PASTOR ADEBOYE
The General Overseer (G.O) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Daddy G.O as he is fondly called, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye is a man of God, who has been a tremendous blessing and inspiration to numerous people and drawn lost souls to salvation by the grace of God.
Although he leads one of the fastest growing Christian Churches in the country and probably in Africa today, majority of the flock he ably shepherds apart from calling him “Daddy” or “Father in the Lord” know little or nothing about him. This is probably because of a philosophy which seems to emphasize the power and glory of God in all that he does, rather than highlight his own personal achievements or contribution to the phenomenal growth of the church and the body of Christ. As he will say whenever commended, “Glory be to God”.
Prior to joining the clergy, he was a university lecturer in Mathematics, a subject in which he has a PhD. He assumed leadership of the RCCG in January 1981 and is today widely acknowledged as a spiritual leader to not only millions within the RCCG, but in other parts of Christendom.
Pastor Adeboye’s many laudable contributions to the global dissemination of the Christian faith and the development of civil society through various initiatives embarked upon by the RCCG internationally have been recognised and commended across the world.
In December 2008, Newsweek, the international news magazine, named him one of the 50 most influential persons on the planet.
He is married to Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye and the couple has four children.