By Dare Adejumo
CITIZENS COMPASS – On Sunday, December 8, Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at its Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos headquarters will roll out drums in ecclesiastical soul inspiring songs and praises to express gratitude to God for His faithfulness as the rock upon which the church was founded..
The celebration which is the third of its kind is not only going to hold in Lagos but also across the nations and continents where members and Emmanuel TV Partners will gather respectively to rejoice too in the Lord.
SCOAN has many reasons to celebrate. The church, like other churches in the country, was closed down by the government for a long time during the Coovid-19 pandemic. Even when all churches nationwide were later authorized to open, SCOAN still closed its doors obviously because of the thirsty crowd for Synagogue Church of All Nations SCOAN from several countries who were all scrambling to come to Nigeria. If allowed at such a time when the world was not totally out of the woods of Covid-19 miasma it could generate unholy brouhaha which the Man of God Prophet TBJOSHUA would not want. In God’s wisdom he simply diffused the pressure by saying: “I will not reopen the church until I hear from God”. Yes it was clearly not suitable to open at the time because of these massive foreign visitors looking at the genesis of the rampaging pandemic that killed several millions of people worldwide.
The greater devastation that jolted the entire world suddenly happened! The God’s General, the enigmatic spiritual giant who bestrode the world like a colossus by bringing Jesus Christ in action to the doorsteps of the world like early apostles and his uncommon love for humanity that touched and blessed the lives of millions all over the world suddenly passed on; just shortly after conducting a symbolic “parting” worship at his prayer mountain where he had been meeting with worshippers in batches since the nationwide reopening of the churches.
That was indeed a big storm; the unfathomable spiritual earthquake that be-clouded the world and the church’s firmament. Many, who were being ruled by flesh and those of the dark world to which Joshua was a puzzle and thorn in their flesh by the radiant light of God in him which put their satanic powers and kingdom on their knees with the name of Jesus Christ had ignorantly concluded that the end of SCOAN had finally come not knowing that greater is He in the SCOAN than he that is in the world. Satan and its agents tried to territize the church, but the church could not cowed.
But God would never forsake His own. The grace, wisdom, power and love of God whose adamantine will remain inscrutable paved the way for the leadership mantle of SCOAN like that of Elijah to Elisha to fall upon Evelyn Joshua.
Pastor Evelyn Joshua without mincing words is a woman of virtues, one in a million. The quintessential womanhood, who had quietly gone through the spiritual mills, was well equipped and fortified for the new roles beyond human imagination. The life of Evelyn Joshua today shows clearly that TBJOSHUA never made a mistake in her choice as wife by their conjugal life as he was led by the Holy Spirit to marry her.
That God was the foundation of the church, that God is ever with the church and His grace would for ever be sufficient for His chosen ones is today very palpable and gratifying in the joyful activities and flow of anointing from His throne of grace with the presence of the Holy Spirit in the dumbfounding demonstration of God’s power, blessings, healing and miracles whenever and wherever Pastor Evelyn Joshua chooses to worship, evangelise or hold a crusade as led by the Holy Spirit. A woman of propulsive energy, unassuming, firm, calm, intelligent, and loving, Evelyn Joshua has no eyes for frivolous or wanton desires. She is spiritually endowed and full of joyful activities. With time, people that have not discovered will see very clearly that TBJOSHUA is in Evelyn Joshua.
This is the secret of the joy of members and Emmanuel TV Partners world wide today as the church is increasing daily with several countries requesting for a crusade in their respective domains!
The celebration is bound to be colourful with the members’ enthusiasm to praise God in their respective best appearances in honor of God.
“We are overwhelmed with gratitude for all that God has done for The Synagogue Church Of All Nations SCOAN” said the Woman of God, Evelyn Joshua. “His faithfulness has brought healing to our bodies, deliverance to our souls, blessings to our lives and salvation to our spirits. He has preserved and multiplied our families including several open doors of breakthrough. We are therefore celebrating His unfailing goodness” she added.
In the last three years when the church reopened a lot of giant strides had taken place under Evelyn Joshua. Some of these, just to mention a few are::
The Akure branch that had remained in comatose was joyfully rebranded and opened for members and public who are still in high spirit. Crusades, partners meetings and charity works were held in Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Spain, Kenya, and Argentina. There have been massive charity works in different parts of Nigeria, Anointing Water was distributed to Partners with Charity works in different countries; Regular meetings with the elderly people with welfare packages for them;; berthing of Women of Grace Conference which was initiated by Evelyn Joshua towards the reawakening of womenfolk for true womanhood in Creation; International Youth Conference for the purpose of achieving greater and peaceful future for our world has been planted. Evelyn Joshua believes that both the government and the society must not fail in proper moulding of the youth.
The thanksgiving service will be preceded on Friday with “healing and deliverance service”. Like the “Living Water Service” of the church, the Friday service is a dedicated and unique one that will draw crowds from different parts of the country and beyond.
One of the major landmarks in SCOAN is Pastor Joshua’s unquenchable yearning and her uncompromising stand for a sound spiritual life for members. Each group in the church is today made to regularly spend time with God on TBJOSHUA Mountain where both in spirit and knowledge including prayer lives of participants are greatly enriched. She has also tenaciously upheld the lofty legacies of her late husband for which he lived and died for.
Without doubt, SCOAN is a mystery. It is a tree planted in the riverside by God. It is hound to bring out its fruits in the seasons and its leaves shall never wither. As the gate of hell cannot prevail against it because of Christ, the church of God is joyfully waxing stronger day by day.
