The Man Enoch Adejare Adeboye Pt. 2

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He became actively involved with the small church and began propagating the gospel. He soon started organizing Bible Study meetings, Crusades, Revivals, Outreaches and eventually the CRM. As time went on the 'Lets Go a Fishing ' programs came to be and other evangelistic programs like 'Digging Deep. Most prominent of all however, a program known as the Congress which takes place

every December was instituted in 1999 and which has proved to be very successful.©ChurchGist

In October 1980, Pa Josiah Akindayomi went to be with the Lord and made it clear before his departure that Adeboye was to succeed him as General Superintendent based on divine instruction and knowledge. The Supreme Council of the Church kicked against it but in fear of the consequences of decrees made by Akindayomi before his departure amongst other reasons, they eventually succumbed. In January 1981, Pastor Adeboye was appointed General Superintendent of the church. Immediately he removed the title of Reverend from the Church by deciding to remain as 'Pastor ', he also changed his title from General Superintendent to General Overseer. ©ChurchGist. For three years he filled the role part-time, still lecturing at Ilorin, until giving up his university position to preach full-time. At that time, RCCG was not formally taking offerings and it was said that the whole monthly income of the Church was half the size of Adeboye 's salary. Things did not particularly look bright then. With his undying devotion towards the Lord and his commitment towards helping the common man understand the nuances of Christianity, he helped to expand the church which had 38 parishes including one in Ghana on his assumption of office to branches in over a hundred and ninety countries today.©ChurchGist

The church, which was not well known prior to Adeboye becoming the General Overseer, currently has over 40,000 branches globally in about 192 nations (as at August 2016) including more than 25,000 in Nigeria and about 600 in the USA. Adeboye has stated that his aim is to put a church within five minutes walk of every person in the developing world and three minutes drive of every person in the developed world. He intends to have at least a member of RCCG in every biological family of the world.

He is the National President of Redeemer's Christian Fellowship (RCF), an interdenominational fellowship in almost all the campuses in Nigeria which is under the umbrella of Christ the Redeemer's Ministry (CRM) where he is a founder and president. CRM is an independent ministry under the RCCG. Pastor Akindayomi had stated that RCCG should never own schools. CRM is therefore playing that role and a good number of members have benefited from the over 200 Redeemer's Nursery and Primary Schools plus over 10 secondary schools as well as one university, The Redeemers' University for Nations (RUN). ©ChurchGist.

Enoch Adeboye is a now a famous Nigerian pastor who rising to national and international prominence as the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) now commands the largest followership among pentecostals not only in Africa but all over the world. He hosted the famous Lekki 98 which had 7.2 million in attendance and supervised the building of the enormous 3km by 3km Arena, a pavilion at the Redemption Camp which gathers 3 million people. The largest such structure in the world. Church Gist. As the leader of the church he worked hard to expand the organization’s outreach and today the church has branches in 192 countries all over the world from Haiti to Germany, from India to the UK, and also in the US. Pastor Adeboye is today considered to be one of the most influential pastors in Nigeria and all over the world.©ChurchGist

Nicknamed 'Daddy G.O', he has four children, Bolu Adubi (female), Leke (his Personal Assistant and Special Adviser), Adeolu and Dare, all of whom are now pastors. Church Gist. He is also a proud grandfather to several grandchildren.

University endowments

Pastor Adeboye has endowed 4 Nigerian universities:

*Obafemi Awolowo University
*University of Lagos
*University of Ibadan
*University of Nigeria

Awards and recognition

1 of the 50 most powerful people in the world by Newsweek (2008)

One of the centenary awardees of Nigeria in 2014.

Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR) (2008).

He is the recipient of several honorary degrees including an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Lagos and an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

He was presented with the Spiritual Pillar of Nigerian Sports, a National Sports Honor in 2010.

For more on the man, Enoch Adejare Adeboye, watch out for 'The African Apostles ' Volume 1 by Oluwaleke Beecroft.