Mr. Udeagha will move to the Lagos Office in early July. On Feb. 3 Mr. Udeagha inaugurated the Port-Harcourt church. For years members in Port-Harcourt traveled more than 80 miles a week to Owerri to worship. It was becoming increasingly burdensome financially for them to travel. Having services in Port-Harcourt is a relief for them.
Members pay only a fraction of their previous travel costs to hire a local hall for services.
About 120 people attended the first service. The congregation will meet twice a month. Malawi Gardner Kunje has been appointed the local church elder pastor of the Blantyre church, and Gray Nthinde has been appointed the local church elder pastor of the Lilongwe church. Both men have full-time jobs. Mr. Kunje works for the Malawi Customs and Excise Headquarters, and Mr. Nthinde is in real estate.