PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE ADEBOYE (ONE IN A MILLENIUM)

BACKGROUND OF PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE ADEBOYE

Born on March 2nd 1942 to Moses Adeboye, a farmer and part-time traditional musician, and Esther Adeboye, a trader in locust beans, Enoch's poor parental background painted a grim picture of a child that  would be confined to the peasant life. But the little lad, whose father had migrated to Ilesha now in Osun State in Nigeria to settle, had a different agenda for his life. Enoch was registered at St. Stephen's Anglican Primary School, Ifewara to begin his primary education.

Brilliant, calm and reticent with amiable primness, his teachers had no doubt that the lad had a scholarly aura and a cut for the academic event at that tender age.

It was therefore, not surprising that young Enoch Adeboye soon gained admission into Ilesha Grammar School. But therein lay the acid test and indeed a gulf to cross. The bruising truth was that Enoch's tall ambition to pursue an academic dream in a high school was irreconcilable with the abject poverty of Moses, his father.

Destiny indeed smiled on Adeboye as Moses and his wife were compelled to sell their few cherished possessions and borrowed from kind neighbours to ensure that their son's dream took a step towards a practical reality. And so, Enoch landed at Ilesha Grammar School. And the little chap soon began to see a grey light of dawn on a horizon. In school, his closest companions were poverty and hunger. But he carried his pains with stoical poise. He never had a fat wallet but he sure had a fat will. And so he resolved to work hard to succeed and to lift his parents from the despicable dungeon of poverty. He almost did. But this noble dream was fractured while he was in his final year. The sad news sneaked in that solemn afternoon: Moses his father was dead. It was shocking and traumatic news.

Led by his principal, Adeboye returned home to pay his last respect to his father and went back to school same day to face his exams; his mind blurred by the interrupting memory of his father's freezing silence.

Adeboye finished his secondary school career, winning prizes for the best student. However, on the prize-giving day, the pain of poverty once again loomed. At the ripe age of 18, it dawned on him that he had neither a pair of trousers nor a pair of shoes, even if ugly, to wear to the prize giving ceremony. He borrowed a pair of shoes and pants from a relative. Even though they were the wrong sizes, and he must have looked awkward and ludicrous in them, he wore them with pride to pick his prize. This poverty for him must be the spur in his quest to be a paragon of success in life.

Enoch taught briefly at a local school before gaining admission into the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). Here, he joined the volleyball team, not so much because of his love for sports but because of some free meals. The Nigeria civil war jeopardized his career at UNN. The Ifewara lad later obtained his bachelors degree from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
Enoch, now caressing the sunny side of life, soon obtained his Masters degree, and a PH.D in Hydro-Dynamics from the University of Lagos at the youthful age of 30. His whole ambition now was to be the youngest University Vice Chancellor in Africa

But Adeboye's ambition was short lived; for he would soon have his own 'burning bush' experience. One of his daughters became ill and orthodox medicine proved ineffective. This was in 1973. A cousin had invited him and his wife to a church, The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), to seek divine healing for their daughter.

What the Mathematics Teacher and his adorable wife did not know, and could not have imagined, as they stepped out of their house that day was that they had begun to walk into God's ultimate plan for their lives.

Adeboye could not understand why this bunch of illiterate preachers felt he had to surrender his life to Jesus Christ in order to overcome his afflictions. “What do these ones know about the philosophy and psychology of religions?” he thought to himself.

Finally the Word of God penetrated, and on July 29, 1973, sobbing like a baby, Mr. Adeboye ran to the altar to accept Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour.

Radical Zeal

The young convert received a divine touch, and peace returned to his life. As he heard the message of complete holiness, he decided to live by the Word. He rarely missed church services. He started reading the Bible after he found out that the mostly illiterate members of the church had better grasp than him. He decided to take Sunday School very seriously and pay attention to the weekly memory verses.

 

A Living Witness

From the moment he gave his life to Christ, Pastor Adeboye eagerly shared the gospel. His colleagues and students at the University of Lagos were the primary targets of his evangelical zeal. His passion to win souls for Jesus led him to reach out to members of his extended family, and neighbours. In 1977, Pastor Adeboye paid 15 years rent to hire a cocoa warehouse in Ifewara, for use as a branch of RCCG.

