United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister David Cameron was among eminent personalities who attended the largest event of gathering of Christians in the European country, the Festival of Life (FoL).
It was organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) last Friday at the Excel Centre, London Docklands.
The event, now in its 19th year, was initiated by Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the RCCG, an international church working in over 180 countries and committed to raising disciples who live by the teachings of Jesus Christ.
In the U.K, the RCCG is led by Pastor Agu Irukwu and presently has 732 churches across the country.
Cameron received a rapturous welcome when he was introduced to the 45,000 strong faithful by Pastor Irukwu.
Pastor Irukwu said: “We are very pleased to have the Prime Minister with us tonight. We appreciate that this is a very busy time for him, as it is for all politicians, in the run up to our general elections on May 7. His attendance is a clear indication of the growing influence of not just the RCCG and the black majority churches, but of the church in general. This partnership between the government and the church is critical to the spiritual and social transformation of our nation.”
The prime minister spoke about aspiration, The Big Society and religious freedom.
He told the congregation of his belief in aspiration and that he believed there was a future prime minister in the FoL congregation.
“I believe in aspiration. I believe the only limit to someone’s potential is their own ambition and talent and I look out into this crowd and I can see someone who will hold my role and become prime minister of this great country,” he said. The Nation
