Indications emerged on Tuesday that the Founder and President of the Gospel Apostolic Church, Pa
Samuel Sadela, has passed on. He was aged 114.
Although a senior pastor in the church reportedly claimed that the man described as one of Nigeria’s
oldest pastors could still be receiving treatment in a hospital, he was said to have died in the premises of the church in Lagos.

As at 9pm press time on Tuesday, an official statement was still being awaited even as the church was said to have opened a condolence register for the man of God who remained sensational even as a very old man.

Sadela was of the Apostolic stock of Christianity. His pastoral calling started in 1928 when he visited
the famous Prophet Moses Orimolade of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. When he marked his 113 birthday, the aged pastor
had expressed hope to live up to 200 years of age. He had said “I feel happy to be this old.

Actually, I feel like a young man. I still enjoy my meal of Iyan
(pounded yam), Eba and bush meat. I sleep whenever I want to and wake up stronger I want
to live longer to prove to all that God remains the same as He was in times past.

If Methuselah could live for 969 years, God can make me live well
beyond 113. If Noah could be 950, it is not too much for Him to make me live up to 200.” Even if that wish was not granted, Sadela left an indelible imprint in the hearts of his members and those who admire him.
The cleric, who claimed angels taught him to read the Holy Bible when he was only two years of age,
raised not a few eye brows when he married a 30-year-old woman in 2007. “The Lord is my strength. I am very strong and energetic,” he was quoted as saying after the
wedding in Lagos.
According to reports, he first got married in 1934, with the marriage lasting for 21 years, but none of
the couple’s seven children reportedly lived beyond their infancy. A second marriage, said to
have been consummated in 1965, was blessed with four children, but only two survived. His second wife died in 2001.
A native of Ondo State, Sadela attended St. Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Ifon, Osun State, but had to drop out when he travelled to Sapele, Delta State
to work as houseboy to one Captain Pullen, a District Officer.

Sadela however retraced his steps in 1918 and completed his Standard six education in 1920.

Meanwhile, reactions from clerics have greeted his death. The Osun State Chairman, Christian
Association of Nigeria, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya, in a phone interview with our correspondent,
expressed shock at Sadela’s passing.
He prayed that God, ‘will comfort his family.’ Similarly, the founder of Christ Overcomer’s Assembly, Rev. Dipo Filani, described Sadela as a
highly respected man of God. “He was one of the oldest pastors alive in Nigeria.
There was a time he said miracles started taking place in his ministry when he was 90 years. “He was a highly respected pastor. This was a man who would mount the pulpit like a 40 year-old. He was a living testimony of what God could do in the lives of the faithful. I am pained because I have not met him in person,” Filani said
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This is a JETLESS, HELICOPTERLESS and MANSIONLESS pastor with indelible foot print in Christendom.
One thing a like this man for is the fact that he refused to privatize God,
He refused to market God to highest bidders
May is humble soul rest in peace


I dream of a Nigeria where churches will be listed among companies like NESTLÉ, UAC, COCA-COLA and others in NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE.
Every pastor want to turn to JETLI.

He was a true man of God to the core. A rare breed and a special prophet full of grace, he was still active till he dies,still attending church services. The only sunday service he missed in his lifetime since he became born again in 1928 was the sunday he died 24th August, 2014 at about 4:30am, a sunday preceeding the monday a 3day revival to celebrate his 114th birthday. May his soul rest in peace

autofreak2020: This is a JETLESS, HELICOPTERLESS and MANSIONLESS pastor with indelible foot print in Christendom.
One thing a like this man for is the fact that he refused to privatize God,
He refused to market God to highest bidders
May is humble soul rest in peace


I dream of a Nigeria where churches will be listed among companies like NESTLÉ, UAC, COCA-COLA and others in NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE.
Every pastor want to turn to JETLI.

Before nko? God punish poverty

Till he died he had no single house for himself except the mission house where he stays with some other full time, pastors, he built houses for dedicated and committed pastors, he has no house anywhere including his hometowns Ifon and Imoru. In his word "Mi o nii ba yin ko ile sori akitan yi" meaning "I will not join you to build any house on this dust bin" referring to this world as dust bin

He said in the millennium reign, if Apostle Ayo Babalola (his mentor) is appointed by God as the President of a country like Nigeria, He will not be given less than the post of a Governor of a big state like Lagos. He has said many things, I keep pondering on his past statements with my bible, all were biblical

Rest in Peace Pa Sadela!

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R.i.p the true preacher,despite about 80yrs+ of ministry no multiple private jet not even single 1, no profitable private university,no private airport,no luxurious properties.when will we have a true preacher like this in this country again?only GOD can tell. Rest in peace baba