Deeper Life Church General Superintendent, Pastor William Kumuyi, Announces Fresh Rules To Intending Couples

<h4>Deeper Life Church General Superintendent<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry&comma; Pastor William Kumuyi&comma; has announced changes to some long-standing marriage rules of the church&comma; clarifying that they are not scriptural but administrative guidelines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking during the 2025 Global Family and Marriage Conference&comma; Kumuyi said the ban which prevented a lady from visiting a man she intended to marry has been cancelled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He explained that intending couples may now visit each other during courtship&comma; provided an elder accompanies them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">cleric<&sol;a> also stated that the six-month mandatory courtship period introduced by the church is no longer compulsory&comma; stressing that it was a human arrangement and not a biblical command&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30189" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30189" style&equals;"width&colon; 266px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-30189" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;download-2-2&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Deeper Life Church General Superintendent&comma; Pastor William Kumuyi&comma; Announces Fresh Rules To Intending Couples" width&equals;"266" height&equals;"190" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30189" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em>Deeper Life Church General Superintendent&comma; Pastor William Kumuyi&comma; preaching during a service <&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We just felt you need some time to know one another&period; And then we said one month will be too short&comma; two months too short&period; So&comma; why not six months&quest; But it is not from the Bible&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kumuyi emphasised the need for Christians to differentiate between God’s commandments and church traditions&comma; warning against treating human regulations as divine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As a Christian&comma; you need to be so mature that you know the difference between the law of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">God<&sol;a> and the principles in the church&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; Six months is all right&comma; but it’s not something inflexible&period; If we change it to three months&comma; we’re not changing the Bible&comma; because six months is not in the Bible&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further explained that the church’s marriage committees were created only to provide guidance and not to replace biblical authority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s no marriage committee in the New Testament&period; We created it to help you&comma; not because we can give you a chapter and a verse&period; It is church administration&comma;”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kumuyi cautioned leaders against overstepping their limits&comma; warning that marriage committees should not exercise authority beyond what is written in the scriptures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The development comes as Kumuyi continues to review several practices of the church which&comma; according to him&comma; were introduced for administrative purposes and not rooted in the Bible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30188" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30188" style&equals;"width&colon; 275px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-30188" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;download-1-4&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Deeper Life Church General Superintendent&comma; Pastor William Kumuyi&comma; Announces Fresh Rules To Intending Couples" width&equals;"275" height&equals;"183" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30188" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Couple<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;