Life development Church, Firm Foundation, has announced details for this year’s edition of ”The Cure for Desert Places” Conference, 2015. The event will be held in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, will feature speakers and ministers from across the Globe.
This year’s Cure for Desert Places conference runs from 4th October to 10th October featuring worship, word and prophetic sessions. Two sessions daily and breakout sessions in between for those in the entertainment, business, sports, ministry, politics, media and technology industry.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
BENSON AKHIGBE II is a dynamic leader, people developer and a strong believer in taking responsibility for the change we want to see. His wealth of experience in banking and a little stint in the academia prompted the establishment of ADULLAM MANIFEST CONSULTING, with core competencies in the life skills, personal development and leadership.
He is the visionary of THE REPOSITION, a transformational leadership campaign hosted biannually. Ben is the host of the daily inspirational/motivational Manifest Radio Broadcast on Rhythm 93:7FM Benin & Vibes 97.3FM. He has also authored books which include, ‘Different Thinking’, ‘Take Charge!’ and ‘Advancing Your Career’.
Ben and his wife, Kay, are the lead pastors of FIRM FOUNDATION, a life development church in Benin City, Nigeria.
LAWRENCE ACHUDUME is the Host of ‘The Executive’, a forum where he teaches business executives and directors of companies, wisdom nuggets. He is the host of ‘It’s a New Day’, an ever-soul winning radio program. Lawrence has a passion to see men & women enjoy their homes and not endure it.
He is the Senior Pastor of Victory Life Bible Church Int’l. An exciting and respected minister who is married to Rev. Fola Achudume. They are blessed with three lovely children.
KAY BENSON – AKHIGBE II: An identity crisis prevention manager, a family therapist, a global awakening certified soul care and deliverance specialist, a life development crackerjack, a spiritual mother to many and humor is the rare blend that comes to mind when you hear the name Kay Benson Akhigbe II. A strong advocate for a society where every family is functional and every child’s right is protected. A strong voice against gender based violence and a passionate youth empowerment specialist who influences people to live a healthy purpose driven life. Kay addresses critical life and revolutionary issues about the family life and wholesome entertainment media. This strategist believes that what you become on your way to meeting life’s goal is more important than the goal itself.
The Chief Responsibility Officer (CRO) of Living Your Dreams Initiative (LYDi) and Secure the Future Initiative respectively. These are faith-based organizations that work in several rural communities, secondary schools, campuses and slums for the betterment of children, women and youths across the world for the betterment of mankind. These organizations address issues across several mountains respectively. No wonder it has at his head the versatile leadership of Kay
The Executive Producer, of Living Your Dreams television broadcast, a weekly family enrichment program on soul care and transformation. The C.E.O. of living your dreams family institute that has brought transformation to many families through their soul care and relationship course.
Rev. Fola: A unique servant of God anointed and equipped for the end time harvest. A pastor and a passionate minister who preaches the word of God in a practical and illustrative way.
Rev. Fola is a woman that has the burden to see women of all ages and class fulfill destiny and be happy in life. This burden has taken her to the nations of the world and has given birth to various missions and programmes. She is the president of Victory women International (the women arm of the church), she is the convener of Royal Ladies International, an interdenominational programme for ladies all over the world.
She is the popular host of the radio and television programme “Royal Ladies.” She is also the founder of Royal Girls home, where abused ladies are rehabilitated and transformed to affect the society positively. She also has a mentoring institute for Ladies, Gemame mentoring school.
She has the passion for rural evangelism and is also a church planter.
She has authored several books and is married to Apostle Lawrence Achudume, the senior pastor of Victory Life Bible Church.
They live in Abeokuta with their three children, Tobiloba, Feyisara and David.
Abu Bako : An Economist by profession, a former lecturer in Economics and Senior Researcher in Agricultural Economics for several years, Abu Bako, as he prefers to be known, is primarily a people-builder, a specialist in training, equipping and developing quality leaders at all levels of public life, in all the 8 gates of society.
