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The General Overseer of the Spirit and Life Bible Church (SLFBC), Her Grace, Apostle (Mrs) Deb'rah Eunice Gordon Osagiede, is dead.

Igbere TV gathered that the prominent female preacher of SLBC, with headquarters in Benin City, Edo state, died after a brief illness, Monday morning. She was 62.

A formal statement made available to Igbere TV Monday night issued by her son, Gordon Osagiede Jr, confirmed the cleric had passed.

The statement read, “The Name of the Lord is a strong tower and is mighty. We serve a Good and Gracious God who will never leave us nor forsake us.

“Beloved what I'm about to share with you won't be easy to take and I know it is only by the Grace and the Love of God that we shall overcome. As the Word of God tells us to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I am informing you beloved with a pained heart that Our Mummy, the First Lady of Global Evangelism, Daughter of Jesus Christ to the Nation's has gone to be with her Heavenly FATHER.

She passed away this morning after a brief illness. This shock us heavily, this Storm is big! But God gives us his PEACE at this TIME. We have Peace in this Storm. I pray for your heart which is heavy, I pray the Holy Spirit comfort you. I pray that your Faith in God remains strong. We have overcome in Jesus Name.”

Osagiede was born in January 1958, in Edo state. She was married to Apostle (Dr) Gordon Erhauyi Osagiede who hailed from Abudu, Orhionmwon local government area of Edo state. Until his glorious exit, they both managed the Church. Mrs Osagiede was a mother of seven, six sons (three adopted sons), a precious daughter and grandmother to lovely grand kids.

She attended Emotan Primary School in Edo State (1963-1973), then moved to St. Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School and Idia College, Benin City. In 1975, she gained admission into the University of Ife(now Obafemi Awolowo University) to study English Language. She had a Masters in English Language and Linguistics from the University of Lagos, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling from the University of Benin.

In 2019, Apostle Deb'rah Osagiede, a social crusader for women and youth empowerment, received the prestigious United States of America (USA) Congress Women of Excellence award.

She got the award along with 19 others out of the 150 that were screened across the globe. Osagiede was the only African woman that featured in the 2019 award.

https://igberetvnews.com/1374537/breaking-prominent-nigerian-pastor-apostle-osagiede-dies-62/

Ministry

Osagide was the founder of All Gospel Ministers Association of Nigeria (AGOMAN) and Women Gospel Ministers and Gospel Ministers' Wives Organization (WOMMWO) worldwide. Both are affiliates of the Godhead International Prayer Ministry.

She was an advisory board member of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and the coordinator of the Hazard Relief Project.

She was the initiator of the Women in the New Nigeria and Youth Empowerment Initiative (WINN), Women in the New World (WINWO) and New Nigerian Youth (NNY). These initiatives are aimed at lifting widows, orphanages and the less privileged out of poverty. One of her missions is to empower and change the mindset of youth through free trainings, workshop and free skill acquisition.

She was a pioneer in the crusade against sex trade, prostitution, sexual perversion ans pre-marital sex.

Until her death, Deb'rah was the CEO of Rose of Sharon Afro/Asian Diagnosis/Clinical mediplex in Edo State, Nigeria, CEO of Jesus Women Orphanage Home, and Tabithan Widows Rehabilitation and Empowerment.

Awards and Recognition

In 2019, Apostle Osagiede received the prestigious United States of America Congress Women of Excellence among the top 20 global women for her contributions to her community as well as meeting the needs of the less privileged in the society. She was the only African to receive the award from the Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force of US congressman Danny K. Davis.

Writings

Osagiede was the author of several books including Looking Unto Jesus, The Lost and The Cross, Glory of Virginity, Commitment and so on with over millions of copies sold globally.

jesusjnr2020:
This is the sad reality of life. Death comes to all men, so ensure that when death comes, you're ready to go.

It's sad though that she didn't live til at least 70 years.

May God grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss.

MuttleyLaff:
Adam actually was meant to die. If A&E weren't meant to die, then, the TKGE will have never been placed in an unmistakable, unavoidable and central place.

Let me shock you with something unusual you won't get to readily hear from the bullpiss pulpit. Forget Methuselah and 969 years. Why he had to live that long, is a story on itself, for another day and another topic heading, just know that, ideally, man really isn't meant to live past circa 30 years old. Yahshua Ha Mashiah, aka Jesus Christ, lived 33¹/₂ years, go figure

The thing is, it is not the the number of years we live, that matters, but it is the number of lives, we impact with the number of years we've lived, that matters.