Apostle Geoffrey Dabibi Numbere (Founding Father)
Apostle Geoffrey D. Numbere was a second year Geology student in the University of Ife, Ibadan Campus when he became miraculously born again on the 11th of May 1969 after a sermon by Rev. Mike Oye the then Travelling Secretary of Scripture Union, who had been invited to preach in the chapel that Sunday through the instrumentality of the President of the campus’ Christian Union, Philip Olurinola, (then Ogunrinola).
Geoffrey saw written on a black opaque screen, all his sins, including the looted bible he had brought to church that morning. He screamed, “IT IS TOO MUCH!!!” As he shouted, “It is too much!!!” Immediately something happened to that screen. An unseen Hand came, like a tailor would with a pair of scissors, and ripped the screen into two halves from top to the bottom. One half was rolled away to the east and the other half to the west, far away from his sight. A light several times brighter than the sun shone right into his eyes and into his soul and draped him all over. Recounting this experience, he said, “With this experience something happened. The burden of guilt left me. As I was bathed in that bright shining light I was baptized with the Holy Spirit.” He remained in that light for some time, savouring the presence of God, for how long he did not know. Tears were streaming down his face more than ever before, but this time they were no longer tears of sorrow and despair but tears of joy. He was so happy he started shouting, “I AM SAVED!! I AM SAVED!!!” 
On Tuesday, 3rd March 1970, God showed him a vision of perishing souls. His heart went out to those souls he saw in the vision. He kept on seeing those crowds over and over again. He thought of the millions and millions of people who did not know the Lord Jesus Christ. Every ambition he had in this life paled and died before this vision. He abandoned all, including his education for the Lord’s work.
Founding of Greater Evangelism World Crusade
On Saturday, 9th of September 1972, in the course of an all-night prayer meeting, in Port Harcourt with some young believers, the Ministry of Greater Evangelism Crusade was born. Apostle Numbere heard the name; “GREATER EVANGELISM CRUSADE” repeated a number of times by the Lord in his ears. Some days later the Lord gave the motto, “TO KNOW JESUS AND TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN” to Apostle Numbere. And precisely on the 6th of December 1972, he was on his knees praying when the Lord gave him the emblem of the Ministry – the globe (the world) with the cross spanning it and dropping on Africa with Nigeria in the center.
He got married in 1980 to Pastor Dr. Nonyem Eziamaka Numbere who is the President, Greater Evangelism Women Fellowship International and they are blessed with five children and five grandchildren.
