MFM Begins 2011 Football Competition

The 2011 Dr D. K Olukoya International Youth Football competition began early this week at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Prayer City on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

The opening ceremony attracted no fewer than 5,000 MFM youths from across the various regions that make up the Church.

There was the traditional march past, praise worship and prayer sessions to commit the event into God’s hands.

Participants were drawn annually from MFM Regions pan Africa with footballers from 40 regions for the 3-week event.

The football event would be one of several avenues that MFM General Overseer, Daniel Kolawole Olukoya would use to reposition youths for Christ Jesus.

Competition for the coveted trophy would feature round robin matches to be played simultaneously,  five matches daily, at the Prayer City and Legacy pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos.

The event would run from October 10 – October 22.

Meanwhile, Olukoya charged all players to be of good behaviour and to take advantage of staying in the Prayer City to revive their spiritual lives and seek God’s favour in their chosen careers.

The annual Dr. D. K. Olukoya International Youth Football Competition started in 2007 with only MFM branches in Lagos participating.

MFM Headquarters won the maiden edition, but the second edition was enlarged to accommodate teams from outside Lagos. MFM Ilorin defeated MFM Calabar to emerge champions.

A year later, the sports-loving general overseer, yielded to pleas from MFM regions outside Nigeria to be part of the event.