‘When I came to Pastor Adeboye that I wanted to serve God, I did not tell him it was going to be a full time work. But I knew what I was supposed to do in the Youth Ministry; I told him that the Lord wanted me to serve Him in the Campus Fellowship already launched. Daddy Adeboye said I should meet Pastor Odeyemi, who is also an Assistant General Overseer but his assistant then. He told me to take the title of Travel Secretary to campuses. By the time I did one year, RCCG Churches in the North was one, and located in Kaduna, which controlled Kano and Jos. Pastor Adeboye instructed me to go to the North. It was while I was in the North that the call of God became clearer and the entire North was put under my supervision’. Pastor J.F. Odesola.
Pastor Johnson Funsho Odesola is the Assistant General Overseer in charge of Personnel and Administration for the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). He is also the Pastor in charge of RCCG Region 1 and a member of the Governing Council of the Church.
He hails from Igbajo, Osun State and was born on 5 June, 1959. He came from a saw milling family were his father sent only the girls to school and insists the boys continue in the family business. Pastor Odesola through an Uncle Folly inspired to be an engineer and pursued his dreams despite the resistance of his father.
He is a scholar that has attained several educational qualifications in various fields and in different countries, they include; National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Technical and Building Engineering. He has Bachelors’ Degrees in Christian Education, Theology, and Musicology. He has Master’s in Communication, Christian Education, Cultural Anthropology Study and Law. Pastor Odesola has Doctorate Degrees in Theology, Christian Education, Business Administration, Law, and Cultural Anthropology with 40 different fellowships.
Pastor Odesola has authored over 150 books, he is a recipient of several international honours and a recognized speaker at Leadership Conferences globally.
He is happily married to Pastor Mrs Adebisi Odesola, their union is blessed with children. His two daughters Titilope and Tolulope are happily married to Leke Adeboye and Joshua Mike-Bamiloye the sons of Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Mike Bamiloye. He is a blessing to this generation.
God bless him!
Sources:
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