Connection),
There are "biographies" of both Josiah Akindayomi and Enoch Adeboye in
existence now; at least I have in my collection two different biographies
of Adeboye and two of Akindayomi. These are not strictly speaking
biogrpahies but hagiographies. The historians among us will know the
difference. The RCCG is an important church not because it is the biggest
church in Nigeria but it has obviously changed the way we think about and
perceive churches, particularly the pentecostal variety, and this is not
to be taken to be a positive thing. Adeboye is undergoing a gradual but
stead process of beatification by both RCCG members and its clients. In
2001, one Assistant General Overseer (AGO) of the RCCG said "Adeboye is
the God we see today". He was voicing the collective sentiment of the
church and its fans/clients. This is also consistent with the church's,or
rather Adeboye's, doctrine of "Follow your Leader": emolate your pastor as
if Jesus Christ.
On Bakare, he did NOT "defect"; he seceded.; he withdrew from the RCCG
alliance. And, there is an important different between the two: Latter
Rain Assembly did not exist prior to Bakare. Bakare founded one of the
three first "Model Parishes" in RCCG and one year later, renamed the one
he founded and headed the Latter Rain Assembly. The RCCG did not complain
because bakare had good reasons/cause for his action: he used his
resources to build the church from scratch up. He also had doctrinal and
practical disagreements with the RCCG.
For interested persons, these are other issues are extensively discussed in:
A. Ukah _A New paradigm of Pentecostal Power: The Redeemed Christian
church of God in Nigeria_, Trenton/NJ: Africa World press (2008).
Thank you.
asz
Am Do, 3.02.2011, 22:36, schrieb Mobolaji ALUKO:
> Abimbola:
>
>
> Thanks for this reference -
>
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/16385673/Pastor-E-A-Adeboye-Biography
>
>
>
> The relevant portion appears to be that Pastor Adeboye "defected" from
> the traditional Anglican Church to "Egbe Ogo Oluwa" (later called RCCG).
> So
> Bakare's defection from RCCG should not be held against him, even by RCCG
> members. That is all that I am saying. And there you have it.
>
>
>
> Bolaji Aluko
>
>
> PS: Reading through his biography, it appears that Pastor Adeboye and I
> were at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka together - well, I as a child
> and he as a university student. Unless otherwise informed, the war must
> have displaced him from UNN, for him to graduate with a BSc at GreatIfe in
> 1967.
> Abi I lie?
>
>
> That makes it the second person this week that I discovered that I have
> kindred spirit with - the first being a rebel leader and one of the
> founders of the inchoate Republic of South Sudan, Dr. Lam Ajawin, my
> Imperial College
> friend
>
> http://myafrica.allafrica.com/view/people/main/id/07PHCznWKbUCoymy.html
>
>
> Lam was Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-2007) of Sudan's
> National
> Unity Government, leader in Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)
> since 1983 - but I had lost COMPLETE track of him until last week!
>
> I was at Imperial College till December 1978 - he doing his PhD (and
> graduating in 1980), while I crossed over to the US.
>
> Wonders will never cease - Imperial College and Chemical Engineering -
> and rebellion! There is hope for me yet!
>
> And South Sudan, here I come to your inauguration!
>
>
> -------------------------
>
>
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/16385673/Pastor-E-A-Adeboye-Biography
>
>
> *PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE ADEBOYE*
>
>
> 'Nigerian Million Makers' are men and women born naked like you and I.
> They
> are men and women who face life's challenges just like every other person.
> The
> difference is that, they find solutions to such challenges. They are men
> and women who discover their purpose on earth and pursue it with everything
> they've got. They have great passion for their calling to making life
> better for others. This
> is also true of Nigerian Million Maker of today, Pastor Enoch Adejare
> Adeboye who
> went without shoes for the first 17 years of his life. Bill Graham
> observed:
> "You
> don't have to put greatness on to people, you just have to elicit it, for
> the greatness is already there". Born on March 2, 1942 at Ifewara in Osun
> state to the family of Mr and Mrs Moses
> Adeboye, young Enoch grew up lacking the good things of life. The family
> was so poor that they hardly managed to send him to school. It was a
> celebration galore when the family bought an umbrella. For the first 17
> years of his life, he never wore shoes. Not that he does not want to, but
> none was available. Today all that is history as Pastor Adeboye can afford
> anything money can buy in fact he recently acquired a private jet for the
> promotion of the gospel of Jesus Christ. His education was a struggle.
