Our History.
The documented origin and global expansion of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.
From a living room.
After completing his Ph.D. in the United Kingdom and while working at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya summoned a prayer meeting on a Wednesday in 1989. Twenty-four brethren attended this first gathering, held in the living room of Dr. Olukoya.
Subsequent meetings followed, during which the power of God manifested with verifiable miracles. The prayer meetings grew rapidly, attracting believers from far and wide.
Dr. D. K. Olukoya
General Overseer
Key moments.
The first prayer meeting.
Twenty-four brethren gather in Dr. Olukoya's living room in Lagos.
Rapid growth.
The meetings outgrow the home and relocate to 60 Old Yaba Road, Lagos.
First official service.
MFM opens its International Headquarters at 13 Olasimbo Street, Onike.
Branches across Nigeria.
Strategy of planting in every state capital and senatorial district.
International expansion.
London, the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.
A global movement.
One of the fastest-growing churches of this generation.
"From twenty-four brethren in a living room to a movement bearing fire across the nations."
To the nations.
The prayer group acquired an abandoned slum at 13 Olasimbo Street, Onike, Yaba — a fairly large piece of land near the second gate of the University of Lagos. This site was transformed into the International Headquarters of MFM. The church held its first official service on April 24, 1994.
MFM developed a strategy of branching into every state capital, local government headquarters, senatorial district, and locality. International expansion began in London before spreading to the United States, Canada, the rest of Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.
On six continents. In every state.
What began with twenty-four brethren now spans the globe — branches, prayer cities, and gospel outposts in nearly every nation.