Apostle Joseph Edun and SCS Tony Osi Now Bishops-elect

The December 2008 Pentecostal assembly has witnessed the election of two more bishops, in the persons of Apostle Joseph Edun and SCS Tony Osi Ikhabome. The pair has served the Holy Father effectively at different levels in the BCS administration with Apostle Joseph Edun serving as the Leader’s Representative of BCS Republic of South Africa while the latter, is the President of the Association of Brotherhood Academic Scholars (ABAS) and doubling as the Vice-president of the Senior Christ Servants Universal Body.

SPACE EXPLORATION IS DOOMED

by Eyo Charles

As more nations are now thinking of joining the big Western powers to send their nationals to space for the purposes of research, exploration and demarcation, the Great Spiritual Being who owns all the planetary bodies, has warned seriously that the ongoing invasion of space will be met with devastation and doom.

The King of kings and the Lord of lords, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu who the Father has bestowed with all powers in heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18) repeated this warning in the BCS World Headquarters recently stressing that something disastrous will soon happen. He warned that the invasion of space is uncalled for and a waste of global resources, as this would yield little or no success.

He stated that God created the earth for the human race to inhabit but it is surprising that they have rather preferred to project into an alien territory to inhabit, wasting huge resources in the process.

His words: What happens to the massive landscape available on earth?” he asked. Have mankind yet filled the earth space so that they begin to look elsewhere, the Father asked in the course of His Sermon; querying, How many will afford to equally travel to live in space?

“Wait and see what will soon be happening to the space explorers and their nation-sponsors”, “Soon”, He went on, “we should not be surprised to see the spacecrafts cracking and falling into the ocean.”

The Father stated that there are several poor countries, including those that are afflicted by natural disasters and wars, why have they not channeled these resources to help these needy nations instead of investing in a project doomed to fail?

He also mentioned that like the men of old who built a tower in an attempt to reach God in the sky, today’s men who travelled to space to build abode for themselves, are necessarily doing so to know the origin of God. 

It is important to note that presently, at least 10 human beings from different nations are working in space. Last month USA sent five more men with special equipments that can refine human urine for those men to drink. These men are fixing series of machines and will return to earth with more samples of life on the moon.

Mugabe Will Be Disgraced Out of Office

The King of kings and the Lord of lords His Holiness O. O. Obu has again said Mr. Robert Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe will be disgraced out of office.

His Holiness O. O. Obu stated this once more in Calabar Nigeria, where the Headquarters of the BCS situates, that for being obstinate in power and for not yielding to global pleas and out cry, Mr. Mugabe, the 87 year old ruler will kiss the dust soon.

He said Mugabe has ruled the country since 1980 when the country gained independency and there has been maladministration and resultant national discontent yet he is undaunted.

Instead of listening to the yearning and cries of the citizens, he prefers to play the iron-ruler, even when cholera has ravaged his country.

For refusing to go when he lost the elections, he will soon be forced to leave office in a manner that will bring shame to him, the Father had said.

REPORT OF 2008 SINGING/GRADING EXERCISE

BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
CNCF INTERNATIONAL PANEL OF JUDGES
WHQ, 34 AMBO STREET, CALABAR

REPORT OF 2008 SINGING/GRADING EXERCISE

In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
In the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
Now and forever more, Amen

GENERAL COMMENTS
Having successfully completed the singing and grading exercise for 2008 in Zone 1-7, we are therefore thankful to the Holy Father for his abundant grace, ability and guidance through out the exercise.

PARTICIPATION: We thank the Father for the number of choirs from these regions that participated in the exercise. Though there are some choirs that are still yet to see participation in singing exercises as a requirement to remain a standard choir in Brotherhood. On this note, relegation of non - participating choirs may be considered shortly. A total of 169 choirs participated in this year’s grading exercise; 147 adult choirs and 22 sabbath choirs.

DRESSING: The Holy Father had approved a standardized chorister’s dress code which is unisex for both brothers and sister choristers. The use of other designed soutane especially by female choristers attracts loss of marks. Neatness and uniformity should be encouraged.

CONDUCTING: Conductors should be conscious of the length, size and color of their conducting batons or staffs. Correct baton grip, flexibility, time signatures, etc. constitutes the act of conducting. Please refer to your choristers’ manual for guidance.

BEAT VALUES: Choirmasters are advised to differentiate between triplet and quadruplet beats and interpret as written.

TEMPO: Musical speed is a defined time in ranges. This is ascertained by the use of musical timing instrument known as metronome. Continuous practices will improve your timing techniques.

DICTION: Some words may not be pronounced the way it is spelt. Use the dictionary to ascertain the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. The last consonant of a word is very necessary for words’ tenses, meaning and values.

FACIAL / VOCAL EXPRESSION: Singers should learn to maintain a friendly countenance while singing even at very high notes/ pitches (upper scale/octave). A joyful song should also be expressed facially.

MODIFICATION OF GRADING EXERCISE
With particular reference to the Father’s guide lines on choir grading exercise, it is important to note the following;

(1) That choirs be assessed base on their performance / functionality at bethels,
zones, areas, states, etc and
(2) Final singing/grading exercise.

Accordingly the grading system shall be 40% for continuous assessment and 60% for the final grading exercise. This means that any choir group that fail to submit their continuous assessment will lose 40% on the final grading exercise. It is therefore important for the various groups to submit their continuous assessment promptly. It should be noted particularly that this grading exercise is once a year and runs for two years and at the end the average score shall be considered for promotion.

