Pastor Enoch Adeboye has clocked 40 years as general overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God, Igbere TV reports.
He was ordained a pastor of the church in 1977; and in 1981 became
general overseer. For three years, he filled the role part-time at Unilorin
before giving up his university position to preach full-time.
Celebrating him on Saturday, his son Leke Adeboye shared a photo on
Instagram with the inscription
“Celebrating 40 years at the top”.
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On Twitter, President of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide Apostle
Johnson Suleman prayed that the RCCG leader would live to see more
years.
“I want to congratulate you daddy on the 40th year anniversary as the
general overseer of RCCG…may heaven keep you for us..so we
continually draw from your wealth of wisdom..its 4 decades of
outstanding leadership..happy anniversary my father,” he wrote.
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Despite becoming the church’s leader at a time it was not well known,
Adeboye, 78, has expanded it to about 200 countries, including more than
14 million branches in Nigeria.
The professor of Mathematics often says that his aim is to put a church
within five minutes walking distance in developing cities and five minutes
driving distance in developed cities.