> Through the help of God and the assistance of his
> mother, Mrs Easther Adeboye, he was educated even to the tertiary level,
> graduating at the age of 25 in 1967. He attended St Stephen's Anglican
> primary School, Ilesa Grammar school, University of Nigeria Nsuka,
> University of Ife
> (now
> Obafemi Awolowo, University) and University of Lagos.
> Though the fact was that he attended school under a difficult situation,
> it did not stop him from sparkling like a million stars, as he was an 'A'
> student from primary school to the University level. What his parents
> lacked in material wealth, he made up in academic excellence. With an M.SC
> in Hydrodynamics and a PhD in applied Mathematics, the soft spoken pastor
> started his teaching career at Okeigbo Ifetedo Grammar school, where he
> taught Mathematics and later moved to the Lagos based Anglican Girls
> Grammer
> School. He thereafter lectured at University of Ilorin and later
> University
> of Lagos. His dream then was to become the youngest Vice-Chancellor in
> Africa.
> But,
> that was a better plan in the offering. He was once invited by his uncle
> Reverend Chris Fajemirokun to Redeemed
> Christian church of God to seek solution to a particular problem. The
> Redeemed
> Christian church of God founded in 1952 was led by Rev Josiah Olufemi
> Akindayomi.
> Though, led by an uneducated man. Dr Enoch felt the presence of God in the
> congregation. It was here that he heard that if one does not change from
> his sinful ways, the person will end up in hell on the day of judgement.
> With
> this in mind, when the alter call was made, he wasted no time in giving his
> life to Jesus.
> A great choice he made that would changed his life for his life to be an
> example and be considered on this blog Nigerian million makers. He became a
> born-again on July 29th 1973. He acknowledged God in everything he did and
> was baptised by immersion in September 1973. As a worker in the church, he
> laboured to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ through his word and deeds.
> He also conducted lunch hour fellowship at the University community.
> He was ordained a pastor of the church on September 14, 1975 alongside
> four others. He later became official English language interpreter of
> Reverend
> Josiah Olufemi. , whose messages were purely Yoruba language. He succeeded
> reverend Akindayomi when he went to be with the London November 2, 1980
> and was ordained General overseer of the Redeemed Christian church of God
> in 1981. Thus dropping his job as a university lecturer to become a
> fulltime pastor. And so at the age of 38, pastor Adeboye became the leader
> of the church, a move that left many elders of the church surprised.
> Dropping the chalk to
> hold the microphone for the rest of his life Pastor Adeboye has changed the
> face of Christianity in Nigeria, Africa and the rest of the world. Unlike
> most preachers of gospel, his messages are centred on holiness and purity.
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Triple a Thegenius <
> a3_tripleagenius@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Prof,
>> You should get the info here:
>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/16385673/Pastor-E-A-Adeboye-Biography
>> There is a more comprehensive biography of him. I cant recall the title
>> now but every Christian in Lagos carries one....
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com>
>> *To:* OmoOdua@yahoogroups.com
>> *Cc:* NaijaPolitics e-Group <NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com>; "
>> nigerianid@yahoogroups.com" <nigerianID@yahoogroups.com>; USAAfrica
>> Dialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>
>> *Sent:* Thu, February 3, 2011 9:25:53 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [OmoOdua] On Bakare's Defection from the RCCG to Form
>> Latter Rain......{Re: BUHARI LEADS THEM ALL....NATURALLY.... IBK PLEASE
>> PERUSE THIS & LEARN THE TRUTH!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear All:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for this information ...but the issue goes BEYOND who founded
>> the Church that MIGHT HAVE BECOME RCCG:
>>
>>
>> (1) when was it NAMED the RCCG, and who so named it - Adeboye or
>> Akindayomi?
>> (2) what denomination was Adeboye BEFORE he "defected" to RCCG?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bolaji Aluko
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:31 AM, DIPO ENIOLA <dipoeniola@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pastor Adeboye is not the founder of RCCG. The church was founded by
>>> an Ondo man, the late Pa Josiah Akindayomi.
>>> -dipo-
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On *Thu, 2/3/11, Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com>* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [OmoOdua] On Bakare's Defection from the RCCG to Form Latter
>>> Rain......{Re: BUHARI LEADS THEM ALL....NATURALLY.... IBK PLEASE
>>> PERUSE THIS
>>> & LEARN THE TRUTH!!
