Reverend Dr. Uma Ukpai
“Being a man of
prodigious purpose, this Man of God and Apostle of Miracles saw himself as a
great preacher from his teenage yers. It is on record that when the governor of
the then Eastern Nigeria visited his school, Uma was one of the three boys His
Excellency asked what they hoped to become in future. While the other boys stated
they would be medical doctors and a lawyer respectively, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai
self-confidently and pointedly said he would be a preacher. A great preacher he
is, today”!
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Uma Ukpai
is one of the most anointed and highly outstanding ministers of our generation.
He speaks across the world extensively on issues of salvation, faith, healing,
breaking of curses and covenants, and spiritual leadership. In town after town,
across the length and breadth of Nigeria and beyond, he has mobilized God’s
people into action. His crusades attract crowds that number in hundreds of
thousands, and spectacular moves of the Holy Spirit in these meetings have
resulted in amazing miracles of healing and other manifestations of the Holy
Spirit. Be it in Europe, America, Africa or Asia, the result has been the same
– people tumbling over under the anointing of the Holy Ghost, sick bodies
healed, barren women becoming mothers, marriages healed. He is therefore
understandably much in demand in crusades, conferences, and seminars around the
world.
Born in
January 1945 at Asaga, Ohafia, in Abia State, Nigeria, Uma Ukpai lost his
father at a very tender age, a development that almost brought to an end his
educational pursuit. Though he had uncles who could sponsor his educational
pursuit, his Christian background pitched him against them. Consequently, he
learnt to work and save money in order to finance his way through post-primary
school. He is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Television, Frisham,
Hermitage, United Kingdom; South Florida Christian College, Miami, Florida,
USA; Carolina Christian University and Burke Bible College, Kentucky, USA. He
holds a Certificate in Electrical Engineering Practice, a Diploma in
Journalism, a Bachelor and Doctorate Degrees in Divinity.
Recounting
his first manifestation of the power of God after he met Christ, young Uma
stated
“a mad man came to our school and
pursued everybody. He was a healthy looking man and he made me wonder if the
life of a mad man wasn’t better than that of a normal person. He came into the
school and he was stark naked. His name was Deco. As people were running away
from him in school, God said to me that I could also make him run away. It was
a strange voice that I heard. I commanded the mad man to roll out of the
school. He fell and he rolled out of the school”.
This God’s
General has also experienced great losses. Although he revealed that God spoke
to him two months before those incidences. He says
“God had told me on that day, I
won’t answer your prayers. I want to test you and know how you love Me.”
As early as 5.00 a.m that morning, armed
robbers broke into his beautiful office and made away with his office equipments;
God instructed him to forgive the robbers and never collect back the stolen
items. He also lost his children, causin and almost lost his darling wife when
his trusted driver ran into the river, on his way to a crusade in his village.
Just then, he got another shocker when he was informed his 50-sitter bus
carrying his band had caught fire and many people died. He was composed because
God had warned him of this great test. But God showed up in 1982 while he was preparing
for Greater Ibadan for Christ Crusade. God said to him, for handling that case
well, you will be seen everywhere. God told him clearly that He has detailed
100 angels to be with him wherever he goes in this world.
God has since blessed and restored to him and his wife, 6 children, a beautiful home and a wonderful ministry.
God has since blessed and restored to him and his wife, 6 children, a beautiful home and a wonderful ministry.
Rev. Dr.
Uma Ukpai met the Lord in 1958. He is the author of over fourteen books and has
conducted television ministry for many years. He is the president of the
Nigerian Council of Gospel Ministers (COGMON) and also the National Chairman of
Think-Tank Committee of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). His
Ministry gave birth to PFN in 1985 after Greater Lagos For Christ Crusade with
5000 choristers and 7,110 as counsellors. Now he is the National Vice President
of PFN.
He is the Chairman, King of Kings Medical Outreach Int’l Inc. with a
full-fledged hundred-bed Specialist Hospital in Abia State. He is the initiator
of the One Million Man Crusade, commissioned with the vision of breaking the
curses under which the black man labors. There have been outstanding results.
He is presently building Kings All Nations University in Asaga, Ohafia that
will train people to assemble, fly, and maintain aircrafts. He is the founder
of Greater Ohafia For Christ Crusade. Rev Dr Uma Ukpai is an International
Evangelist who has conducted crusades in many parts of the world. He is a
co-author with Billy Graham and other great men of God on "The Work of An
Evangelist". A speaker in Amsterdam '93, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai is the first
African main speaker at the World Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship
International (FGBMFI) World Convention '96, Miami, USA.
Perhaps one
of the most anointed Men of God in this generation, this minister of God is highly
sought after to minister across the globe where he minister extensively on
salvation, faith, healing, and spiritual leadership. He regularly organises a
yearly Uyo Miracle convention which is non denominational and draws worshipers
all over the world. He has also written numerous powerful inspirational books,
audios and videos and plenty other publications. The desire of this highly anointed
Man of God to be a blessing and to meet the needs of the total man inspired him
to start many projects of the ministry apart from the church. They include Uma
Ukpai College of Business & Theology, Joseph Business School and many other
projects.
Despite his
very busy schedule in any part of the world, he never neglects his covenant
with God to be at Victory Cathedral, his home base fellowship every Wednesday to
minister to his many followers. He is married to Philomena and they are blessed
with six children.
We
gracefully present this God’s General, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai, Founder and
President of the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Uyo Nigeria.
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