Founder of Mount Zion Faith Ministries, Evangelist Mike Bamiloye, in a heartfelt reflection of his marital journey, shared a poignant testimony of God’s abundant grace and favour in the face of overwhelming financial obstacles.
Evangelist Bamiloye revealed how he and his wife, Gloria, faced significant financial challenges in the early days of their marriage. Despite this, they were sustained by the kindness of family, friends, and fellow believers, who came together to support them in creating a memorable and blessed wedding celebration, despite the limited means at their disposal.
In a personal Facebook post on recently, the popular evangelist and drama minister opened up about the humble beginnings of his marriage, sharing with his followers the lessons he learned about the power of faith and the generosity of the faith community in supporting his union.
Reflecting on their wedding day, Bamiloye shared: “When I got married, I didn’t have any money to take my wife to honeymoon. We stayed in the house that we just rented. No money for Honeymoon. It was my Big Sister that rented the flat for me so that I would not bring my wife to her house.
“It was my Best Man that bought my suit and shirt so that I could wear the same thing with him. My sister-in-law graciously bought the shoes and socks that I wore on my wedding day.
“Gloria and I went around to see where we could rent a wedding gown and we got a place and told them we would come back with the money, before a sister in our Ministry gave us the money to deposit for sewing a wedding gown.
Bamiloye revealed that the couple’s financial difficulties were so severe that they could not even afford to pay for a civil marriage license, a necessary document for legal recognition of their union in the eyes of the Nigerian government.
“Me, that I took my wife to the Registry to ask about Court Marriage and they told us the money to pay for the event, it was a very small amount of money. It was around N170.00 (one hundred and seventy naira). But we could not get the money, so we collected their forms and never returned with it because I could not get the money required.
“So we went to the wedding without the Registry. We never had Government Marriage Certificate until about six years ago when an Embassy demanded for it, because we didn’t have the money for Court Marraige.
“All the money we got on our wedding day was used to settle the debts of the printer who printed out Wedding Program and other things. So, two days after our wedding, we had no money on us again.
“The following Saturday, we had a drama ministrations in Ilesa, and we stood beside the road looking for “lift” to the ministration venue.
“But here we are, sponsored by GRACE! I thank God I didn’t marry a lady who would put me on unwarranted pressures and unnecessary constraints.”
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