On Monday April 14, 1975, a short but very impressive dedication service was held at the machine room at Onigbongbo, Maryland, Lagos. Present that day were ministers and some saints from our branch churches at Abeokuta, Ibadan and Ijebu-Ode. The attendance was 51.
In the dedication message delivered by Brother T, he said, “Our dream of 20 years has come true today. We shall continue to send our praises to the Almighty God.” He then traced the story of how the printing plant had developed from the small stencil duplicator, which had then been transferred for use in Cotonou, Dahomey, for duplicating of the French translation of Sunday school lessons. Thereafter he went on to mention the other equipment in the printing plant: a Letterpress with suction feed, electric guillotine, a small Offset Gestetner 201, the new Heidelberg Kord offset machine, processing camera, exposing unit and a photo enlarger. Though we had all these machines, we read in the Scripture:
‘Who is …willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?’ (1 Chronicles 29:5) “What about the hands who will consecrate themselves unto the Lord to have part in the work?”
He also traced the story of the hands that had worked in the printing of materials, typing, preparing, translating, checking, parceling and posting. Since we had no die-cutting machine, children lessons and memory verses which come in various shapes and forms had to be cut out by hand. Though slow and painful, yet it was most rewarding.
Rev. Lucas Obakoya prayed, dedicating the new offset machine, other machines and equipment to God's glory and for the salvation of souls. He prayed that more and more languages be run in the press.
After that, it was pointed out that there was still need for more equipment such as photo-type setter, folding machine, tons of printing papers and other small items. Brother T said, “We trust that the Lord Who has made a dream of 20 years come true has a divine purpose in providing for the establishment of the printing plant.”