>>> To: "NaijaPolitics e-Group" <NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com>, "
>>> nigerianid@yahoogroups.com" <nigerianID@yahoogroups.com>, "USAAfrica
>>> Dialogue" <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>, "OmoOdua" <
>>> OmoOdua@yahoogroups.com>
>>> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 10:22 AM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Albert Ayeni:
>>> You wrote, with some disapproval that:
>>> QUOTE
>>> Pastor Bakare defected from the Redeemed Christian Church of God also
>>> because of irreconcilable differences (with the biggest Church in
>>> Nigeria).
>>>
>>>
>>> UNQUOTE
>>> Correct me if I am wrong: you are NOT Roman Catholic, are you? Yet
>>> you are a Christian, are you not? Then you are a member of the
>>> Protestant Church whose founder, Martin
>>> Luther, DEFECTED from the BIGGEST CHURCH in the world in 1521- the
>>> then Roman Catholic Church!
>>> Voila!
>>> Besides, I do not think that Pastor Adeboye himself was born an RCCG
>>> member, since he was the Church's founder. Therefore he too must
>>> have DEFECTED from another LARGER Church - maybe the Anglican Church,
>>> the LARGEST Church in Nigeria right now?
>>> So, please let us look for other reasons against Bakare: not closet
>>> Muslim
>>> (his mother Abigail was Christian, his Muslim father died when Bakare
>>> was aged 2), defector from the largest Church in Nigeria, etcheram, ad
>>> nauseum... And there you have it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bolaji Aluko
>>> PS: By the way, Bakare has been plunged into politics, just as Luther
>>> was plunged into marriage: "Suddenly, and while I was occupied with far
>>> different thoughts," Luther wrote to Wenceslaus Link, "the Lord has
>>> plunged me into
>>> marriage."<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther#cite_note-84>
>>> "
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In
>>> NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com<http://us.mc1106.mail.yahoo.com/mc/comp
>>> ose?to=NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com>, Peter Claver Oparah
>>> <peterclaver2000@...> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Biggest church in Nigeria? Funny. how did you come about it? By the
>>>>
>>> number of
>>>> signboards in Lagos?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> Von: Adebayo Adejuwon adeadejuwon@...
>>>> An:
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>>> okibe1@...
>>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 3. Februar 2011, 4:10:41 Uhr
>>>> Betreff: Re: [NaijaPolitics] RE: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re:
>>>>
>>> ||NaijaObserver|| Re:
>>>
>>>> BUHARI LEADS THEM ALL....NATURALLY.... IBK PLEASE PERUSE THIS &
>>>> LEARN
>>>>
>>> THE
>>>
>>>> TRUTH!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â
>>>> Pastor Bakare defected from the Redeemed Christian Church of God
>>>> also
>>> because of
>>>> irreconcilable differences (with the biggest Church in
>>>> Nigeria..........
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Albert Ayeni
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you serious at all? The who world is reading you? Bakare left
>>>>
>>> Redeem? So
>>>
>>>> what? What has that God to do with his being VP to Buhari? Bakare
>>>> left Redeem because of irreconciliable difference. So, if the
>>> difference
>>>> was irreconciliable what should Bakare have done? Remain there? And
>>>> what
>>> are
>>>> these irreconciliable diiferences? Tell the world/ Did bakare not
>>>> leave
>>> Deeper
>>>
>>>> Life?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But why did you forget to mention that Bakare established the first
>>>>
>>> model church
>>>> of RCCG at Ladipo Oluwole? Why did you forget taht he was not
>>>> accused of
>>>
>>>> stealing or impregnating another man's wife?
>>>>
>>>> Albert, get serious for a change.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Triple a Thegenius a3_tripleagenius@...
>>>> To:
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>>> ose?to=NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com>; Nigerian
>>>
>>>> Observer group
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>>> okibe1@...
>>>> Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 5:10:44 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [NaijaPolitics] RE: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re:
>>>>
>>> ||NaijaObserver|| Re:
>>>
>>>> BUHARI LEADS THEM ALL....NATURALLY.... IBK PLEASE PERUSE THIS &
>>>> LEARN
>>>>
>>> THE
>>>
>>>> TRUTH!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â
>>>> Woza Albert!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are really funny. We should let a Niger Delta man occupy the
>>>>
>>> presidency so
>>>> they can have their own turn at spoiling Nigeria? Na wa for you o.
