"Oh give thanks unto the Lord for He is goodness and Hismercy endures forever". For our safety through year 2011and for the opportunity to enter into year 2012 with joy,God deserves to be glorified. Last year was full ofactivities. It was a year of election in Nigeria, whichclaimed many lives and destroyed properties, it was ayear the menace of Boko Haram sect threatened anddistrupted the peace of many states in Nigeria, we are,however grateful to God for His protection over all Menin GOFAMINT together with all our leaders.To the glory of God, we held the best Men Conference ever in the year2011, with the theme:" Lifestyle of Highly Successful Men". The Conferencewas the best attended one. It was so because, the Mission through theleadership of Our General Overseer, Pastor (Dr.) Elijah Oludele Abina,gave the much needed support to turned the Conference into a hugesuccess. We bless God for the success and appreciate leaders at all levelfor supporting the Men's Fellowship through the year.I am glad to announce to you that we have commenced work on the firstdeck of the Men's House in the last week of 2011, the work is in progressand by the special grace of God, it shall be completed before the end of thethird week of January this year. We thank God for the provision for thisproject. It also noteworthy, that one of our men has promised to donate asum of N5,000,000 towards the actualization of this dream. It is my believethat the Almighty God will still inspire other men who are blessed in theMission to donate generously to move the project forward. I pray that allMen in GOFAMINT Men will see this need and rise up to meet it in Jesus'name.Let me remind all our leaders, the Regional Pastors, District/Area Pastors,Assembly Pastors, that the business of running the fellowship smoothly inour various territories has been given to us by the Mission. Let us use ourpositions to enhance the growth of the Fellowship in this new Year, oursupport for the Fellowship should not be a support for an individual, itshould be a support for what the Mission stands for and represents, I praythat the good Lord will enable us to sow and reap bountifully in the year2012. It is well.GOFAMINT Men Fellowship was inaugurated during the AnnualConvention of the Mission in the Year 1998. The Fellowship wasinaugurated on behalf of the Mission by the Assistant GeneralSecretary of the Mission, Pastor S. A. Kolawole, who delivered themessage of the day. It was Pastor Abel Afolabi who explained thecontents of the Operational Guideline of the Fellowship to thegathering and answered questions bothering on the operation andactivities of the fellowship.Later in the year, Elder Abel Afolabi, now a Pastor, was appointed tobe the First National Leader of the Men Fellowship, he was saddledwith the responsibility of establishing the fellowship in all the districtsof the Mission.The purpose of the fellowship is to foster unity among men inGOFAMINT, to rekindle the fire of evangelism among men and toenhance the growth of Men for self-actualization. This vision hasbeen carried to every nook and cranny of the Mission.Under the new arrangement of the Mission, Regional, District andArea Pastors have been appointed as Men Fellowship leaders intheir dormain. They are to be assisted by an assistant who musthave to attend men's fellowship leaders' meeting at the nationallevel.Leadership: The National Executive Committee of the Fellowship(MEFNEC) oversees the activities of the fellowship. The presentmembers are Pastor Abel O. Afolabi, the National Leader as theChairman, Pastor Femi Omowumi, National Secretary, Pastor S. O.Adebayo, Treasurer, Pastor P. K. Oyedotun, Pastor (Prof) H.B.Olaniyi, Pastor J. O. Oladeji, R.P. 6, Pastor S. O. Shoretire, R.P. 8,Pastor E. O. Afolabi, R.P.5, Pastor M. O. Ojuolape, R.P. 10, PastorM. A. Olatunji, D.P. Iwo Road, Evangelist H. A. Oshodi, Elder EdwardJohn Mamuoreghen, Elder R. A. Sowole, the Financial SecretaryThe fellowship organizes annual Conference for all local chapters ofthe fellowship in all Districts and Areas of the Mission. It alsoorganizes biennial conference for all men in GOFAMINT at thenational level. The last one was held in March 3-5, 2011 with thetheme "Lifestyle of Highly Successful Men" It was well attended bymen in the Mission. The Guest Speaker was the former ManagingDirector and Editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Tribune who ministeredpowerfully on 60 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE.Another National Conference has been slated for the First week ofMarch 2013. Pastor Peter Oyewole of Itamaga Area has beenchosen as the Chairman with Dr. Rufai from Moore District as theSecretary. The theme for the conference is "Total Man"The Fellowship has embarked on the construction of a three storeybuilding project tagged as the Men's House at the Gospel TownIbadan. The building is under construction.