Leonard Umunna And The Revolution Of Church Drama In Nigeria
The revolution of church drama in Nigeria cannot be completed without including the name of Presiding Bishop of Bible Life Church Cathedral International; Bishop (Prof) Leonard Nwaoma Umunna.This is one Nigeria Pastor who has used church drama over the years to win souls for Christ. Apart from mountain Zion films that teach Christians on how to live holy life and others, Bible Life Church films have not only sent holyghostic messages to believers alone but also trained young and old Christians for creative drama performance on stages over the years. In every church service at Bible Life Church, a drama is acted to enable members know the mystery of Jesus Christ.
Today, Bishop Leonard Umunna is popularly called by his church members as ‘father of church drama’ in Africa and where his dramatic display has not only led many to Christ and but also created job opportunities for both old and young people in Nigeria. In the literary world, Prof Wole Soyinka is highly respected across the globe due to his creativity in poetry. Bishop Umunna has used drama to provide scholarships for the less privilege ones in Nigeria.
Over the years, Bishop Umunna has used church drama to birth humour for young people and to identify their innovative passion for Christ. He once discovered that many Christian movies produced in Nigeria could not meet international standard until he came to revamp it through meaningful dramas.80 percent of Bible Life Church members are creative dramatists to the core. Having produced sellable Christian home videos that had meaningful story lines with highly trained professional actors and actresses in Nigeria. Most of his theatrical acts are majorly centred on Christian marriages, careers, family life circle, praying Christian and faithfulness in the things of God. He has able to train all his actors and actresses on how to use the right accent on stage.
Moreover, many Nigerians acrimoniously complained on the falling standard of home videos due to lack of professionals in the system but Bishop Leonard Umunna sees it as way to make home videos attractive by bringing innovative ideas to it. Bishop Leonard Umunna remains the father of church drama in Africa and beyond. If a good Christian actor or actress wants to learn the 21st century of acting, Bible Life Church is a place to attend for refreshing course. It is advisable that movie makers and Christian actresses and actors should pay a courtesy visit to Bishop Leonard Umunna for fatherly instructions on movie making business.
His church drama has metamorphosed into Christian home videos, music and humour. A fulfilled man is known by his contribution to the society not huge amount of wealth at his disposal. He remains the father of church drama in Nigeria who has used creativity to win large numbers of souls to Christ. If you must associate with Bishop Leonard Umunna, ready to know how to use drama to win souls for Christ and nothing more.
Godday Odidi
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