Pastor Toyin Laoye (Nee Faniyan)
Pastor Toyin Laoye is the First Female Parish Pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), North America (NA). Presently, she is the Senior Pastor of RCCG Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey (NJ). She is also an Assistant Regional Pastor and Provincial Pastor in RCCGNA Region 6, Province 2.
Pastor Toyin was born on 2nd September 1958 in Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria, to late Mr Sunday Gbadebo Faniyan and Mrs Sopfia Mojisola Faniyan. She completed her primary education in St. Michaels Primary School Yemetu, Ibadan and Seventh Day Adventist School, Agodi-Gate, Ibadan. Her secondary education was at Ibadan Grammar School Molete and a teacher training college called United Missionary College before proceeding to the University of Ibadan and later University of Hull, North Humberside, United Kingdom and Somerset Country Technical Institute (SCTI), Bridgewater, NJ.
While in Nigeria, she worked as a teacher in Lagos and Oyo States respectively, she also worked with the Federal Civil Service Commission. She migrated to the United States of America in 1996, and became an American citizen in 2006. She worked as a nurse in St. Mary’s Care Center and Orange Memorial Hospital between 1998 and 2008 after completing a nursing program in (SCTI).
Pastor Toyin is a recipient of various awards; in 2007, she was given the National Award from the Nigerian Faith-Based Community Organization (NEFBCO) of NJ. In 2008, she was conferred with a Doctor of Theology by the Ministers International Institute (MII) of Tennessee. In 2015, she received the Outstanding Female Leader Award from the RCCGNA Women in Ministry.
She is a mother and a mentor to many across the globe, she has passed through many storms but Jesus has always been at the center of it all, God’s grace has kept her going, she is known for always saying ‘It is well’. She was married to late Pastor Ebun Laoye, their union is blessed with two children. Amongst her many works for the Vineyard, Mummy has also authored some books.
God Bless Her!
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