MID NITE CREW STORMS OGUDU COMMUNITY IN WORSHIP

Pastor Abdul and Pastor (Mrs) King on duty

The Crew with the Host Pastor of RCCG

The ever yearning crowd

In- Worship

Free flow of annointing

In the Spirit of David

Over flowing anointing during the worship session

Dancing in the Spirit

The Second annual youth convention of The Redeemed Christian Church of God Lagos Province 19 saw a week long activities ending with a bang from an international star group with lots of supporting bouts from upcoming artist ranging from Fuji star to R & B stars in the making. CW quickly before Midnite crew was called to duty had a brief chart with Pastor Abdul Gbenda a prominent vocalist in the group, and Sis Patricia King the lead vocalist for Midnite crew, here is the excerpt:

CW: We have had so much about you guys, how did it all started?

Pastor Gbenga Adbul: Midnight crew got started from Yaba College of Technology as students and members of original love choir group, I personally belief destiny found us.

CW: We can only see two of you here now of the regular four faces, hope the rumor about the group’s breakup is not true especially when your loudest seem to be Just IGWE?

Pastor Gbenga Adbul: Destiny found us like I said earlier, we are very much indivisible and that only two of us is here tonight was simply because God is increasing us Odunayo gave birth two weeks ago before this event and John’s wife just put to bed last week also, you they are not here because God is increasing the group. After the Igwe album we have also dropped the King of Nations with 14 tracks and series of singles from individual members of the group. We envisage rumor about the singles that people would think otherwise, midnight crew is still intact, we were in United States of America for 7 weeks tour, we went from there to another 6 weeks tour of South Africa. In a week’s time we are heading for Canada, all as a group MIDNITE CREW.

CW: From all indications you I mean the group now spends more time ministry out than home could financial gain be the essence?

Sis Patricia King: Our tour has nothing to do with financial pursuit or running away from home, it just a greater door God opened for us, we cannot leave home, when we are ministry nowadays, we do not make noise any more, but we focus on Christ, everything now is Him.

CW:  You always minster with so much strength passion and anointing why always this and we hope tonight will not be an exemption? And are you ministering with upcoming artist on stage with you, why?

Sis Patricia King: I have made up my mind to give God my best anytime I am on stage. Show casing upcoming artist in the group is just an opportunity to bring people with same great anointing to do God’s thing, we are not threatening or embarrassed by each other it is just an opportunity to praise God together.

CW- You all are upcoming how does it feels to be with midnight crew as a music trainee.

Monic

Midnight crew is my mentor, am always so grateful to share platform with my parent on stage for me they are my spiritual parent, to be part of a group who just celebrated their 10 years on stage is a great privilege, I am just about a year on stage (in music performing ministry) they lead the road for me and others coming up. They are highly anointed. My video would be out this October 1^st for ‘Oba gbogbo aye’ – Monic

Dori Dumah.

The atmosphere tonight was awesome, sharing platform with midnight crew on stage was great for me an upcoming I am under their tutorage, they gave birth to me and others, I am not likely to let go of the crew as they are great music minister I look up to – Dori Dumah.

Temitope Akanbi

 I am privileged to share platform with midnight crew tonight, Sister King is undoubtedly my mother in the ministry, I am grateful to God for her. For my works, I am presently working on my single but before December by God’s grace it should be out. Am learning first and enjoying the grace upon the ministry. I currently back-up in the group and with my brief stay of less three month before tonight’s event, I can boldly say midnight crew is superb! - Temitope Akanbi

CW: Why the topic ‘Praise Generation’ for tonight.

Richard: Looking at ‘Praise Generation’ was key to us because praise is the password to God Almighty’s heart, when we considered the praise team that could effectively lead this youthful generation into God’s presence with dynamics midnight crew ready comes to mind and for me personally it’s like reunion night as assignment has really separated the crew from me long time considering the fact that years past I was privilege to be close to this anointed praise crew, it wonderful tonight! People actually did not expect what happened tonight, all that was expected from the crew tonight was their usual Igweh hit trax but tonight was mind blowing when the crew got started indeed it was ‘what it’ with midnite crew tonight, praise God!

 

CW: Why the topic and midnight crew for this night’s event?

JOSHUA OBARO:        This is our annual youth convention last year’s team was unstoppable generation, since we wanted a great praise team that will usher us into God’s presence then our best choice to which we have no regret from what we saw God did tonight. We wanted a timely praise team to appreciate God this last one year for lots of testimonies He blessed us with.

CW:     What’s your goal for youth beyond tonight since you are present youth leader?

JOSHUA OBARO: Empowerment of youth is important, it’s our core, we want to help them to avoid distraction and stay focused.

CW:     We saw varieties in music ministration tonight, what was that for or has it got to do with your musical background that lot of people may not be aware of or why?

JOSHUA OBARO: Jesus is called a Lamb of God on one hand and on the contrary the Lion of Judah, our strength as youth is not in our similarities but in our differences. So bringing various music personnel together to the night of praise was deliberate mixture of all kinds of music that glorifies God.

CW:     Beyond your office at RCCG, what do you have for youth ministry?

JOSHUA OBARO: We have an NGO aimed at youth empowerment. Ignorance is a disease but where ignorance is combined with poverty then it is a chronic disease. Like I always say, when a young mind caught a vision without provision, it simply becomes a television. Empowerment to enable fulfillment is what the foundation is all about.

CW:     Does it ends here tonight?

JOSHUA OBARO: No! we called it praise generation, we expect it to continue for the next 365 days by the time we come together 2014, God would grant us lots of testimonies. I personally pray that they will not be distracted. Distractions are side attraction, yet unfortunately youths are easily distracted but I prophesy in the name of Jesus that as they continue this next 365 days in the praise atmosphere, God will keep them in Jesus name.