CCIC CAMPMEETING – CONSISTENTLY LIFE-CHANGING

There is only one way to describe a ministry that has sustained the vision of an annual Camp Meeting for 23 years through thick and thin, missing out only once since it started in 1987.  The only way to describe this focused and unmatched obligation to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and development of humanity is consistent!

Rev Dr Tunde & Rev Mrs Ebun Joda..
.Chief Hosts

And that is exactly what the founding Pastors of Christ Chapel International Churches, CCIC; Reve (Dr.) Chris Tunde and Rev (Mrs) Ebun Joda have demonstrated in more than two decades. And this year, the CCIC Camp Meeting is marking its 24^th edition with the theme: My Season of Breakthrough.

Historically, this annual programme has emerged as one of the most important events on the Pentecostal/Charismatic Christian calendar in Nigeria as the Senior Pastors/Founders of CCIC, Reverend (Dr) Joda and his wife, Reverend (Mrs) Ebun Joda, both anointed expositors of the word of faith, direct affairs under the unction of the Holy Ghost.

As is usual, the conference will hold simultaneously in major cities of Nigeria to cater for the word needs of not just their immediate locations, but also for their regions. These cities are Abuja Federal Capital Territory, where the National Christian Centre is venue, Calabar, in Cross River state, Ibadan, Oyo state  and Port Harcourt in Rivers state.

With three sessions everyday, Camp Meeting 2011, opens at 9am each day with a second session at noon, both being workshops, powerfully designed and thus crucial for children of God desiring to grow in their knowledge of their Father, and find and or confirm their place in His kingdom.  Miracle and Impartation services beginning at 5pm.

Scheduled to begin in Lagos from Tuesday October 18, the event will last till Sunday October 23, 2011 with a break in the Lagos programme on Saturday October 22 due to the scheduled local council polls holding in the state.

The calendar for the other stations shows that the event is a two-day affair in Abuja Federal Capital Territory and will hold on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October. Expected to minister in the Abuja programme is Bishop G.I Eromobor, founding pastor, New Generation Bible Church International who will lead other guest ministers slated to speak at the meeting.

For Calabar and Port Harcourt, the programme will open on Wednesday and run four days climaxing on Sunday October 23. Calabar will play host to Rev Bob Alonge, Senior Pastor, The Capital Assembly, Abuja and Rev Stephen Olusegun Shafe of Banner of Grace Ministries, Calabar, among other top ministers of the word of faith.

Ministering at the Port Harcourt centre is Bishop Winston T. Iwo, Senior Pastor of Grace Covenant Church based in the Rivers State capital.  He will be joined, among others by Pastor Chris Oarhe, Senior Pastor of Hilltop International Christian Centre, said to be one of Nigeria’s fastest growing churches, located on a 5-acre property, with a 3,000-seater fully air-conditioned auditorium.

The Ibadan centre, on the other hand, begins Camp Meeting 2011 on Friday October 21 and will run for three days.  Rev Yinka Ojo, Senior Pastor, Grace Family Church, Lagos and Rev I. D. Lawon of Full Stature Missions International are guest ministers at the meeting holding at CCIC’s Ashi auditorium.

Guest Ministers for the National leg of the convention include such anointed ministers of the word like Dr. David Oyedepo, Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel, a long time associate of the chief hosts, Rev Dr Tunde and Rev Mrs Ebun Joda, who will minister on the nights of Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19; and Rev Sam Adeyemi, Senior Pastor of the Oregun, Ikeja-headquartered Daystar Christian Centre. Also confirmed from Nigeria is Rev Dr. Lekan Babatunde of Kings Chapel, Ibadan, who has been a Camp Meeting regular.

Two other Camp Meeting veterans complete the list of guest ministers who would be joined by many others from CCIC. They are Reverend Clyde Oliver, founding pastor of Maranatha Christian Center of Melbourne, Florida, and Rev Mike Moore, both from the United States.

According to the Church Council which has been working round the clock to make the programme a huge success, there are plans to live stream this year’s meetings to enable those who are unable to attend nationally and internationally to participate and benefit from the move of God that is certain to be experienced.

Founded over 25 years ago, the driving force of Christ Chapel International Churches has been an unalloyed commitment to faith that moves mountains. And this has been exemplified by the outstanding and astonishing accomplishments of the numerous men and women who have passed through the ministry.

With Jesus Christ as the epitome of the Christian’s virtue of love, Christ Chapel thrives on the enduring command for the Christian to live a life of Praise and Worship which is often missing in some Christian assembly.

A ministry totally committed to a life of prayer, fellowship, teaching the word of God as a foundational and evangelism enshrined in that great command of Jesus Christ in Mark 16:15 “Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature”, the last two and half decades have been more fulfilling than any enterprise could ascribe to itself.

From such themes as Faith is the Victory (1987), Spiritual Warfare in the following year down to the passionately convincing theme of 2001 – Fresh Faith, Fresh Fire; the different editions of Camp Meeting of the Church has attracted Nigerians and foreigners in a gathering of transformation.

Each year, speakers have been drawn from the Americas, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Ghana, other Europeans and the elite of Nigerian ministers of the gospel, among others. It is therefore not any surprise that this year, the highly acclaimed Bishop David Oyedepo is leading the team of world renowned ministers to Camp Meeting 2011.

Bishop Oyedepo has created landmarks in Nigeria and beyond turning around desolate lands into flourishing Eden here in his country. The Covenant University is one of such numerous expressions of the Bishop’s responses to God’s command.

For Pastor Sam Adeyemi who has grown the Daystar Christian Ministry into a world institution, his first time in Camp Meeting is perhaps a measure of how busy he has been that has made it impossible for his calendar to accommodate the wonderful spiritual move of the Holy Spirit during past Camp Meetings. He is therefore planning to make the most of this rare opportunity.