The Mantle Falls

As Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi grew old, the issue of his successor crept up. But before he passed on to glory on November 2, 1980, at the age of 71, he had left a clear statement about who the Lord had chosen to succeed him. Pastor E. A. Adeboye, was the choice. He and his wife began to desperately cry to God to let the cup pass over him. But in January 1981, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye became the new leader of the church.

Coming from the ivory tower to a modest apartment in Mushin, a densely populated area of Lagos, was like falling from grace to grass. But that turned out to be the beginning of a new thing. The new leader's modesty would not permit him to be called Reverend or General Superintendent, so he changed his title to Pastor, and his designation to General Overseer. The vision which God dropped in the heart of an unlettered man began to blossom in the hands of the scholar. From 40 parishes, which he inherited in 1981, the Church now has more than 15,000 parishes in more than 100 countries.

Pastor Adeboye's delivery of the gospel is unique. Points follow one another in a logical sequence, as if he is proving a mathematical theory. He is also a giant in prayer and worship. He spends hours with the God whose message he bears daily. As a Pastor, strict discipline and unusual hard work strike a balance in his caring heart.

Mummy G.O., Pastor Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer is a strong pillar and efficient planner that complements the efforts of her husband. She is endowed with immense initiative, and great capacity for hard work. Her attributes have helped the G.O. to obey God's command to be great.

THE MINISTRY

Pastor Adeboye had his B.Sc. in Mathematics at Obafemi Awolowo University 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; After joining the RCCG, 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, taking over from Papa Akindayomi, who had died the previous year. For three years he filled the role part-time, still lecturing at Ilorin, until giving up his university position to preach full-time.

The church, which was not well known before Adeboye took charge, now claims branches in over a hundred 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 is the national president of RCF (an interdenominational fellowship in all the campuses in Nigeria). In 2008, Newsweek magazine named Adeboye one of the fifty most powerful people in the world. He is married to Foluke Adeboye, also a pastor, with whom he has children.

He recently endowed 4 Nigerian Universities: Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria with Professorial chairs in Mathematics to the tune of 50 Million Naira.

ACHIEVEMENT

1.     On 18^th December 1998, Enoch Adeboye hosted the very first Holy Ghost Festival (open air meeting) in Nigeria with an attendance of over seven million people (CNN estimate). This most ambitious project in the form of an open air Worship Service was carried out in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria and in attendance were over seven million people as confirmed by the CNN aerial satellite. Not one person was lost or died in that throng and this feat was repeated the following year. In 1999 though, there were no less than twelve million worshipers present. This program has since been replaced with the annual 3-day Holy Ghost Congress held every December at the Redemption Camp. In addition to this is a Special 3-day Holy Ghost Program held in the first weekend of March yearly. At each and every one of these events, miracles, signs and wonders have become commonplace as the power of God moves freely to set free, heal, anoint, deliver, bless and empower.

2.     Enoch Adeboye’s trade mark of humility is disarming and this endears him to people, enabling him to easily share his testimony of the Gospel. His passion for soul-winning feeds his passion for church-planting and through this, countless thousands have been inspired to follow him and likewise serve the Lord in the ministry. From that unimpressive building he walked into in 1973, the Lord has today through Enoch Adeboye built a Mission of over five thousand Churches all over the world (Nigeria, almost all the nations of Africa, the US, the UK, Canada, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Australia, India, China, Hong Kong, the Far East and even the Middle East). In the United States alone there are over five hundred Parishes and still increasing.

3.     For several years, he has been honored to serve as Pastor and / or spiritual counselor to Heads of States, Ministers, political leaders and national decision-makers. At the same time, he endeavors to travel to minister in unreached places where others will not go.

THE AWARDS/RECOGNITION

To date, all over the world Enoch Adeboye has been conferred with several honorary degrees and national merit awards in appreciation of his contributions to humanity. In the 2009 Newsweek Elite Edition (January 5, 2009), he was listed as one of the Fifty Most Influential People In The World (No. 49 to be exact). For example the following are note-worthy:

1999 – Received honorary citizenship and key of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

2000 – Dedicated the first chapel in the Nigerian Presidential Villa, Abuja, Nigeria.

2005 – Received honorary citizenship and key of Dallas, Texas, USA.

2005 – Received honorary citizenship and key of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

2008 – Awarded a National Honor (Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) by the Nigerian President

2009 – Led the Pre-Summit Prayers at the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations, Headquarters, New York.

2009 – Named one of ‘The World’s Fifty Most Powerful People’ by Newsweek Magazine (USA).