>>>>
>>>> So what if Bakare defected from Redeem, the so-called biggest
>>>> church?
>>> Would you
>>>
>>>> have had a prob with him if he had defected from the biggest shrine
>>>> or
>>> the
>>>> biggest Catholic church? Is he the first pastor to leave Redeem?
>>>> What of
>>>>
>>> Pastor
>>>
>>>> Igbodalo? Is that the only church pastors have defected from? You
>>>> want
>>> me to
>>>> give you a load down of those who have left Winners Chapel in VERY
>>> controversial
>>>> circumstances? You then proceed to allocate position to Bakare and
>>>> Buhari in GEJ's
>>>>
>>> govt...are
>>>> you naive or idealistic?
>>>>
>>>> AAA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Albert Ayeni ayeni982000@...
>>>> To: Nigerian World Forum
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>>>
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>>> okibe1@...
>>>> Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 6:21:22 PM
>>>> Subject: [NaijaPolitics] RE: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re:
>>>> ||NaijaObserver||
>>>>
>>> Re:
>>>
>>>> BUHARI LEADS THEM ALL....NATURALLY.... IBK PLEASE PERUSE THIS &
>>>> LEARN
>>>>
>>> THE
>>>
>>>> TRUTH!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â
>>>> Dear Peter:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry to say, your doctor's prescription for the Nigeria that
>>>> I
>>>>
>>> know is
>>>> WRONG! WRONG!! WRONG!!! Your doctor did not do a good job of
>>>> diagnosing
>>> Nigerian
>>>
>>>> problems and the intrinsic capacities of the candidates, and that
>>>> is why
>>> his
>>>> prescription cannot be right. These are my seven reasons why I
>>>> believe
>>> your
>>>> doctor is wrong:
>>>>
>>>> 1. First and foremost on my list:the GMB/Bakare ticket cannot
>>>>
>>> effectively tackle
>>>> what I consider to be the number onechallenge Nigeria must deal
>>>> with
>>> decisively
>>>> from 2011 onwards: The Niger Delta problem --- the millstone on
>>> Nigeria's neck!
>>>
>>>> Former VP Abubakar described it as the scar on Nigeria's
>>>> conscience, but
>>> I
>>>
>>>> prefer to call it the sore on Nigeria's consicence. Your doctor
>>> totally
>>>> discountenanced this problem and many others. Where injustice has
>>> reigned for
>>>> over 50 years, that problem of injustice must be dealt with first
>>>> before
>>> Nigeria
>>>
>>>> can really find the way forward.Put 10 GMB/Bakares there, it will
>>>> not
>>> matter at
>>>> all, and I believe this without a shadow of doubt. Why has the
>>>> Delta
>>>>
>>> Region
>>>
>>>> remained among the poorest regions of the country, in spite of the
>>> wealth that
>>>> has been harvested from that part of the country since 1960 to
>>>> develop
>>> the rest
>>>> of Nigeria (never mind most of the wealth was looted by Nigerians)?
>>>> The
>>>>
>>> rest of
>>>> Nigeria must stand up to this question, and now is the time! Also,
>>>> why
>>> is it
>>>> that the wealth carted away from the Delta Region has not been
>>> effectively
>>>> utilized to develop the country? It is money looted unjustly, so it
>>>>
>>> cannot be
>>>> used to accomplish much good. Even some of our brothers from that
>>>> part
>>> of the
>>>> country were put to death for justly demanding their rights and the
>>>> rest
>>> of the
>>>> country looked the other way --- as if nothing happened! How can
>>>> Nigeria
>>>>
>>> truly
>>>> make progress in this kind of messy situation? I leave this to
>>> everyone's
>>>> imagination.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At this point in our development, the leader that will help us
>>>> tackle
>>> the
>>>> problem most realistically must come from that part of the country.
>>>>
>>> Either
>>>
>>>> President GEJ or Dr. Pat Utomi currently on the list of contestants
>>>>
>>> would fit
>>>> this bill. No one else in the running even comes close --- and that
>>>> is
>>> the
>>>> truth. Solve the Delta problem and Nigeria will start making
>>>> progress.
>>> It is not
>>>
>>>> just by chance that we have contenders to the leadership position
>>>> coming
>>> from
>>>> that part of the country this time around. We may not find them the
>>>> most
>>>
>>>> qualified to hold the office, but that is merely human judgment
>>>> which is
>>> always
>>>> trumped by the wisdom and will of God. We must do our best NOT to
>>>> throw
>>> away
>>>> what I see as a golden opportunity to respond positively to the
>>>> offer
>>> before us.
