27 September 1954: David Olaniyi Oyedepo is born. Born to a Muslim father, he was named AlHassan Bello Olaniyi Oyedepo at birth. He is the President, David Oyedepo Ministries International; Chairman, Board of Trustees of the World Mission Agency; Founder and Apostle over the Commission of Living Faith Church Worldwide; Chancellor, Covenant University and Landmark University; President, Word of Faith Bible Institute; President, African Leadership Development Institute among others.
27 September 1959: Yemisi Ashimolowo is born. She is the Resident Pastor of KICC Prayer City United Kingdom; President of KICC’s Winning Women Ministry and wife of Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo.
27 September 1990: Steve Crown is born. He is a Gospel Singer, Song Writer, Music Director, Founder and President of Lakelight Entertainment.
27 September 1954: Dr Cosmas Ilechukwu is born. He is the General Overseer of Charismatic Renewal Ministries Inc.
27 September: Reverend (Mrs) Abiola Theodora Omobude is born. She is a singer and the Wife of the General Superintendent of the New Covenant Gospel Church, Reverend (Dr) Felix Omobude.
27 September: Bishop Bolu Martins is born. He was a Bishop in Living Faith Church Worldwide and currently the Senior Pastor of Treasured Life Family Church.
27 September 1927: Mama Elizabeth Areola Oke was born. She was the biological mother of Bishop Francis Wale Oke. She passed on to glory on 3rd April 2024 aged 97.
27 September 1944: Aimee Semple Macpherson passes on to glory. She was a Canadian Pentecostal evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s and Founder of the Foursquare Gospel Church.
27 September: Joys Abodunrin (nee Oyedepo) is born. She is the second biological daughter of Bishop David Oyedepo; Speaker and Wife to Abiodun Abimbola Olaleye Abodunrin.
27 September, 2022: Andrew van der Bijl passes on to glory in Harderwijk, Netherlands. Brother Andrew was popularly known as God’s Smuggler. He dedicated his life to smuggling Bibles and other Christian literature into communist countries during the Cold War.
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