2009 – Awarded honorary doctorate degree – University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

2009 – Awarded honorary doctorate degree – University of Nigeria, Nsukka

2010 – Awarded a National Sports Honor (Spiritual Pillar of Nigerian Sports)

PASTOR ENOCH ADEBOYE’S PROFILE INCLUDES:

• Strategic casting of the worldwide vision of The Redeemed Christian Church of God
• General Overseer with ultimate responsibility for over 12,000 churches in over 120 nations.
• Author / Writer of the popular, globally-distributed daily devotional manual – Open Heavens.
• Host / Convener / Main Preacher at the annual December three-day Holy Ghost Congress (open air meeting) in Nigeria with an average attendance of over six million people
• Host / Convener / Main Preacher at the annual March three-day Special Holy Ghost Service (open air meeting) in Nigeria with an average attendance of over six million people
• Host / Convener / Preacher at the monthly Holy Ghost Service (open air meeting) in Nigeria with an average attendance of over one million people
• Host / Convener / Preacher at the quarterly Festival of Life (indoor revival meeting) in London, UK and various cities in the US with an average attendance of over fifty (UK) and seven thousand (US)
• Host / Convener / Preacher at the Annual RCCG Conventions in Nigeria, UK and the US with an average attendance of over two million (Nigeria), twenty thousand (UK) and seven thousand (US)
• Ordination of Pastors / Deacons during the Annual RCCG Conventions worldwide.
• Convener of quarterly / annual RCCG Leadership and Discipleship Conferences and Retreats all over the world.
• Author of over fAorty books published all over the world.

THE ADEBOYES FAMILY (DADDY CHILDREN)

Pastor Mrs. Foluke Adenike Adeboye (Nee Adeyokunnu) is blessed with rare gifts of administration, planning, hospitality, counseling, mentoring, ministering, comfort, care, and encouragement to many, bringing hope, love and succor to the hopeless.
She is endowed with immense initiative, and great capacity for hard work. A missionary and minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

PASTOR ADEOLU ADEBOYE

 Pastor Adeolu Adeboye is considered by numerous individuals as a man on the go. Praised for several revolutionary ideas to the church, he devotes his life to establish and institutionalize the efficiency of all The Redeemed Christian Church Of God’s (RCCG) processes and standard of operations. With a heart of service, his focus is to create a better worship experience for parishioners who attend RCCG’s headquarters, The Redemption Camp, Nigeria.

 He has implemented methods to ensure that his ministry and department,Team Nehemiah, provides an eloquent standard of security and traffic control on the grounds of the Redemption Camp. He also has a passion to the introduction of fashion to the RCCG community in which can be seen through his numerous stores of The Wise Men.

He is married to Mrs. Tope Adeboye and they are blessed with three sons.

PASTOR (MRS) BOLU ADUBI

 Pastor (Mrs.) Bolu Adubi is Pastor E.A. Adeboye’s only daughter. She is a woman that adheres to

the Pastor (Mrs.) Bolu Adubineeds of young people. Based in Maryland, USA, she is a beacon of hope and knowledge to several young people across The United States. Being a pastor’s daughter, she understands the challenges and obstacles the children in this category face. This passion lead her to create The Royal Priesthood Ministry, which serves an avenue for Pastors and Ministers’ children to express themselves.

She realizes the importance of the church’s transformation needs to be led by the next generation. She is married to Pastor Akin Adubi and they are blessed with four children.

  PASTOR DARE ADEBOYE

Commonly known simply as “Pastor D”, Pastor Dare Adeboye is the one of the most influential Youth Pastors in The Redeemed Christian of God Worldwide. With posts previously in England (RCCG House of Praise Birmingham Senior Pastor), Kaduna (RCCG Kaduna 1 Provincial Youth Pastor & RCCG Region 8 Youth Pastor), and presently Abuja (North Central Youth Evangelist covering all the YOUTHS, RCF, RCCF, & PSF in the states of Niger, Benue, Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau and FCT) he understands and associates with the next generation of the church.

His various posts (RCCG Youth Affairs National & International Director of Programs / Chairman Organizing Committee of 70hrs Messiah’s Marathon Praise, National Youth Convention & Northern Zone Abuja SHIFT) have enabled him to comprehend the various landscapes of young people across the globe and how to increase the church’s influence. He dedicates his life to educating & inspiring young people on how to capitalize their faith in the various environments they find themselves in.

