Why There Are Churches Everywhere But No Salutory Impact

Apostle TONY O ANTHONY is the founder of Living Soul Harvest Bible Church, Lagos. He spoke on his SUYA NIGHT programme, how he tried to evade the call of God and other salient issues in an interview with Collins Nkwocha. 

Please tell us about yourself and how you started the ministry?

My name is Apostle Tony O. Anthony, I’m privileged to be the founder of this great ministry. I never envisaged that I would be a cleric because I did everything I could do as a human being to evade the call of God. It’s pathetic that many people in the ministry today are there because of personal interest, that’s why you see churches in every nook and cranny of the country, yet, there’s no salutary impact. Many of them have taken the ministry as a lucrative venture, they are so desperate that they are ready to do anything to succeed in ministry because they see it as their last resort. I was in Germany when God called me, I was not comfortable with it because I was doing well in Europe, in the quest to evade the call of God, I ran to Moscow, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Holland, but the hand of God was firm on me. In 1996, I came back to Nigeria as God instructed; I didn’t like it because I was living a very comfortable life in Germany, but I had to obey the voice of God.

When I came back to Nigeria, I wanted to start this ministry, God told me that I must be trained. I went to CPM bible school, which was my church before I left Nigeria. I was trained and equipped by the school, the anointing of deliverance that is massive on me today is not a coincidence, Rev. Dr O Ezekiel, the founder of the bible school was known as the “demon destroyer”. People call me apostle of deliverance, it’s because there’s evidence. The work of God is not easy, you must pass through the fire, it’s the fire that refines and makes you ready to do the work.

What is your exact area of calling?

We live in a society where people do anything they like; they give themselves titles because they feel they want it. Mine is different, God has been telling me that I’m apostolic; if I teach, you will believe I’m a teacher, if I preach, you will see me as an evangelist, I am also very prophetic. I was officially consecrated as an Apostle on the 10th of December, 2017 by Bishop Charles Oluoji.

You had your suya night and washing of feet today, what is the essence of this spiritual assignment?

I was on the mountain praying and God told me to hold suya night, the last time I had this type of programme was seven years ago. God told me to do this so that I can attract people and lead them to Christ. We must acknowledge that the main essence of Christianity is to win souls for the kingdom of God, you can see that I started with deliverance, but I had to preach the undiluted word of God to the people.
No matter the kind of miracle you perform, if you are not winning souls for the kingdom of God, you are an antichrist. I had to tell the youths that are present today to desist from  “yahoo yahoo ” and other crimes, I know that some pastors encourage and even pray for them to keep defrauding people, I’m a genuine servant of the highest God and I stand for the truth. The washing of feet is for spiritual acceleration, it will launch them into a new realm.

This programme witnessed great miracles especially in the area of healing and deliverance, what inspired these?

The holy ghost inspired these because the hand of God is firm on this ministry. I don’t perform miracles, it’s the spirit of God that dwells in me that did the stupendous and amazing miracles you saw today. You saw the great outpouring of the spirit of God, you saw how a lady vomited cowries and the manifestation was dangerous; you saw how God healed people of different sicknesses, that’s the reason why he orchestrated this programme, to liberate his people from the shackles and the bondages of the devil.

God used you to perform these great miracles, how do you feel about it?

I must confess that it wasn’t easy for me, leaving Europe to come back to Nigeria. Many people will rather prefer to die there than to return to this impoverished nation. I am happy that God is using me to this extent, it shows that my coming back to Nigeria is divinely inspired.

Why are you called the Apostle of deliverance?

It’s a special grace that God gave to me. Pastors and other ministers of God come to me for deliverance and I don’t struggle with it. Some deliverance ministers complain of demonic attacks after deliverance, it doesn’t happen and it has never happened to me, even if I don’t pray, that’s why I say that it’s a special grace.

I know that programmes are not held at all times, is there any special programme you hold regularly?

Yes; we hold our holy ghost clinic every Thursday from 9 am and it takes place at Treasure Land Hotel, by the Hotel bus stop, new Igando. I must be candid with you, Sunday services are just to praise God and thank him for what he has done, Thursday is the day that we handle delicate and sensitive spiritual issues. We believe that no matter how big your problem might be, it’s not bigger than our God because you will surely get a solution to any obstacle of affliction that has made your life miserable. After all, the days of miracles are not over yet.