PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE STORMS UNN TODAY [photos]

COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE THEE REST. JESUS SAVES.  NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME. GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET SAVED FROM SIN.


BRIEF BIOGRAPHY ABOUT PASTOR ADEBOYE

Born on March 2, 1942 in Ifewara, Osun State, located in the South-Western part of Nigeria, Pastor Adeboye had a strong desire to attend school in spite of his poor background. He was admitted to Ilesha Grammar School, Osun State, Nigeria in 1956. Young Adeboye had an aptitude for science, particularly mathematics, which he chose to pursue at the university level.

He was admitted to a leading Nigerian university, The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to study mathematics. He was there a while but had to move to the University of Ife, Nigeria to continue his education, due to the ongoing Nigerian civil war at the time. He obtained his B.Sc. in Mathematics at University of Ife (now O.A.U) from 1964-1967 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 in 1973, he began working to translate the sermons of its founder and then Pastor, Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, from Yoruba into English.

Visiting UNN

In 1981, pastor 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.

Pastor E. A Adeboye

The church, which was not well known prior to Adeboye becoming the General Overseer, currently has several branches globally in about 192 nations (as at August 2016) 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) which is under the umbrella of Christ the Redeemer's Ministry ( CRM ) where he is a founder and president.

UNN arrival mode

UNN Akanu-Ibiam stadium

His arrivat in UNN

At the 2016 annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, while Pastor Adeboye was advising young unmarried born again RCCG members, he encouraged the young unmarried born again male RCCG members to avoid marrying non prayerful females and those "who cannot cook". He also advised young unmarried born again female RCCG members to avoid marrying unserious men. Though Pastor Adeboye was very clear regarding his target audience and what he meant, he was misconstrued and erroneously quoted (particularly on social media sites and in some newspapers) as saying and/or meaning something else and targeting a broader audience of all unmarried individuals irrespective of religious affiliations.

THEME: HOLY GHOST RALLY as Pastor E. A. Adeboye
VENUE: AKANUBIAM STADIUM, UNN, NSUKKA
TIME: 1:00PM
DATE: TUESDAY, 24TH JANUARY 2017.