He creates mediums for young people to feel empowered and prepared to carry the mantle of the church and also expantiate the church’s mission and goals. His fire for God is easily caught and transversed to the numerous lives he touches. He is married to Mrs Temiloluwa Adeboye and they are blessed with a beautiful and bubbly daughter.

 PASTOR LEKE ADEBOYE

With a life motto, “Heaven is the goal”, Pastor Leke Adeboye is a soldier for Christ that hears the heartbeat of God. Often called a teacher, counselor and mentor, he is a clear voice on how to draw closer to God and understand one’s purpose. He is exceptionally gifted to train and rally his passion, the youths and young adults. He is a member of The Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG) Worldwide The Youth and Young Adults Ministry Executive Board.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Project Management. He has previously worked for Accenture. He is an entrepreneur with several business establishments globally, such as AO3V, which touches millions through the production of The RCCG wristbands. He loves to break records and achieve positive change in all his endeavors. He was the youngest to ever attain the office of Assistant Pastor in RCCG in The United Kingdom.

His life goal and dream was to manage and develop his own aerospace corporation but The Lord had other plans. He was called into ministry, and is currently the Personal Assistant to The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor E.A. Adeboye. He is married to Mrs. Titilope Adeboye and they are blessed with a daughter.

PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE BOOKS

 The Man of God has written more than Hundred of Books, here are few out of it, check it and make sure you buy at least one:

1.      Anatomy of Greatness

2.      Uncommon Greatness

3.      Journey to Marriage

4.      Holy Spirit in the Life of Elijah

5.      Divine Encounter

6.      God has a purpose for your life

7.      366 Daily capsules for Greatness

8.      Open Heaven Vol 1-14

9.      As pure as Light

1.    Divine Intimacy

1.    The God of Signs and Wonder

1.    Spiritual Warfare

1.    Becoming a special Carrier of His glory

1.    Enemies on Rampage Fire Back

1.    65 Keys to Prosperity and Wealth

1.    The last Day

1.    The blessings of Abraham

1.    Carrier of His Power

1.      Flames of Fire

2.      The flames of Divine Champion

3.      Walking with God

4.      Riding on the Storm of Life

5.      Transitions

6.      Overcoming Fear with your faith

7.      Confess the word for your health and healing

8.      The Tree by the river side

9.      Divine Marriage

1.      When you need a Miracle

1.     The Hiding Place

1.    The Ultimate Breakthrough

1.    It shall be well

1.    The Ten Virgins

1.    Your tomorrow will be alright

1.  The Fire of Pentecost

1.  The siege is Over

1.  The Victorious army

1.  JOSEPH: a study of Divine Faithfulness

2.  The King of Kings

2.  David (Vol 1-11)

   . Total Sanctification

   .  That I might know Him

.  . Open Doors 

.    The Sovereign Lord 

.     You can possess your possession

     The Almighty _ 2003 Plenary Session

     Born to be a Blessing

      The Excellent Christian

      Heaven on the Move

       Arresting the Arrest er

     The Healing Meal

     In the Footstep of Jesus

      The Glory of the Latter House

      Let the Fire Fall

      The Unchangeable God

     Secret of Winner

     The Water and the Fire

      God Choice of the Chosen

    Our Dominion Crown and Sceptre 

    12 keys to Prospertiy

    The Master Key

    Search the Scripture

    Divine Collision

    AND LOT MORE.... 

    

     TESTIMONIES FROM PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE ADEBOYE

     SOMEBODY SHOUT HALLELUYAH!!! This is amazing. read and pass on. then meditate and wait for God's abounding blessings. God is powerful. He will bless you all.

1. A Dump Child Speaks

(GO) A woman brought her child. That child will probably be between 9 and 10. And said this child had never spoken before please pray for this child. (GO) I laid my hand on this child and I said, In the Name of Jesus and the child said 'Amen!' I have not prayed yet! I just said: In the Name of Jesus! And the child that had never spoken before said 'Amen! I nearly jumped out of the window. The mother was on the floor rolling! That kind of miracle that will make you roll on the ground for joy God will give you this year! (Amen!)

2. Divine Promotion

(GO) Once upon a time when I was a lecturer in one University I won't mention which one; there was a particular man who was not promoted for 12 years because somebody hid his file. But when his time came there was a change of Head of Department and the new Head of Department said I want to see the file of everybody in my Department. They searched and searched until finally they dug it out where somebody hid it.. Your file that had been hidden by the enemy shall be brought out this year. (Amen!) And they discovered this man should have been promoted at least twice and they gave him double promotion.

