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    Benson Idahosa was born in 1939 in a small village in Nigeria. As an infant, he was rejected by his father and thrown into a rubbish bin by his mother, who thought he was dead. He survived and went on to found the Church of God Mission International in Nigeria. Idahosa received several theological degrees and helped establish hospitals, a university, schools, and churches across Nigeria and around the world. He reached millions of people with his preaching and broadcasting and was considered Africa's greatest ambassador of faith. Idahosa traveled to over 130 countries before his death at age 68 to spiritually and financially empower people.

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    Benson Idahosa was born in 1939 in a small village in Nigeria. As an infant, he was rejected by his father and thrown into a rubbish bin by his mother, who thought he was dead. He survived and went on to found the Church of God Mission International in Nigeria. Idahosa received several theological degrees and helped establish hospitals, a university, schools, and churches across Nigeria and around the world. He reached millions of people with his preaching and broadcasting and was considered Africa's greatest ambassador of faith. Idahosa traveled to over 130 countries before his death at age 68 to spiritually and financially empower people.

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    Benson Idahosa was born in 1939 in a small village in Nigeria. As an infant, he was rejected by his father and thrown into a rubbish bin by his mother, who thought he was dead. He survived and went on to found the Church of God Mission International in Nigeria. Idahosa received several theological degrees and helped establish hospitals, a university, schools, and churches across Nigeria and around the world. He reached millions of people with his preaching and broadcasting and was considered Africa's greatest ambassador of faith. Idahosa traveled to over 130 countries before his death at age 68 to spiritually and financially empower people.

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    BENSON IDAHOSA

    Written by obinna
    Thursday, 01 October 2009 06:01 -

    HEROES_OF_FAITH HERO:
    BENSON IDAHOSA
    by Shalom from Garki

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    Archbishop Benson Idahosa


    Heroes are defined according to how they lived their lives before death and the area they
    affected or changed in other peoples lives.
    Hum!!! In my own opinion A HERO is a person that has something special that sets him apart,
    and then he is among the few God sets apart to reach nations. The twentieth century has
    brought us several of these God chosen people, but none perhaps has sprung from a more
    dramatic background than my hero Benson Idahosa.
    Benson Idahosa was born in 1939 in a village called Ewasso Edo, in the state of Nigeria. It was
    small compound of mud houses like thousands of other Nigerian houses. He was rejected by
    his father (Joseph) and dumped into the rubbish bin by his mother (Sarah) because he was
    assumed dead; his physical appearance showed that he was not healthy and he was always
    fainting. This time around, Benson fainted and the mother threw him away about a hundred
    yards from the compound. Two or three hours had passed and then, suddenly, flashes of
    lightning streaked across the blackness and thunder rumbled in the distance, sheets of water
    poured from the sky falling noisily on the roof of the Idahosas family compound. The bundled
    baby in the rubbish heap began to wriggle, and the cry of a baby became more shrill and
    insistent. The mother went back and picked up the baby and said, Benson my son, you are
    alive again oh! Thank God, you are alive.

    At age fourteen, Benson attended a local government school; he never had the opportunity to
    attend school from his childhood. He later had a Diploma of Divinity from Christ for the Nations
    institute in Dallas, Texas which he attended in 1971. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree in
    1981 from the Word of Faith College in New Orleans, a Doctor of law degree from Oral Roberts
    University in March, 1984 and held varying degrees from the University of Brussels, Belgium.
    He got married to Margaret Idahosa with whom he had four children. Through his care and
    passion for the lost souls and the less privileged, and his detestation of idol worshipping, he
    founded a church named Church of God Mission International Inc. in Benin Edo state of Nigeria.

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    BENSON IDAHOSA
    Written by obinna
    Thursday, 01 October 2009 06:01 -

    Here, he was the Arch Bishop for forty two years.

    The headquarters auditorium in Edo state has over ten thousand (10,000) worshippers
    capacity. Benson also founded other organizations such as Faith Me duplex Hospitals, Benson
    Idahosa University, International Bible School and Word of Faith Group of Schools. All the
    organizations were aimed at making the world a better place and at freedom from sin, sickness
    and ignorance. His church has spread to other villages and states in Nigeria with over a
    thousand churches since 1971. He also established churches in other parts of the world such as
    USA, Ghana, South Africa and many others. His Bible school attracts people from eighteen
    African nations and other continents, some of them come from Europe, Maurice, India,
    Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan,
    Korea, the Middle East etc.

    Benson Idahosa ministering


    My Hero was a dynamic preacher and an evangelist of faith to the world through the power of
    God. He led a delegation to put a stop to bloodshed in his state because his state was known
    for bloodshed. His community became a better place to live, without fear of being made as
    sacrifice. Through his messages, millions of people became born again Christians; my family is
    one example of such. My life today is a reflection of Benson Idahosa's life style; living to please
    God. I have chosen him as my hero because if I was not a good Christian, I would have been
    living a wayward life. My Principal spotted me out among my classmates while I was busy doing
    something worthwhile and others were making noise. This made her to have interest in me and
    the school sponsored the launching of Rugged Writer Club which I initiated in the school; this
    club has since been extended to other neighbouring schools.
    Benson reached out to fifty millions souls every day and changed their lives through his Media
    Programmes. He had over seven Broadcasting stations having their head office in Washington.

    Book by Benson Idahosa


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    BENSON IDAHOSA
    Written by obinna
    Thursday, 01 October 2009 06:01 -

    The first African preacher to have traveled to over one hundred and thirty countries before he
    died was no other person than Benson Idahosa. He was able to reach out to empowered people
    spiritually, financially and in giving out scholarships to the less privileged in the world. A title was
    conferred on him as the Africas Greatest Ambassador of Faith to the World and T.L. Osborn
    Tulsa, Oklahoma also conferred on him Africas Greatest Ambassador of Apostolic Christian
    Faith to the World. He was a member of the College of Bishops of the International
    Communion of Christian churches and he was once the President of All Nations for Christ Bible
    Institute. He died at the age of sixty eight. Benson Idahosa was not born with a silver spoon, but
    he strived by the grace of God to attain the position God destined for him as an ambassador of
    faith to nations.

    Written by

    Shalom from Garki

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