Pastor Adeboye, on Saturday named a
new General Overseer (GO), Pastor J.O Obayemi, as his successor, ahead of his
75th birthday on 2 March.
The new GO Nigeria is Pastor Joshua
Obayemi was appointed the new GO at the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving at Shimawa,
in Ogun State.
The newly appointed GO was the
former Special Assistant to the General Overseer (SATGO) on Finance.
Adeboye also appointed Pastor
Johnson Odesola, who was the Special Assistant on Administration and Personnel,
as the church Secretary Pastor Adeyokunnu as church Treasurer. Adeboye was born
on March 2, 1942, in Ifewara, Osun State. Pastor Adeboye had his B.Sc. in
Mathematics at University of Nigeria Nsukka, and subsequently got his PhD in
applied mathematics from the University of Lagos, and worked as a lecturer in
Mathematics at the universities of Lagos and Ilorin, before going into full
time priesthood in 1984.
After joining the RCCG in 1973, he
began working to translate the sermons of its then Pastor and founder, Rev.
Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, from Yoruba into English.
In 1981, Adeboye was appointed
General Overseer of the church. He took over from Papa Akindayomi, who had died
the previous year.
For three years he performed the
role part-time, still lecturing at Ilorin. He finally gave up his university
position to preach full-time.
The church, which was not well known
prior to Adeboye’s ascendance has grown phenomenally, to become Nigeria’s
biggest, with branches globally in about 190 countries, including more than
14,000 in Nigeria.
Adeboye has stated that his aim is
to put a church within five minutes of every person on Earth. He married
Adenike, now 68 in 1967. She was born on 13th July 1948.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/breaking-pastor-adeboye-retires-general-overseer-rccg/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/breaking-pastor-adeboye-retires-general-overseer-rccg/
Pastor Adeboye, on
Saturday named a new General Overseer (GO), Pastor J.O Obayemi, as his
his successor, ahead of his 75th birthday on 2 March.
The new GO Nigeria is Pastor Joshua Obayemi was appointed the new GO at
the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving at Shimawa, in Ogun State.
The newly appointed GO was the former Special Assistant to the General
Overseer (SATGO) on Finance.
Adeboye also appointed Pastor Johnson Odesola, who was the Special
Assistant on Administration and Personnel, as the church Secretary
Pastor Adeyokunnu as church Treasurer.
Adeboye was born on March 2, 1942, in Ifewara, Osun State.
Pastor Adeboye had his B.Sc. in Mathematics at University of Nigeria
Nsukka, and subsequently got his PhD in applied mathematics from the
University of Lagos, and worked as a lecturer in Mathematics at the
universities of Lagos and Ilorin, before going into full time priesthood
in 1984.
After joining the RCCG in 1973, he began working to translate the
sermons of its then Pastor and founder, Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi,
from Yoruba into English.
In 1981, Adeboye was appointed General Overseer of the church.
He took over from Papa Akindayomi, who had died the previous year.
For three years he performed the role part-time, still lecturing at
Ilorin.
He finally gave up his university position to preach full-time.
The church, which was not well known prior to Adeboye’s ascendance has
grown phenomenally, to become Nigeria’s biggest, with branches globally
in about 190 countries, including more than 14,000 in Nigeria.
Adeboye has stated that his aim is to put a church within five minutes
of every person on Earth.
He married Adenike, now 68 in 1967. She was born on 13th July 1948.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/breaking-pastor-adeboye-retires-general-overseer-rccg/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/breaking-pastor-adeboye-retires-general-overseer-rccg/
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