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Church Verification Report

Reference FN-VET-0686-20261029  ·  Review date 2026-10-29
This document records the verification of
God's Own Family Salvation Ministries
Epe, Lagos, Nigeria · listed since 2026-10-19
Verified

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)
  • The address given (www%20gofsm.org) did not answer when we tried it, with and without www; a mistyped address says nothing about the congregation itself
  • Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right

What we found

We searched the full church name with Epe and Lagos, the short form "gofsm" with Nigeria, and the name alongside the broken address and the contact person on social platforms, and in none of these did any page, listing or article for a congregation called God's Own Family Salvation Ministries in Epe appear. What came back instead were unrelated and much larger bodies, such as the Port Harcourt-based Salvation Ministries founded by David Ibiyeomie and its Lagos branches (Wikipedia, Facebook), and several same-sounding "God's Family Ministries" pages in South Africa and Texas (Facebook, godsfamministries.org) that clearly belong to other groups. We found no working page on any site builder matching this church's name, town or pastor, and no map listing, directory entry, denomination register or news mention of it. We also found no scam reports, complaints or warnings attached to this name. The findings are summarized here for space; the full research was weighed in the review.

Search conclusion: no evidence found. An independent web search is part of every review; an online page alone does not prove a congregation exists.
On our request, the church itself supplied additional evidence for this review; it was weighed in the verdict. See the appendix on page 2.
7/10SCORE
7–10 Verified
4–6 Provisionally listed, information requested
1–3 Not verified

Our conclusion: The website address supplied at signup was mistyped and could not be opened, and an independent search found no listing for a congregation of this name in Epe, Lagos, only unrelated larger ministries with similar-sounding names. However, when we asked, the church responded directly with a photograph of its building and congregation, a specific Facebook page (facebook.com/Gofstv), a phone contact, and a plain account of itself as a church founded

No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.

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Appendix: Evidence provided by the church

Belongs to report FN-VET-0686-20261029  ·  God's Own Family Salvation Ministries

On our request, the church itself supplied the material below on 2026-10-29. It was weighed in the verdict on page 1. The church agreed to publication.

Photo supplied by the church
Pages and linksFacebook.com/Gofstv
Vouched for byDestiny Okpalaeke, destinyokpala@gmail.com, +2349018558554
About the congregation, in their own wordsGod\'s Own Family Salvation Ministries was established on 4th of June, 2022. It\'s Ministry and a Church. Our term of service based on prophetic and Salvation. We are About 80 members, aspiring to grow bigger
Material on this page was supplied by the church itself and is published with its consent. Faith.network reviewed it as part of the verification on page 1; supplying material does not by itself constitute verification. Errors are possible and no rights can be derived from this document. © Faith.network