Abraham Manuchimzi: I Was Born To Minister To Lost Souls

Kingsley Momoh - Lagos

The wave of gospel acts who are more determined to not only praise GOD and spread the gospel but also make a living from the business is increasing by the day. They spot all genre of music we have: from the traditional R&B to the relatively accepted Juju and Fuji. Also the reggae crooners are not left out. Indeed, the gospel sphere of the music industry in Nigeria is growing in good pace.

The name Abraham Manuchimzi may not ring a bell immediately but with the quality of music he is working on and the team he has in place as his production and managerial crew, Abraham is a promise of not just Christian focused songs but top notch music.

In an interview with Guguru FM, the bearded gospel minister describes music as a passion and believes, music for him was a divine deal.

"I believe I was born to sing and minister to lost souls. God created me for that purpose, that's why I went into music. And I believe God will bless me through it"

Born in Port Harcourt, Rivers state Nigeria and had upbringing in Port Harcourt and Lagos, Abraham had his primary education and secondary education in Rivers state before moving to Lagos for his tertiary education at the University of Lagos where he studied Finance.

He describes his musical prowess to also have been positively affected by Sammie Okposo, "Kleb shout", Marvin Winas, Nathaniel Bassey. Nosa, Marvin Sapp, Frank Edwards and Pastor Uche Agu amongst others.

Having recorded 2 songs with one released, Abraham says his bank of songs is made up of 6 songs and indeed, his bank of songs is growing by the day. He considers it a privilege to minister to GOD's people and whenever he does this, the memory lasts for a very long time. He says he is using the opportunity to glorify GOD for now and where it leads him to would be appreciated.

In response to what he thinks of the situation of gospel music in the music industry in Nigeria, We wanted to know of what he thought about the new trend.

"Oh yes oh, I see a serious change coming through... sooner than we expect...in a short time"

Hence, on who he would love to work with in the neaer future, his response went thus

"Oh my goodness them plenty oh....I can't be mentioning  names oh....haaaa OK...Pastor Nathaniel Bassey, Minister Sammie Okposo, Bishop Marvin Sapp, Minister Freke Umoh, Minister Frank Edwards, Pastor Sonnie Badu"

He advises upcoming acts to be patient in the quest for relevance as they can easily loose themselves by so doing. Furthermore, he said they should remain focussed and GOD more,

Indeed, his type is rare for an upcoming act who could possibly do anything to be noticed and be seen as relevant. he said anybody can sing but the HOLYSPIRIT makes the whole needed difference between ordinary music acts and gospel singers or musicians.

His good looks and charisma must have charmed a lot of females to him, Guguru FM sought to know how he manages that aspect of his life, and he smiled.

"The grace of God has been helping"