Read the recap of The SCOAN Sunday Service held on April 5, 2026, featuring sermon ‘The Tomb Is Empty’, along with other events.
Key Events Highlights
The SCOAN Sunday Service: The SCOAN Choir
In commemoration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection and ascension, God’s people gathered for worship on Easter Sunday 2026. Starting with the hymn “Old Rugged Cross”, they began their worship on an orchestral note.
As Esther’s gentle voice reverberated across the auditorium and the overflow section, the presence of the Holy Spirit could be felt everywhere. It was clear they appreciated Jesus Christ’s incomparable sacrifice for humankind – His death on the Cross that purchased our redemption, offering us a chance to attain life eternal through salvation.
As subsequent each song by the choristers moved minds and spirits with its melody and lyrics, every dead thing in the congregation received life.
The SCOAN Sunday Service Testimonies (April 5, 2026)
Killer Bleeding Bows To The Anointing!
On February 2, 2025, Mrs Abowei was in The Arena Of Liberty for prayer over the affliction of bleeding caused by multiple fibroids.
Here is her testimony:
For the last two years she had been suffering terribly. I had surgery to stop it but things got worse afterwards. She had wanted to give up because she had tried all she could to end the problem.
My husband had become despondent. Things were so bad that doctors suggested that Abowei’s womb be removed. I would bleed so much as to run out of blood and then start losing water as well.
On receiving prayer from Pastor Evelyn Joshua, however, Abowei had witnessed the healing power of Jesus Christ. As the Master Surgeon worked on her system, she had felt divine power flow through her, falling to the floor.
When she got back up, she did so as a new creature, her body re-energised for the glory of God. But for prayer, I would have been a dead woman by now.
“Her problem really bothered me ,” said Bernard, her husband. “God will solve your own problem too,” he assured others.
Their daughter thanked God and urged others to hold on to Christ.
For advice, She told the people: “Display faith in every situation.”
Freed From Ancestral Demons!
“Nothing is working for her,” fumed the demon in Lizette during the deliverance session of the service of March 29, 2026. Minutes later, the demon succumbed. The following Sunday, Lizette returned to the church to testify of her deliverance.
Here is her testimony:
I came from an idol-worshipping family, explaining how the idols of her parents’ household had caused her many problems in her growing-up years.
In secondary school I found it hard to pass examinations and I faced many disappointments in relationships. Furthermore, Lizette spoke of how frustration had made her suicidal.
I was always angry in my spirit. A relative had told her about The SCOAN and she had started following Emmanuel TV. On visiting Nigeria, Lizette had made her way to The SCOAN and the Lord had answered her prayer.
For advice, She told the people: “Distance is not a barrier to the move of God.”
When Pius Looked Up To God And Walked Again!
“I want to return all the glory to God,” Pius began on Easter Sunday. He had woken up one morning to find himself unable to sit, stand or walk.
Here is his testimony:
The only thing I could do was lie down and the situation constantly made my children cry. He was frustrated after having taken so many medications that changed nothing
Pius had decided to visit The SCOAN for prayer. The doctor advised me to go by flight and I managed to do so. I was moved in faith and joined the Prayer Line on December 21, 2025.
As the evangelist prayed for me, I felt a healing sensation in my body and I began to do all I couldn’t do before.
For advice, He told the people: “He advised others to look up to God.”
Deliverance And Breakthrough For Kemoh And Kamara!
On March 10, 2024, among the many confessions made by the demon in Kemoh was that it had poisoned him in the dream. “He was dedicated to me,” the demon had also claimed, vowing not to give Kemoh any rest in life. But in vain did the demon boast, for minutes later it surrendered to the power of the living God.
Here is his testimony:
Kemoh had been struggling in life. My story stayed the same no matter what I did. My situation got me addicted to smoking.
However, when I discovered Emmanuel TV, my addiction to smoking stopped. I decided I was going to come to The SCOAN.
After my deliverance, I returned to France. It was right at the airport in Paris that I got a job offer. It was such a well-paid position that my friends wondered how I had managed to secure it.
In fact, I was the first Black person to join that company. Later, I attended The SCOAN Outreach Meeting in France 2025. I went with my wife and she received prayer too.
Since then, my wife Kamara and I have stopped quarrelling, even as the family’s finances have improved drastically. I now run my own company and have my own house and cars, thanking God for the transformation.
Here is her testimony:
Subsequently, on March 29, 2026, Kamara came to The SCOAN, where she received her deliverance. She also testified on Easter Sunday.
My parents had taken me to the witch doctor’s when I was much younger. As I grew up, I began to see the negative effects of that visit in my life. I was always failing at everything and the spirit of anger ruled my life.
I would frequently provoke my husband because I was averse to peace. But he always told me it was the devil causing it. Since my deliverance, however, I have become filled with God’s Spirit.
For advice, They told the people: “There is God in this place. Let’s embrace Jesus Christ.”
The SCOAN Sunday Service: The Tomb Is Empty
LISTEN TO THE SERMON TITLED: The Tomb Is Empty
“Happy Easter – Christ has risen!” Pastor Evelyn Joshua greeted the congregation as she joined them for the Easter Sunday sermon.
Breaking into song, she sang: “He is Lord!”
