Church Verification Report
What we checked
- Not a duplicate: no similarly named church is listed with us
- The name reads as a real congregation
- Contact email reviewed (gmail.com, common for small churches)
- A Facebook page was provided; Facebook blocks automated reading, so it was weighed through the independent search
- Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right
What we found
We searched for "Tekoa Church of the Lord" in Nigeria and found no listing, address, news mention or directory entry for a congregation of that name anywhere in the country; the only Tekoa churches that surfaced are unrelated, such as Tekoa Church in San Jose, California, described as a non-denominational Christian church (tekoachurch.org, Facebook, YouVersion). Searches naming Nigeria returned only large, well-known bodies such as the Aladura Church of the Lord and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (Wikipedia's list of churches in Nigeria), none matching this applicant. We also tried to confirm the supplied Facebook page and its handle "Livwocol"; our servers cannot open Facebook directly, and the search returned only unrelated churches with similar names in the United States, so we could not verify that the page exists or belongs to this church. The findings are summarized here for space; the full research was weighed in the review.
Our conclusion: The congregation responded to our request with a Facebook page link, a stated denomination (Independent Pentecostal) and a named reference, Pastor Nicholas Okoro, with a contact number, which together answer the question of whether a real congregation stands behind this signup. Facebook blocks automated reading, so we could not open the page ourselves and an independent web search turned up no separate listing for Tekoa Church of the Lord in Nige
No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.