The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has kicked off his annual 21-day Thanksgiving programme for 2026.
The 2026 version of the three-week programme started on Monday, January 26, 2026, with visits to the properties of church members, particularly these residing throughout the Lagos and Ogun States axis.
During the visits, Primate Ayodele shared private moments with members, cracking jokes and praying with them. He additionally introduced items, together with money and different materials gadgets.
Many of the members obtained him with pleasure and humility. Beyond visiting church members, he additionally financially and spiritually blessed folks inside their neighbourhoods.
On the second day, Tuesday, he visited extra members of their properties and prolonged his visitations to public officers, together with the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Government, in addition to police stations, amongst others.
According to the prophet, his determination to personally go to church members of their properties is to point out them how essential they’re to him and to have fun them wholeheartedly. He defined that some members stay in distant places, and the annual Thanksgiving programme provides him the chance to know the place they stay and personally assist them the place essential.
“This is a programme that is very personal to me. I am not a church leader who enjoys staying on the pulpit alone. I am not a pastor whom members only see on the altar. I love to relate with my church members because they are family to me. Apart from creating time to have one-on-one interactions with them after church services, I want to know them beyond the church, and this is why I engage in this annually.
“Some of them live far from the church. This gives me the opportunity to experience the sacrifices they make to render service to God and to support them according to my capacity.”
The programme will proceed till Sunday, February 15, 2026, and several other philanthropic actions are anticipated to happen earlier than its conclusion.