She thereafter asked the church, “Why are you celebrating?” Answering for herself, she said: “I am celebrating because the tomb is empty,” she said. On that note, the woman of God cited John 20:15 before speaking about Mary Magdalene’s state of mind after Christ’s resurrection.
“The first thing Mary recognised was Jesus’ voice,” she noted, referring to John 10:27. She reminded the people that they have a duty to preach the Good News, which is based on Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. According to her, “The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the first important thing in our lives as Christians.”
Speaking further, Pastor Evelyn Joshua read from 1 Thessalonians 5:5-11 and highlighted the importance of walking in God’s light. “You are not in the dark; you know where you are coming from and where you are going,” she said. Accordingly, she tasked the church to commit their ways to the Owner of their lives, doing so with a clean conscience that keeps hold of the deep things of faith.
“This Easter offers you an opportunity to reassess your life,” she said, noting that temptation is inevitable for believers. “No temptation has seized you except that which is common to man,” she observed.
Based on Luke 4:18, the woman of God described the less-privilege as those lacking God in their lives, leading to hopelessness. “The poorest man is not that man without money or earthly possessions,” she insisted.
She therefore urged the church to practise forgiveness and to embrace the freedom offered by Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. “The inner battle many of us fight today is that we can’t learn to forgive,” she noted. She concluded with the following words: “Today, God is inviting you to come and worship Him. Your salvation was bought with a price.”
Charity In The Nation Of Ghana
After The SCOAN Outreach Meeting In Ghana, the Emmanuel TV Team had proceeded to distribute food and household items as well as a cash gift of 33,000 Ghana cedis to some needy residents of the Greater Accra Region. This event brings to mind the words of Prophet TB Joshua: “The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are but on how happy others can be because of you.”
The SCOAN Sunday Service: Prayerline Session (April 5, 2026)
The SCOAN Evangelists
After Evangelist Chisom gave a word of exhortation to those at the Prayer Line, Pastor Evelyn Joshua commenced the ministration of prayers of healing and deliverance. In line with John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” – the Word and the Spirit caused manifestations in the people, who had come with various issues of body, mind and soul.
By the reason of Christ’s sacrifice, expectant mothers received the assurance of divine protection – protection for them and the fruits of their womb.
In faith, hundreds received from the Throne of Grace as they brought their issues before the Master Surgeon – problems of ulcers, breast cancer, skin disease, swollen belly, bleeding, kidney malfunction, difficulty in walking, complications from sickle cell anaemia, multiple fibroids, difficulty in urinating, epilepsy, and prostate enlargement, among others.
There were also prayers over addiction, mental disorder and other issues that have no place in the lives of God’s children!Although many had come with frowns on their faces, Jesus Christ made them return with smiling faces and grateful hearts!Glory be to God, all forms of sickness, disease and affliction of body, mind and soul were expelled as Jesus Christ took control.
Finally, during the One-On-One Session, every stubborn demon surrendered at the mention of the name of Jesus Christ. Thank You, Lord!
SCOAN Sunday Service Mass Prayer (April 5, 2026)
The SCOAN Evangelists
“All glory, honour, wisdom, adoration and power belong to Jesus alone,” declared Evangelist Joseph. “Begin to lay all your burdens at His feet,” he charged the church.
He told the people to ask: “O Holy Spirit, my Comforter, rain upon me Your healing, deliverance, freedom!” Furthermore, he prayed: “All familiar spirits, demons, messengers of satan, spirits of sorcery, witchcraft – we command you: Out, by the fire of the Holy Ghost!”
Evangelist Chisom charged the congregation to decree: “You demon, anywhere you are in my life, family, business – I command you in the name of Jesus: Out! You spirit in my father’s house, my mother’s house, destroying my health, my business – I order you: Out!”
Taking over, Evangelist Ope told the church to say: “Every garment of sickness placed upon me, I command you right now: Holy Ghost Fire!”
Further standing on the believer’s authority, Evangelist James implored them to declare: “Every area of my life experiencing darkness – let there be light, in the name of Jesus!”
Pastor Evelyn Joshua
On her part, Pastor Evelyn Joshua asked the people to say: “In this celebration I must use every piece of God’s armour to resist satan. Father, fortify me! Father, I need forgiveness.”
She then prayed: “By His resurrection power, you are forgiven, in the name of Jesus! By His resurrection power, your old ways of failure, sickness, frustration, barrenness, disappointment have passed away, in the name of Jesus! Woe to satan and his work!”
Praying for the viewers, the woman of God declared: “We command all that is dead within you to rise and walk, in the name of Jesus! By the resurrection power of Jesus Christ, your destiny will not wither, in the name of Jesus Christ! Every destructive habit that is preventing you from doing good things – we command it to be removed, in the name of Jesus!”
Prophet TB Joshua
In a Mass Prayer video, Prophet TB Joshua spoke with anointing: “I am going to be restored to my destined position, in the name of Jesus! That sickness in your body – be cured! By the power of resurrection, that good health that has been taken from you, that promotion that has been taken from you, your destined marriage that has been taken from you, your destined position that has been taken from you – be restored, in the name of Jesus! Every dead thing, every sick part, every sick organ – be restored, in the name of Jesus!”
SCOAN Sunday Service: The Grace
“Almighty God, thank You for showing us the way of salvation. Into Your hands we commit our lives. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray!”