A pioneer and groundbreaker in many areas, Abu Bako is bold to challenge the things that have become norms in the Body by putting them up against the truth of God’s word and if they don’t measure up he initiates reform, renewal and transformation where it is needed.
He is the founding president and international coordinator of the Logos-Rhema Foundation for Leadership Resource Development, a Christocentric, multidisciplinary civil society organisation and GAPNET (Global Apostolic and Prophetic Network) a movement of Apostolic and Prophetic ministers, ministries and networks. Both are NGO’s, multi-faceted and multi-dimensional in nature, both are global in their reach, and both are kingdom-centred, focused and driven.
Nathaniel Bassey: In his early years, he developed a rather uncommon interest for jazz music and began listening, imitating and playing to the music of. Louis Armstrong, Miles Davies, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz and Kirk Whalum, Phil Driscoll, Hugh Masakela and other Jazz luminaries.
Nathaniel’s debut album Elohim was recorded and mixed in Cape Town, South Africa in the year 2008. It has been described as a spiritual and Artistic masterpiece with the hit track “Someone’s knocking at the door” a soft-rock tune currently generating so much interest locally and internationally. He writes, sings and produces his own music and records with diverse groups of musicians.
George Bryan Irabor is the Senior Pastor of the Fountain of Grace Church in Massachusetts, USA. Pastor George is known for his compassionate father’s heart and his insatiable passion for prayer and intercession.
In 2006, the Lord spoke to Pastor George to plant Fountain of Grace Church, which started with six people in the city of Dedham, Massachusetts. Presently about 500 members strong and growing, it is now one church in three locations. It is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, with branches in Worcester and Lynn, Massachusetts. The vision is to fulfill the Great Commission and to impact the totality of man to be all God created him to be. He has also authored two great books ‘Elements of Positive Prayers’ and ‘Dreams & Visions; the power of possibilities.’
Deji Irawo is a Kingdom ambassador, technocrat and resource person. Over the last 20 years, Deji has worked on various media, capacity building, youth development and entertainment projects. Deji was a member of the pioneering creative/production team of such media projects such as Star FM, Dove Media, HITV and most recently, Africa’s leading gospel inspired safe entertainment and lifestyle TV brand, X2D, where he is the Chief Responsibility Officer. His passion for capacity building and youth development has made him a resource person for various initiatives like Strategy for Mentoring Initiatives and Leadership Empowerment (SMILE), Let the Artiste Prophesy (LAP), Men Involvement Group (Violence against Women) and many others. His passion is to see kingdom-minded technocrats effectively take over all the mountains of influence.
Deji also coordinates “worship collective”, a network of worship ministers from across Nigeria and he’s presently a male resource person for the family segment of the Saturday morning show on radio, Continental 102.3 FM, Lagos.
Deji’s latest project is the Confident Relationship for Men (CR4Men) initiative, a strategic resource community for men with the aim of raising God-fearing successful husbands, fathers and friends. Deji is married to his “babe”, Esther and they have two children, Oluwalonimi and Kinfeosioluwa.
Tonnie Ekilisie-Uzor is a worshipper, artist, public speaker, church planter. He has over twenty years of Pastoral experience and has served in almost every ministry capacity at Firm Foundation. He is passionate about leadership development and personal transformation.
He is a top facilitator at the Adullam School of Supernatural Reformation and Transformation. Tonnie Ekilisie-Uzor is married with two handsome boys.
DATE: Sunday | October 4, 2015, to Saturday | October 10, 2015
TIME: 8:10 am – 3:00 pm
VENUE: Uyi Grand Events Centre, off Osageide, off Adesuwa Road, Benin city.
For more details call 07069696499
Register for Free HERE
One Response
Dear sirs and Madams
I am really happy to read this information as I was trying to read more about Mr. Deji Irawo who spoke at a program in OKOTA ROUNDABOUT, Isolo, Lagos.
I will like to read and participate in future programs
Jolayemi olakunle isaac
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