FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
18.12.20
Lilongwe, Malawi: The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church would like to inform its members, followers, partners and the general public that it has permission from Umodzi Park in Lilongwe to use their Malawi Square to plant a high-tech outdoor studio which will shoot and broadcast the Miracle Night Crossover on 31st December.
Due to space limitations at Malawi Square and, also, the need for strict adherence to COVID-19 regulations, the Church will only permit limited members, from different parts of the world, who will be issued with tickets to be at the studio.
As such, the general populace is advised to stay home and connect to the service through our Zoom conferencing technologies, ready and poised to accommodate over 1 million people across the world.
Besides connecting through Zoom, the church has already made strides in ensuring that the Miracle Night Crossover is widely covered by a string of local and international television networks.
So far, apart from the church’s media outlets, the church is also in talks with other television networks such as Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Times Television, Rainbow Television and Zodiak Television to cover the event LIVE.
In this vein, the Church would like also to take this opportunity and address several issues with regards to the Crossover which have been circulation in the media.
- There is a misconception in the general public that Malawi government stopped ECG Church from holding its Crossover at Bingu Stadium. That is incorrect and misleading.
The truth of the matter is that the Stadium Management cancelled the event fearing that with the numbers we attract, it would be challenging to implement COVID-19 regulations and also to prepare the Stadium for CAF games in 2021.
The church agreed with the position Stadium Management took and eventually opted for a manageable Malawi Square for planting an outdoor studio with limited members attending.
- There was a circulation on social media indicating that our Head of State His Excellency President Dr Lazarus Chakwera will be attending our 2020/21 Crossover Night. We neither received such a communication from State House nor did the church engage the high office on the same.
That letter was fake; probably, created by those who want to plant discord between ECG Church and government. We dissociate ourselves from the letter and we would like to advise people behind to desist from such schemes.
- ECG Church takes matters of COVID-19 seriously that is why we agreed with the position Stadium Management took leading to our choice of a manageable Malawi Square.
As noted earlier, at Malawi Square only limited members will attend and there will be strict adherence to COVID-19 rules and regulations.
- Crossover Night is an annual church event organized by church administration. It’s always held on 31st December and it draws all ECG members and followers across the world.
For the past 4 years, the event was held at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, where it drew over 100 000 people from different parts of the world.
ECG is a first-class compliant church and, in 47 countries where it operates, it believes in nurturing a cordial working relationship with government and all other relevant non-governmental structures.
The church reiterates that its primary focus is to feed spiritual needs of the people and in this commission, the church will always comply to set rules and regulations in place.
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