In highlighting the growth of RCCG in Europe, the Continental Overseer of RCCG Europe, Pastor Leke Sanusi, ascribed the church’s exponential expansion in Europe and America to the principle of “little beginnings,” noting that it all started from the humble gathering of a few worshippers in a Nigerian student’s living room.
Speaking to Dove TV in an interview monitored by The BeautifulDay Testimonial, the Continental pastor underscored the integral role of RCCG’s vision to preach the gospel worldwide in driving its growth in Europe. He traced the roots of RCCG’s presence in Europe back to a small group of only five individuals, who, three decades ago, were inspired by Pastor E. A. Adeboye to hold a house fellowship.
In his words, “We want to give thanks to the Almighty God because without any doubt, when we look at what is going on in Europe, we cannot but conclude that the RCCG is indeed a covenant church. We cannot but conclude that what God told the founder of this church and our General Overseer (Daddy G.O) has being made manifest in the life of the church. Just like the start of RCCG in any country, including Nigeria, in Europe it was a case of a small beginning. Just about a little over 3 decades ago, house fellowships and some small groups started springing up in Germany, Netherlands, then it came to London. As a matter of fact, the church in London started from a small living room of a Nigerian student that was studying in England and was a spiritual daughter of Daddy G.O. It started with maybe just 5 individuals in a small living room and Daddy shared the vision of the RCCG with them to go all over the world and preach the gospel to every nation. After which he challenged them to start a fellowship. That was how the first church in London started about 30 years ago.
From the humble beginnings of a living room gathering of just a few believers, the church has grown to establish 51 churches across the European continent, a testament to the power of faith and perseverance.
He said, “And the journey has been incredible so far. We have been moving from glory to glory and by the special grace of God, there are 52 countries in Europe and RCCG has churches in 51 countries. We are looking at over 2000 churches and parishes of the RCCG in the continent of Europe as we speak today. “
Recalling how Europe became RCCG Continent 9, Pastor Sanusi shared that the idea was birthed from a divine revelation to organize churches worldwide into continents, with Europe becoming one of the continents designated as “Continent 9.” The number 9, according to Pastor Sanusi, symbolizes fruitfulness.
“When God gave the vision of grouping our churches worldwide into continents, Europe became one of the continents. We are not necessarily referring to Europe geographically or politically, but rather spiritually. We just want to give thanks to the Almighty God for what He has been doing.
“We call Europe Continent 9 the Fruitful Continent because the number 9 is the number representing fruitfulness. And indeed, we see the fruitfulness of God on a daily basis. We can only give glory to God and of course, to our General Overseer, for the tremendous vision that has been given to him, his commitment, prayers and the way he keeps on challenging us and we keep seeing the results.”
When addressing the impact of the current state of affairs in Europe on the church, Pastor Sanusi said that these challenges should not be seen as obstacles, but rather as opportunities to illuminate the darkness and inspire people to embrace the message of Christ.
Drawing a parallel to the Biblical passage of “few labourers, but much harvest,” he shared that the current scenario in Europe is similar, with many souls needing to be won for Christ, but a limited number of workers dedicated to this task. He underlined the pressing urgency of the mission and emphasized the importance of seizing the opportunity to make a positive impact before the time runs out.
“For me, I believe that the impact is positive. It is positive in the sense that it acts as a wake-up call to the church in Europe that we have work to do. You know when darkness is thick, that is an opportunity to shine. I believe in Europe, with all that is happening, we have a wake-up call for us to go out there, win more souls and we need to do more for God. There’s much work to be done in Europe but there is little time. Just like the Bible said that the harvest is plenteous but the labourers are few. We must keep praying for the labourers. And as the labourers work, they must labour hard. The vision of the RCCG is that we want to take as many people as we can to heaven and that is what Christ is waiting for because He does not want the multitude to perish, rather, He wants multitudes saved. So, the challenges in Europe are also opportunities for us to prepare ourselves for heaven, win more souls for Christ and get Europe saved before Christ comes.”
When asked about the steps individuals can take to ensure their spiritual preparedness for the Rapture, particularly with many still feeling ill-equipped, Pastor Sanusi stressed the importance of fully embracing the teachings of the General Overseer at the just concluded 72nd convention with the theme “Heaven”
Building upon Pastor Adeboye’s message on Sanctification, He affirmed the critical role of sanctification in attaining Heaven, echoing the General Overseer’s statement that one glimpse of Heaven’s glory would be enough to inspire a lifetime of holiness.
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