…Says he’s voice of peace in troubled world
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has
described the General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG,
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, as ‘the voice
of peace and comfort in a troubled and edgy
world’ and harbinger of hope to millions of
souls across the world.
Adeboye
Aregbesola said this in a message
commemorating the 76th birthday of the
foremost man of God yesterday.
The Governor, in a statement by his Media
Adviser, Mr. Sola Fasure, described Pastor
Adeboye as a beacon of hope for the
numerous hopeless souls, reconciling them
with God through his sermons and evangelical
engagements all over the world.
Aregbesola said few people are chosen by
God for this kind of evangelical assignment in
a generation, saying such chosen few are rare
breed and special creation, who sparingly
graces this earthly terrain.
He noted that Pastor Adeboye is an epitome
and embodiment of knowledge, deep faith and
a messenger who spread the word of God
across the globe untiringly despite his graceful
old age.
According to the Governor, the arrival of the
man of God at the threshold of 76 years is an
august occasion, which is very special to his
congregation across the globe, Nigeria, Osun
state, friend and well-wishers across other
faiths.
The statement read: “Some individuals, very
few of them, are specially chosen by the
creator to be a blessing to their generation.
One of such is Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye,
the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God (RCCG), who clocked
76 years today.
“Pastor Adeboye is a well educated man who
gave up his brilliant academic career to do the
work of God. He is a man of deep faith with
apostolic fervour who has taken Christian
evangelism to the nooks and crannies of this
nation and the uttermost parts of the world.
“There is virtually no community in Nigeria
where his church is not firmly established or
any part of the world where there is no parish
of the RCCG.
“He is also a man of prodigious energy. Even
at 76, he doesn’t appear to be slowing down,
but his light continues to shine brighter and
brighter. He is personally a very humble and
meek man. He radiates love and deep
affectation, always welcoming all and
generous to a fault. He played fatherly role to
all.
“His accommodation knows no bound,
transcending, religious, ethnic and class lines.
I have found his calming words very assuring
even at my most challenging times, whenever
I am privileged to meet him.
“He is a voice of peace and comfort in a
troubled and edgy world; bringing hope to the
hopeless and reconciliation with God to the
faithless, through his sermons and evangelical
engagements all over the world.
He is the essential Omoluabi, a gift from our
state, Osun, to the world. He has brought
honour and glory to our state, indeed the
Yoruba race, in particular his Ijesa homestead.
He deserves therefore to be celebrated and
honoured. I congratulate this great man of
God on this very special occasion.
“On behalf of my family, the government and
the good people of Osun, I wish this invaluable
jewel a very happy birthday and many more
decades of service to humanity.”, the
statement read.