RCCG commissions prayer mountain

Adeboye prayer mountain

By Samson Adeyanju Uwala
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has commissioned its prayer mountain specifically built and equipped to serve as a prayer village.
The vision of the prayer mountain was revealed  to the General Overseer of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and his wife Pastor (Mrs) Foluke Adeboye about 30 years ago in South Korea.
The Magnificent prayer mountain named Mount Carmel is situated in Ifewara, Osun State, some ten minutes off Ife, the hometown of Pastor Adeboye.
While welcoming the guests to the commissioning, Pastor (Mrs) Adeboye, who supervised the  construction revealed that the plot of land was bought years ago for the prayer mountain and had been laying fallow until seven years ago when her husband moved for its development.
Recounting what made her and the husband to decide to build the  project, she said the prayer mountain is patterned  after what they saw in South Korea when they went for a prayer conference.
“We had been inspired to build a prayer mountain by what we saw in South Korea in 1985. We went for a David Yonggi Cho prayer conference there, and one afternoon, they took the delegates to their prayer mountain, which we admired so much.
“But then, we said: God, this is South Korea, we travelled almost a whole day to get there. How can we have something like this in Nigeria?”
“So since 1985, we had it in mind that one day, there would be prayer mountain of a similar status in Nigeria.
“We named this mountain Mount Carmel after the Mount Carmel where Prophet Elijah defeated the work of the devil. We also remembered the Mount of Transfiguration”
The prayer mountain, is a modern facility of a mix of sanctuaries, dormitories, chalets and numerous prayer huts flowing down the slope of a hill, overlooked by bigger residential blocks.
There are also halls of various sizes. To avoid the distraction of going out for one’s daily need, there is restaurant, bookshop, a supermarket, reliable electricity among other facilities.
Present at the event were some elders at Ifewara community, Professor Folu Aboaba, Elder Moronfolu Olusola Olakunri (SAN), Elder Felix Ohiwerei, Pastor Wale Oke and his wife.