Inside the very first Newsletter of Mount Zion Christian Productions, our first published newsletter, before our name was changed to Mount Zion Faith Ministries, was published and circulated in 1985. And inside the newsletter were visions and objectives of the new ministry:
"To be the first drama ministry to produce the first Nigerian Christian movie for the edification of believers and salvation of souls."
"To make Christian films as alternatives to the secular movies of the Nigerian theater artistes"
Those are two major objectives out of many other objectives of the new ministry.
At the time the Lord was giving us this great vision of going into Christian movie production, the existing movies at that time could be counted on our fingers.
At the National Festival of Christian Drama held at International Gospel Center, Ojoo Ibadan In 1987, organized by Mount Zion, there was a joint major drama presentation by drama group co-ordinators that were present at the Festival. In that prophetic drama presentation , on stage, before the whole audience, we were bringing out the names of existing movies and tearing them and stamping them under our feet and replacing them with the names of drama groups and ministries that were present in that Festival at that time.
At that time: THERE WAS NO NOLLYWOOD....
NOLLYWOOD HAD NOT BEGUN.
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The movies around us at that time were those movies of OGUNDE, ADE LOVE (Ade Afolayan, the father of KUNLE AFOLAYAN), the movies of Moses OLAIYA Baba Sala, and some Yoruba historical movies. Then there were those horrible demonic TV Serials.
We counted all existing movies and prophetically tore their titles on stage and trampled them under our feet, and prophetically lifted up the drama ministry and future Christian film productions that would cover all the land.
WE SAW CORRECTLY.
WE SAW WHAT THE LORD WAS SHOWING US IN THE SPIRIT.
WE SAW INTO THE FUTURE WITH EYES OF FAITH.
Today, Christian movies is spreading everywhere in Nigeria and Nigeria Drama ministers are spreading Their tentacles to other African Nations and Europe and America and Arab Nations.
WE SAW CORRECTLY.
WE SAW WHAT THE LORD SHOWED US AND GRABBED IT.
WHAT WE SAW HAS COME TO PASS.
At The time we acted that prophetic Christian drama by drama group coordinators we were still trying to find our footings in the ministry of drama.
BUT WE SAW CORRECTLY WHAT THE LORD WAS SHOWING US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DRAMA MINISTRY IN NIGERIA.