>>>> With PEACE in the Delta Region, Nigeria will start to experience
>>>> peace
>>> of mind
>>>> and we can plan effectively for the future of a united and strong
>>> nation.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Nigeria runs a democratic government guided by a Constitution
>>>> where leadership must employ tenacious negotiation skills guided by
>>>> the rule
>>> of law to
>>>> accomplish meaningful consensus on topical national issues
>>>> including
>>> corruption
>>>> and indiscipline. The GMB/Bakare ticket lacks the track record,
>>> temperament,
>>>> tolerance, endurance and stamina to withstand such political
>>> demands.Their
>>>> experience as consensus builders is unknown and very doubtful.
>>>> GMB's CPC
>>>>
>>> could
>>>> not work out an alliance with ACN and/or any other parties. GMB
>>>> bolted
>>> away from
>>>> ANPP due to irreconcilable differences. Pastor Bakare defected from
>>>> the
>>> Redeemed
>>>
>>>> Christian Church of God also because of irreconcilable differences
>>>> (with
>>>>
>>> the
>>>> biggest Church in Nigeria). I cannot see either of these two men
>>>> seeing
>>> anything
>>>> good in what anyone else may suggest. With such characters, it is
>>> unimaginable
>>>> the kind of chaos they will throw our fledgling democracy into
>>>> should
>>> they get
>>>> to power. How will they work amicably with a Legislative body that
>>> represents so
>>>> many interest groups???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. Though a decent man as most of us believe, GMB has two many
>>>> enemies
>>> in the
>>>> Nigerian political landscape and will find it nearly impossible to
>>>> move
>>> the
>>>> country forward because of several controversial arguments that are
>>>>
>>> bound to
>>>> develop between the executive and the legislative arms of
>>>> government.
>>> They will
>>>
>>>> be at each others throat throughout his administration, and Nigeria
>>>> will
>>> be the
>>>> worse for it.
>>>>
>>>> 4. GMB will serve the country better as the Leader of EFCC in the
>>>> coming
>>>
>>>> administration if he is really interested in helping to clean up
>>>> the
>>> Nigerian
>>>
>>>> system of corruption and indiscipline. This is a full-time job and
>>>> he
>>> will be an
>>>> exemplary leader in that office.
>>>>
>>>> 5. Pastor Bakare will serve Nigeria better as the voice of the
>>>> common
>>> man
>>>> outside the political establishment. In the Nigeria of 2011-2015,
>>>> he
>>> cannot be
>>>> an effective fighter for the common man from within the
>>>> establishment.
>>> As VP he
>>>
>>>> must take an oath to implement the Nigerian imperfect Constitution
>>> framed to
>>>> protect and accommodate the interests of ALL citizens in a secular
>>> state, not
>>>> just the members of SNG, CPC, or the Latter Rain Church. How will
>>>> he do
>>> this
>>>> without compromising his fiery godly figure?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 6. Pastor Bakare's integrity has been thrown into question by some
>>>>
>>> allegations
>>>> made against him which are yet to be refuted publicly. Some of them
>>>> that
>>> border
>>>> on Spiritual matters bother me extremely. Can I really trust him?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 7. The duo has practically no track record of ability to handle the
>>>>
>>> challenges
>>>> of development in the 21st Century. Corruption and indiscipline,
>>>> the two
>>> things
>>>> on which the two seem to agree, are just a component of the myriad
>>>> of
>>> challenges
>>>> Nigeria must confront to accelerate growth and development in the
>>>> coming
>>> years.
>>>> Apart from detesting corruption and indisciplinewhat experience do
>>>> the
>>> two have
>>>> to convince Nigerians that they know how to handle the tonnes of
>>> challenges
>>>> confronting Nigeria? Can the two strong-willed highly opinionated
>>> individuals
>>>> actually work together successfully? I am not sure anyone has an
>>>> answer
>>> to this
>>>> question. Even on corruption and indiscipline does anyone know they
>>>> can
>>> agree on
>>>> the approach to adopt to tackle the problems --- the Muslim and
>>> Christian
>>>
>>>> approaches may run parallel or opposite each other and that could
>>>> create
>>> an
>>>> instant logjam!
>>>>
>>>> I rest my case!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Be blessed, Albert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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