Wikipedia, age, net worth, and ministry of pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye
Early life
Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Pastor and General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria, was born on March 2, 1942.
In the then Southern Region of British Nigeria, Enoch Adejare Adeboye was born on March 2, 1942, in Ifewara, close to Ife. He was born into a humble family.
Education
In 1956, Enoch Adejare Adeboye started attending Ilesha Grammar School in Ilesha, Osun State.
The Nigerian Civil War prevented Enoch Adejare Adeboye from finishing his first degree at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), but he later transferred to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in Nsukka and earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics there in 1967.
In the same year, he married Foluke Adenike.
Adeolu Adeboye, Bolu Adubi (née Adeboye), (Late) Dare Adeboye, and Leke Adeboye are their four total children.
He graduated with a Master’s in Hydrodynamics from the University of Lagos in 1969. He graduated with a doctorate in applied mathematics from the University of Lagos in 1975.
Ministry
Prior to being ordained as a pastor by Pa. Josiah Akindayomi in the Redemed Christian Church of God in 1975, Adejare Adeboye joined the organization in 1973 and worked as an interpreter.
In 1981, he was appointed the church’s general overseer.
He served in the job at Unilorin for three years on a part-time basis before leaving his academic position to become a full-time preacher.
As of March 2017, the church, which had few members before Adeboye was named general overseer, had branches in over 198 countries, with more than 14,000,000 Nigerians attending services. According to Adeboye, he wants a church to be five minutes away by foot in emerging areas and five minutes away by car in developed cities.
Adeboye does not dispute the notion that he preaches the prosperity gospel, claiming that “Pentecostals talk about the now and not only the future, which is why they have such an impact.” There are some things God could do for us right now, even though we have to worry about heaven.
Pastor Adeboye left his position as general overseer in 2017 due to new regulations that limited non-profit leadership to those with 20 years of experience and younger than 70 years of age.
In honor of his 80th birthday in 2022, Adeboye’s organization gave eight dialysis units, a reverse osmosis medical water purification system, and an electricity generator to Wuse District Hospital.
Book Publications
A number of books by Adeboye include:
- Open Heavens Daily Devotional
- Lessons from the Sower
- Christian Moderator
- Deadly Enemy of Man
- Divine Favour
- Kingdom Prosperity
- Fruits of the Spirit
- God of Wonders
- God’s Remembrance and Deliverance
- Prevailing Prayers
- The Wonder Working God
- Transitions
- Mathematics & Greatness
Endowments at universities
Awards and acclaim
According to Newsweek, one of the top 50 people in the world (2008) is
Adeboye was listed by New African magazine in 2019 as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Africans.
Private life
On December 17, 1967, Adeboye married Folu Adeboye. He has four children—three sons and a daughter—and several grandkids as a result of his marriage. Dare Adeboye, one of the sons of pastor Enoch Adeboye, died. The 42-year-old was the third child of Pastor Adeboye. Dare died in his sleep on the 4th of May, 2021 in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family.
