Have you ever heard the song entitled, COME AND SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE OOH!! Some of the Lyrics are:
Come and see, what the Lord has done ooh!
Ooh Come and see, what the Lord has done ooh!
Come and see, what the Lord has done ooh!
Jehovah has done me well...
This song is directly proportional to what has happened to us, ICC! So brethren, come and see what God has done to ICC.
This is our own Place that God has Given us, ICC Lugalo
It was like a dream, but the dream has now turned into reality.
Someone can ask, what’s the dream that has turned into reality? This is the ICC dream to possess the land/place where we can build a House of God for us to Worship. It has been a very long journey of about fourteen years since our Church (Iringa Central Church-ICC) was officially inaugurated.
The Founder and Senior Pastor of T.A.G Iringa Central Church (ICC), Rev. Raphael Kitine, speaking something at ICC Lugalo during the service
The ICC members at the New Place, ICC Lugalo
The ICC was established under the umbrella of Tanzania Assemblies of God (T.A.G) Church by Rev. Raphael Kitine. The founder and Senior Pastor of our Church (ICC), Rev. R. Kitine started to run the services of this Ministry on 3rd June 2001. All services were conducted at the hired hall known as Sabasaba Hall located in Iringa Municipal, which is owned by the currently ruling Party CCM. Due to that our Church has been identified as T.A.G ICC Sabasaba because of the name of the hall that we hired to conduct our services.
As you know, if you are at the hired place you don’t have freedom 100%. Sometimes you have to obey the rules of the owner even if you are not happy with them. For instance in our case (ICC), during the weekdays we normally have the Departmental Services like Youths, Women, Men and choir. It happened several times we went there for Departmental Services but we failed to conduct our services because the owner is in the house. It was very painful for sure, but at the end of the day we had to agree with such kind of circumstances, because there was no way out! It was not only for Departmental Services, sometimes it happened even for the main Church Services specifically during the period of Political Parties Elections. The owner used the hall for conducting their activities such as meetings/gathering and whatever they wanted to do. So, we have been living in such kind of life for about fourteen years. During the whole period we have been praying to our Almighty God and Savior to open the gates of heaven to us so that we can possess our own place.
It was like a day dream, it was like a very big mountain ahead of us that we were supposed to push so that it fall down, and then we can pass through. But who knew that 2015 is the year of moving to our destiny!!?? No body knew it before, only God. That’s why I say the dream has turned into reality. God has opened the Gates of heaven, He has blessed us to the extent that I can’t explain it clearly. At last, we have our own place to worship, the place where we can conduct our services at anytime without interruptions.
On 7th June, 2015 the history has been written, We (ICC) have started to worship at our own place Lugalo. So from now onwards, our Church will be identified as T.A.G ICC Lugalo, not T.A.G ICC Sabasaba. Glory be to God Almighty, who created the heaven and the earth. God bless so much all people throughout the World, who participated in one way or another to assist us to have our place. So I invite all people, to come and see what the Lord has done to us.
Brethrens, if God has done to us, He can also do for you in anything that you are passing through. It might be the same case as ours, or it might be something else. Don’t give up, just press on.. Our God is able, there’s nothing impossible to Him.
Just see the attached pictures, taken during the first and second day to worship at ICC Lugalo. You are all Warmly Welcome, to witness what God has done to us.
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