      3. Sick Woman Healed

(GO) I was invited to Port Harcourt , Nigeria . Full Gospel Business men had a program, they asked me to come and preach. When I finished the first preaching that night one man came and said sir, my wife is sick, in hospital; please could you come and pray for her. So we made arrangement for the following day. The following day we went there. The wife had been completely helpless on the sick bed, she could not even turn but I prayed for her and the one who had not been able to even talk escorted me to the door! I didn't come to Port Harcourt for this man! I came for a program, heaven was just passing by and this man tapped into it! Heaven is passing by tonight, somebody is going to tap into it and your sickness will disappear. If you believe that let me hear you say 'Amen!' (Amen!)

      4. Marriage made Possible

(GO) A sister came to one of the Programs in Ebute Metta, Lagos years ago, and the Word came just as it is coming now that there is a sister whose mother didn't want her to marry. That if the mother does not release her, Mama herself will be buried within 7 days. A Word just came like that and I announced it. I don't know which sister was concerned. The following day the sister came with the mother. The mother was very furious. That's the way you stupid prophets spoil the head of our girls, telling my daughter that I will die because I didn't allow her to marry. I said me? Sister did I say that? She said the prophecy that came yesterday. What God said is that there is a sister here did I mention your name? I said Mama don't mind her, nobody mentioned her name, she was just claiming what is not her own.

The mother said, oh-oh is that so? She said, all right. She asked the lady to go out and the lady went out and she said Pastor, but is it true that the mother will die? I said I'm not talking about you oh I'm not talking about you, but what God told me is going to come to pass, so if you are the one and I'm not saying it is you before the week runs out whoever it is, is going to be buried. Ehhhh, I'm not asking her not to marry but who is going to take care of me after. I said Mama that's simple; I can tell her and tell the husband to take good care of you. I will make them promise. That's if she can marry within 6 months, this girl who was almost 40 years old and nobody had looked in her direction before, there is somebody here today anybody who says you will not marry will not see the end of January because loneliness must end!

    

      5. Little Girl Delivered from Death

(GO) I went to visit a family and at that time I didn't know that the woman of the house was a number one witch and that she had reached an agreement with her husband in the spirit realm that of every two children born one will die one will survive. And there was this little girl that she had given birth to. She was one of those that were to die. In fact that was the day that the girl was to die. We didn't know at that time so we went there to greet the family and as I was about to leave that girl stretched forward towards me. She was at the back of the mother stretched out, stretched towards me in such a manner as I had not option other than to carry the child. We were to learn later that this child never, never allows anyone else to carry her. But something told the girl, you are dying today unless just stretched towards me so I carried the girl and I prayed. I didn't know what I was doing: Father bless this child, keep sickness away from her, keep death away from this child�. And the yoke was broken! It wasn't long after that when the mother began to confess: I killed this one, I killed this one, I killed this one, I killed this one the day I was to kill this one he this troublesome pastor came by and took the child from me. Today every one of you that the enemy had decided death for I cancel that one in Jesus' Name! (Amen!)

        6. No More Sorrow

(GO) There's a young man that had been coming from America again and again to testify. When I first met him, old as he was, he was always weeping like a baby. He's married; he's got children but he's always weeping! My wife used to say before you begin to weep again don't start oh! Because he had known so much sorrow. The father left home when he was a child one sorrow after the other but now it is one miracle after the other. He was telling his church people, because he's a Pastor, he said, some how since I met Pastor Adeboye it's one miracle after the other! One miracle after the other!

       7. Blessed with a Baby

(GO) We went to a Holy Ghost Service in Kaduna , Nigeria and I wanted to go to the toilet while the choir was singing and there was this brother who was an usher standing somewhere near the toilet. So he greeted me and I shook hands with him. I didn't know he was rejoicing.. So I went to the toilet. Apparently he has told the other ushers. He shook my hand, he shook my hand! When I was coming back there were about half a dozen of them! So I shook hands with them. I didn't know that one of them had received one before he shook my hand the second time and he put his hand in his pocket. He got home and he told the wife who had been barren for years bring your stomach, the GO shook my hand 2 times! 9 months later the baby came. Your hands will be blessed tonight! (Amen!) I say Your hands will be blessed tonight! (Amen!)