committee while planning for her wedding
- This came after Pastor Kumuyi clarified that the church’s marriage rules were administrative and not biblical
- The member opened up about how she and her husband went through the committee and their reaction to the marriage bride price list
A member of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Kemisola Omoyiola, has shared her experience with the church’s marriage committee during her wedding preparation.
She made this known while reacting to the announcement by its general superintendent, Pastor William Kumuyi, of modifications to two of the church’s long-standing marriage rules.
Source: Facebook
The revered cleric made these clarifications during the 2025 Global Family and Marriage Conference, monitored by Legit.ng on Sunday, August 31.
During his sermon, he lifted the six-month courtship rule and the courtship visits ban, adding that a lady can visit her intended husband, but must be accompanied by an elder.
Deeper Life member shares marriage committee experience
On her Facebook page, Heirs of God’s Kingdom, the woman shared why she didn’t have an issue with the marriage committee when she went through them 30 years ago.
She said in her post:
“My husband and I went through the Marriage Committee over 30 years ago, and here we are today, still praising God! We didn't have any issue with them from start to finish because we were well prepared to do the will of God.
“There was no fear in meeting them when we needed to. Everything went well. There may be some glitches in some cases and situations over the years, but our Father in the Lord is there to attend to them accordingly.”
Speaking about her marriage list and the committee’s reaction, she said:
“When I went to get the engagement list from my father and saw some ungodly things in the list, I waited for the number of days that was needed to plead with my father before he agreed to the amendments.
“He told me to get a clean sheet of paper and pick the things I wanted from his list. I excitedly did same and thanked him profusely. When I came back to Ibadan, my husband was very happy, seeing the list. We praised God together as I shared the testimony of what happened. No phones then, you know.
“When the Marriage Committee saw the list, they were also happy and commended me. I believe that when we are willing to do the will of God, and we soak every process with prayers while also serving God heartily and consistently, He takes over our matters and gives us good success.”
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Deeper Life: Reactions trail woman’s experience
Elijah Enoaku said:
"The corrections the GS is making are general. Marriage Committee(MC) practices vary from place to place, region to region and country to country."
Mojisola Olarewaju Samuel said:
"I think there are actually insinuations regarding the Marriage Committee because of some experiences by some members. This has actually made a lot of pple to generalise the experience. I believe going to the Marriage Committee with genuine testimony and convictions won't be a problem as envisaged!"
Adaeze Rita-Esugunun Fakayode said:
"Some people in deeper life marriage commitee needs to be prayed out.Or they should go take some courses on marriage .They are still in the 80's in this evolving world."
Recall that another member, who reacted to the modifications, hailed Pastor Kumuyi, stating that he had clarified an issue disturbing the youths in the church.
Kumuyi sends message to marriage commitee
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Pastor Kumuyi warned Deeper Life’s marriage committee against rigid rules, stressing that such practices were pushing members away.
He clarified that the marriage committee was a church creation for guidance, not a biblical institution, and should not exercise undue authority.
Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