OFFICIATING PANEL OF JUDGES:
We are thankful to the Holy Father for giving the under listed members panel of Judges the ability to officiate prominently during the just concluded Singing Exercise.

1 Apostle S. E. David Chairman
2 Pastor N. U. Ekong Co-Chairman
3 SCS Imo Umoh Vice Chairman
4 Pastor O. E. Usanga Member
5 Apostle B. F. Kua Member
6 SCS Oku Peters Member
7 Pastor F. Igbikialabo Member
8 Apostle Bassey Eyo Member
9 Apostle Asuquo Bassey Member
10 Evang. C. P. Itong Member
11 Evang. W. Wilberforce Member
12 Evang. Nkereuwem Ette Member
13 Sister Atim N. Ekpenyong Member
14 Apostle N. E. Ekong Announcer
15 Brother Bassey Akisot Secretary
16 Snr. Pastor E. A. Umoh CMG

NB Please Click on the Link below to view the comprehensive results as published by the CNCF Internatational Panel of Judges in Microsoft Word Format

Results

EXCEPT BROTHERHOOD INTERVENES, NO PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST – O. O. OBU

There shall be no peace in the Middle East even in the foreseeable future despite various UN, International regional and Western powers’ efforts at resolving the world’s most intractable crisis and age-long lingering blood-letting since early this generation.

This shocking revelation was let out by the Divine Being who is reverenced throughout the seen and unseen worlds as the Transcendental Celestial Power who decides the destiny of the universe.

His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords reechoed this statement earlier amplified by the Sole Spiritual head of the Universe, Leader Olumba Olumba Obu in the 1970s that until BCS intervenes and proffer durable solution, all human efforts would always end in futility.

In the 1970s, Leader Olumba Olumba Obu, the Sole Spiritual Head of the Universe spoke at length about the lingering bad blood between the Israelis and the Palestine when some Jews called on Him then. He had told them that it is only the BCS that will resolve the problem which, aside the two world wars, has claimed much lives and also affected international politics a great deal.
The Holy Father also said the crisis has defied human knowledge that is why all the treaties and pacts signed by world powers to resolve the Israeli-Palestine question has severally met with failures, revealing that the status quo will continue until Brotherhood is invited to intervene.

Similarly His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu recently warns “…all the international conferences organized by world bodies, western powers and regional organizations over the Middle East peace process will have no success until the day a Brotherhood Child presides over such meetings…”

The King of Kings and Lord of Lords re-echoes the Bible injunction that they shall know no peace until they learn to say “blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord.”

Once they have recognized the presence of the Holy Spirit on earth,” the Father assured, “the age long problem will be gone in a giffy;”and reminded the audience that the Holy Father had said: “I am the One to solve the problem between the Israelis and the Palestine”.

Earlier in another admonition, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, charged both parties to learn to forgive one another as total forgiveness is the only key to bring about peace in that region. He called on both nations to see themselves as children of God who have rights to exist.

Report By Eyo Charles

RECEIVE, PRACTICE, AND SPREAD MY TEACHING – OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU

The cause of terrible worry over lack of peace and prosperity by individuals and groups which has caused complains was recently revealed by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu in the course of His divine advice to a mammoth crowd of brethren and visitors to the world headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.

Delivering a sermon on the theme forgiveness, His Holiness O. O. Obu harped on the need for all to imbibe, practice and disseminate the teachings of the Holy Spirit personified because therein lie all that mankind craves for, including the mysteries of life.

The Father said the everlasting teachings available in the BCS which are from the Greatest Cosmic Teacher are pure, direct and immutable and never were they ever passed to man by any other source. These, He said, are the solutions to the problems plaguing mankind.

Anyone who desires spiritual wealth and or mundane prosperity, the Father admonished, should endeavour to practice the Father’s teachings, and such a one would realize the benefits there from.

Querying mankind why conflicts and wars abound everywhere in the world, even in families and governments, the Father explained that if those who have availed themselves of these priceless teachings do not hoard them, others deficient of them would have since accessed these teachings for their own peaceful benefit, too.

The King of Kings and Lord of Lords charged all who have benefitted from His teaching to leave no stone unturned by spreading the new message into all nooks and crannies of the world, using whichever acceptable methods, pointing out that the vast number of God’s children are hungrily waiting for the message.

The Father further disclosed that the source of wealth is the practice of the teachings of Leader O. O. Obu, the Holy Spirit personified; emphasizing that it serves no useful purpose to only hear the message without going the next miles to practice and also urging others to equally learn of the message.

He stressed that those who receive these divine teachings without disseminating them to others will be held liable for whatever will befall the world.

As a way of strengthening their membership, the Father therefore gave a divine homework to all BCS brethren, which is a three-fold task: Receive, practice and spread the Gospels of Leader O. O. Obu. These, He confirms, are the sure way to peace, wellbeing and prosperity.



Report By Eyo Charles

NEW SPOKESMAN FOR BCS

A new spokesman for the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has been appointed by the Father His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Chairman BCS Executive Council and Head of Administration, in the person of His Lordship, Bishop (Prof) Reginald Nwankoala the Bishop of BCS West Indies. 

He succeeds His Lordship, Bishop Paul Ugochukwu who is currently serving as the Principal Secretary of the fold. Others who have served the Father in this capacity include TCW Joseph Dike.

Thank You Father