The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Royal Assembly Parish, Ogba, Lagos, last Sunday commissioned a 144-metre road project as part of activities to mark its 13th year anniversary.
Commissioning the project, the Pastor-in-charge, (PICP) Lagos Province
60, Pastor Ephraim Osunde, said the church believes in giving back to
their host society and added that the gesture is in line with the
ministry’s vision on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
His words: “We believe in giving back to the society where our church is
located. We thank God for the completed project and we are also grateful
to the community and those who supported in making the project a
reality.”
The Assistant Pastor-in-charge of Province (APICP Admin), LP 60 and
host, Pastor Rotimi Davies, revealed that the suffering of their host
community ignited the desire to embark on the road project.
According to him, “When I was transferred to this parish, the road was
not motorable, completely bad; neither residents nor church members
could use it. People were parking outside, on the other street which
wasn’t encouraging. As a result, I approached the PICP and asked that we executive a CSR project in collaboration with the street’s landlord
association and as you can see today, the road has been constructed”.
While stressing the need for churches to contribute positively towards
the development of their host communities, Pastor Davies revealed that,
feeding of the less privileged in the community is also done every week
by the church as part of its CSR activities.
According to him, “CSR programmes like road construction, feeding of the less privileged, construction of bore-holes etc. are some of the
initiatives that communities can benefit from. Churches should look for
needs in their community and explore ways that they can attend to them,” he said.
Chief Samuel Afeni, Chairperson, Babalola Street Landlord’s Association
said: “This July, will make it 42-years that I have been living on this
street, there has been no touch of government whatsoever. Whatever
little we do as regards the road is usually destroyed by erosion. But by
the divine grace of God, the RCCG, Royal Assembly parish approached us
and intimated that the church would like to construct our road in
collaboration with us and we agreed, did our part which was to repair
the drainage on both sides and the church tarred the road. We are
grateful for what the ministry has done for us and pray that God will
continue to bless the pastor and every member of the church”.
