Jumoke Adeyemi
Jumoke Mobolaji Michelle Adeyemi is a Mentor, Coach and Lead-pastor of Global Harvest Church, Lagos State, Nigeria. She was born on the 7th of May, 1970 in Zaria but was raised in Sokoto in a polygamous home where her dad married her second wife while she was a teenager. She had her Tertiary Education in Ilorin where she studied English. She proceeded to study for her Masters Degree in Psychology at the University of Ibadan. In 1997, she completed her studies. During her undergraduate studies, she worked as an Op-ed intern for Herald Newspaper in Ilorin. In 1995, she worked as an intern at Coca-Cola under Human Resources. She also worked as Regional Manager for George Adegboye World Outreach for 3 years from 1992 to 1995.
Growing up, her perception of life and marriage was not pleasant, seeing her father marry a second wife. It crushed her view of marriage. She struggled with interpersonal relationships and has struggled with being accepted by people. Due to being raised in the North, she has seen the social perception of women and she was stirred to advocate for women empowerment. She had also witnessed poverty and it effects, which fuelled her desire for poverty alleviation. Giving her life to Christ changed her mentality about marriage. She decided to never live a polygamous lifestyle based on what she experienced in her early years, determining to build a strong family unit. In 1992, she got married to Victor Adeyemi and moved with him to Ibadan where they pastored Rhema Chapel and eventually started the Global Harvest Church.
She became an Associate Pastor and first administrator of Global Harvest Church in 1995, the Church she attended while she was studying for her Masters at the University of Ibadan. She later became the Director of Administration for the entire Global Harvest Church Ministry in 1995 until 2013. She became the Resident Pastor of Global Harvest Church Ibadan from 2005-2007 and ran a fashion boutique business from 2001 to 2008. She remained an Associate Pastor of Global Harvest Church until 2016 before becoming the Lead Pastor of Global Harvest Church Lagos from 2016 until date.
Jumoke Adeyemi has organised and led community development teams for several developmental initiatives to empower women and youths and poverty alleviation projects which include; Shop4Free (poverty alleviation), Future Builders International (youth empowerment), Night With The King (youth outreach) and The Encounter Women’s Retreat which has been holding since 2009 till date (women empowerment). Her brand; “Archetype”, has played a role in making her a source of inspiration to her audience, discussing life lessons on various topics from mental health, to career, daily living and Christian living, teachings addressing issues in marriage: from before finding a partner, to working together to make a successful marriage, teachings inspiring hope, confidence and comfort, typically based on scripture, sermons, excerpts from her book or personal spontaneous words, these teachings aim to uplift the audience and teachings addressing women-specific issues in any area of feminine life. These teachings aim to empower, support and coach women to live fulfilling lives.
She is an author of several books which include, “Before You Say I Do”, “Making Marriage Work”, “Unleash the Greatness in You” and so on.
Her marriage to Pastor Victor Adeyemi has produced four children.
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