World Mission Agency

Profile
The World Mission Agency (WMA) is a missionary organisation whose primary objective is the development and upliftment of mankind. Stirring up the God given potentials em bed ded in people of all races and nations. Our task is to liberate the entire world from all oppressions of the enemy both spiritual and physical through the teachings and preaching of the word of Faith, schooling them to exploits in life and releasing men and women to their full potentials to benefit humanity.

As the Missions arm of the Living Faith churches worldwide, it is associated with the Communion of Bible Faith Ministries, dedicated to the empowerment of the total man and the discipline of character building in this high velocity society. It seeks to provide a compass setting for the making of responsible citizens and leaders of men in every nation by equipping them through training programs, materials as well as financial support. We have through the grace given us of God, living proofs that this task is progressing with tremendous success by the testimonies of dramatic changes and improvement in the quality of life of the people every where out organisation is represented

Organisational Structure

World Mission Agency (WMA) which provides employment opportunities wherever it exists, has a total staff strength that stands at over two thousand employees in Nigeria alone. This organisation which is made up of dynamic professionals has as its Chairman, Dr. David O. Oyedepo (Ph.D). He is also the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church worldwide and the Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, the 50,000-seater sanctuary reported to be the largest church auditorium in the world. It also stands as one of the largest single congregation in the world.

Church Network

Our first full fledged church which was established in Kaduna, northern Nigeria is December 1983, had today, a network of hundreds of flourishing churches spread across all the states and in every major city and town of Nigeria. The network is a very formidable one. Under it the nation is divided into eight (8) Regions with each tagged as a Diocese. Each Diocese has its headquarters strategically located to enhance the coordination of the churches under its coverage. The diocesan headquarters are situated in the following cities: Kaduna, Port-Harcourt, Warri, Ibadan, Owerri, Abuja, Ilorin and Kano.

A Diocesan headquarter is headed by a Bishop. The Ministry headquarters located in Canaan Land, Ota, the border town between Lagos and Ogun State houses the Faith Tabernacle sanctuary which records a full capacity attendance on Sunday mornings.

Operations

The World Mission Agency is a missionary organisation charged with the task of liberating the entire world from sin, sickness, poverty, failure and all such vices through Bible teachings and training, schooling men and women to exploits in life and releasing them to their full potentials to benefit their world. Our missionary activities started in May 1994, with Africa as our focus, under a programme tagged African Gospel Invasion Programme (AGIP). This programme represents the phase one of our missionary endeavours. As at date, we have established 36 mission stations in 28 African nations.

It is significant to note that the foreign missions have been positively affecting lives in their respective locations. Due to the clear-cut transformation and obvious improvements in people's lives after attending the training school, WOFBI has continued to remain popular and relevant //62over the years. Together with the church activities, they are positively affecting the spiritual and socio-cultural milieu of their host nations. As at December 1999, a total of over 48,000 students ranging from Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Judges, Members of the Diplomatic Corp, Gospel Ministers, Top Government Functionaries, Professionals from all walks of life, to the general populace have officially graduated from WOFBI at the 0foreign mission level where scholarship is also awarded as appropriate.

The coverage of the operations of the organisation is the entire world as it is spelt out in her mandate. Subsequently in December 2000, the phase two of our mission programme was commissioned, tagged Mission To The World (WTM) 2001. This is expected to network the remaining continents of the earth with our missionary activities. That is, sending missionaries and materials to other parts of the world in pursuit of our set objectives.

We believe that the positive influence would be generated, as it had been in the African nations where we presently operate. The World Mission Agency (WMA) seeks opportunities to alleviate the sufferings of the masses not only by the Biblical teachings but also by providing relief support and materials as at when needed in a timely manner. Examples of such are 1997 - Relief Operations in the KOMA HILLS, northern Nigeria where foods stuff, clothing and much needed basic materials were made available in container loads.

Eighty (80) water bore holes with portable drinking water were also provided to improve the sanitary health condition and general welfare of the inhabitants of nine communities. On the International Level, in 1996, the World Mission Agency airlifted two separate shipments of assorted relief materials to War torn Liberia. It is significant and humbling to mention that a number of heads of state and top government officials in some nations have officially and personally acknowledged the work of WMA and its influence on their people's lives.

Our foreign mission stations are fully equipped with their own infrastructures and provided employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled nationals in addition to rendering welfare assistance where necessary. Back to top Establishments To facilitate the effective execution of WMA operations and to benefit the populace, the following establishments came to be: Publishing The publishing arm of WMA, known as Dominion Publishing House (DPH),as at today has rolled out over two million copies of Christian books which are mostly sold at subsidised rates and at other times distributed free particularly on the foreign missions.

The 1996 ECOWAS Gold Award recipient, DPH has a fully staffed and equipped French Department that translate and publishes in French. Today, these high quality impact serve as a lighthouse of truth and workbooks containing solutions in today's world of negative ideas and overwhelming complex situations. Faith Academy WMA is making significant contributions to education in Nigeria. It established the Faith Academy in 1999, a model Christian college geared towards raising pupils with a testimony of academic excellence and spiritual prowess. The Academy's working team is made up of carefully selected, professional men and women of proven integrity and outstanding teaching, administrative and technical capabilities.

Their overall objectives are to help each child discover his or her purpose, release their potentials, nurture their latent abilities to become not only productive and fulfilled citizens but to be pacesetters in all areas of life. Plans are underway for an extensive expansion program to establish Faith Academy in various other cities within the country. Covenant University In addition, to secondary education , we are commencing the take off of our tertiary education system with the official commencement of a university to be known as Covenant University beginning from October 2001, raising professionals in diverse areas of learning.

We are focused on producing a people imbued with a deep sense of honesty, integrity and industry; meeting the needs of humanity at all levels. Of note is the fact that Seasoned intellectuals and professors with proven academic excellence and international acclaim will make up the faculty of the University. Gilead Medical Centre Our headquarters in Lagos has a well-staffed and fully equipped health facility-Gilead Medical Centre. Aimed at alleviating and resolving medical conditions, the hospital was birthed in Lagos in 1998 and the impact was so profound that a second one was established in the year 2000 in Kaduna, the northern part of Nigeria. Relying both on divine intervention and medical expertise with the firm belief in God as the Healer, a number of otherwise incurable diseases have been miraculously cured at our medical centres run by Medical Professionals of the Mission at heavily subsidised rates.

The results contained in the medical records and reports in less than three years of existence are simply amazing. Word of Faith Bible Institute The training unit of our mission which was established in 1986 as the Word of Faith Bible Institute (WOFBI) specialises in one month intensive bible training programs at the Basic, Leadership (leadership certificate) and Advanced Leadership (Leadership diploma) courses and is open to all Nationals The world is in need of selfless properly enlightened well informed and adequately developed leaders.

We believe the effective leadership is essentially a product of attitude. People will always be willing to follow people that are truly committed to meeting their needs. We believe leadership is not an attainment; the results from developmental processes. WOFBI is committed to developing leadership skill, promoting expertise among leaders by exploring principles for effective leadership. Without leadership chaos results, with wrong leadership systems and destinies are destroyed. It is this vacuum that WOFBI is out to fill. Through our tested curriculum, that provides a balance; with high sounding spiritual, moral and professional institution, which has been on for the past 15 years, affecting all strata of the society; top government functionaries, professionals, business stalwart, etc.

Conclusion

Finally, the Word of faith that we teach and preach is not founded on theology or philosophy, neither is it aimed at propagating doctrines rather, it's a vehicle for the rescue and preservation of all peoples, irrespective of colour, creed or ethnicity. Our Mission is to our generation