General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has suspended all services at the Gbagada headquarters where over 30,000 members gather to worship.
The Herald gathered that Kumuyi disclosed this in a memo sent to all groups and district churches in Lagos state.
Recall that Lagos state government said no church or Juma’at service must have more than 50 persons to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The memo read: “No gathering of worshipers should be more than 50 and where they are more, they should be sent to Location/church in the house.
“Washing materials should be placed at the entrance of churches and any member with temperature above 38.0C should be refereed to the Medical Personnel for immediate attention.
“Hand washing materials, such as running water and liquid soap should be provided at the entrances of the churches, while members should be encouraged to thoroughly wash their hands before entering the
Church.
“Alcohol-based hand sanitizer should be made available for the same purpose in all our churches. Each Church should arrange and ensure regular cleaning and disinfecting places such as toilets, all floors, surfaces such as door handles, chairs, church benches and pulpits with disinfectants.
“Worshipers should cover their nose and mouth with bent elbow or tissues when coughing, or sneezing and dispose the tissues immediately. Adequate baskets/dust bin to dispose tissues used by those who coughed or sneezed, should be provided.
“Members should avoid shaking of hands or any other form of physical contact where possible. Members should avoid touching the eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
“Churches should check body temperature with the use of infrared thermometer. The temperature should be below 38.0 C. those with temperature of 38.0 C and above should be referred to Medical Personnel for immediate attention.”