William Kumuyi, founder of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry

William Flororunso Kumuyi ( born 6th 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 10 Christian books and devotionals ( See books published).

William was brought up in a Christian family in Orunwa, Ogun State, western part of Nigeria. As a young child he read the Bible and sang songs and attended church regularly. In secondary school the principal taught atheism but he eventually started to go to various churches in town.

William began teaching mathematics in 1962 at Mayflower School.
He became a born again Christian on 5th April 1964.

In 1967 he graduated from the University of Ibadanand as the best overall best graduating student in his year, with a first class degree in Mathematics. he also took a post graduate course in Education at the University of Lagos.

In the 1970s he became a lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Lagos.

In 1973 he started a Bible study group with 15 Lagos university students. By the early 1980’s that small group had grown to several 1000. This training became the foundation of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry.

Deeper Life Bible Church was formerly established in 1982.
By 1988 the congregation had grown to 50,000
By 2005 the Christian ministry is said to have over 800, 000 affiliates

September 2016 William addressed over 50,000 youths *to inculcate in them the highest virtues in youths and stay away from antisocial and push-pull tendencies.

On 24th of April 2018 the auditorium, holding 30,000 worshippers, at the church in Gbagade, Lagos was inaugurated. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria, attended the .

In 2013 the Foreign Policy magazine listed William *among the 500 most powerful people on the planet.

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