Diana Emah
Pastor Kumuyi of Deeper Life Church has published a Yoruba concordance Bible, the bible is called Bibeli Mimo Atoka. The church revealed that it took 15 years to finally finish the project.
This is indeed good news for the Yoruba Christians as they can now have a better understanding of the bible.
The project reportedly took 15 years to complete. It was noted that the project was handled by a team of Yoruba scholars and published by the Bible Society of Nigeria.
The Deeper Life Bible Church describes the new version as one of the most reliable and readable Bibles for personal study and teaching.
According to the church, the new version retains the integrity and accuracy of the bible.
The new version takes care of changes that have occurred over time in the meaning of some expressions found in ancient Yoruba and makes the Bible more comprehensible and relevant to today’s readers.
ABOUT PASTOR KUMUYI and HIS MINISTRY
William Folorunso Kumuyi (born 6 June 1941) is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry situated at Kilometre 42 on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
He is the author of several books.
In 1973, while being a lecturer of mathematics at the University of Lagos, Kumuyi began a Bible study group with 15 students who had come to him for Bible training.
This training became the foundation of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. In 1975, Kumuyi was expelled from the Apostolic Faith Church for preaching on the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
He continued his independent ministry, which in 1982 became the Deeper Life Bible Church. As at 2005, the Christian ministry is said to have over 800,000 affiliates.
