Rhema Mission Founder Is Dead

Millions of members of Rhema Deliverance Mission, world-wide have been thrown into mourning, following the death of their founder, Bishop Arthur Nwachukwu.

The Bishop who hails from Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, it was learnt, breathed his last at 3:00am on Monday morning in his house at the age of 79 years.

Son of the Bishop who happens to be a pastor in Rhema Deliverance Mission, Prophet Ejike Nwachukwu, told newsmen that his father died peacefully.

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“He had been sick previously, but he had recovered, and there was no trace of illness around him. Though he had told us that after Christmas, he would like to go home and rest as he would not like to be sickly to the point of being a burden to anyone.

“We didn’t understand what he meant, so we didn’t take him seriously because he was not sick, but by 3am today, he breathe his last. He has gone to be with his maker,” Ejike Nwachukwu said.

Bishop Nwachukwu is a popular man of God in Nigeria and especially in Igbo land. He is reputed to have an all-pastor family, with all his five sons being pastors in various branches of the Rhema Deliverance Mission.

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Bishop Arthur Nwachukwu hails from Anambra State and has the headquarters of the church in the state.