Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- The Senior Pastor of the Dunamis International Centre (DIGC), Paul Enenche, has said many people did not give him and his wife any chances of survival when they founded the church 30 years ago.

He said this during a special healing and deliverance service at the church's headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday to mark its 30th anniversary.

Mr Enenche and his wife, Becky, both medical doctors, began the church on Sunday, 10 November 1996. That first service was held in a restaurant at the Centre for Arts and Culture (now known as Cyprian Ekwensi Arts and Culture Centre), Garki District, Abuja, with 55 people in attendance.

In a sermon titled "The faithfulness of God," to mark the anniversary, the pastor praised God for His ...