Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday paid tributes to the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adeboye on his 80th birthday.
In a tribute he personally signed in collaboration with his wife, Osinbajo described Adeboye’s life as a unique lesson for all and sundry as his humility, integrity and exemplary behaviour remains steadfast despite his huge achievements.
“Very few leaders will ever have the geographical and spiritual reach of influence that Pastor E.A. Adeboye has. He is neither the Pope nor the leader of the free world, but he heads a denomination that, since his assumption of office as its General Overseer, has established churches in over 198 countries and territories of the world,” they said.
“He was, as early as 2008, listed by Newsweek, as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Earlier in 1998, the Holy Ghost Congress of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Lekki, Lagos, was reported to be one of the largest Christian gatherings ever, and every year, the RCCG Conventions and Congresses have live crowds breaking that record. Through the years, miracles of every kind have been commonplace in his ministry.
“But the moral of the story is not in these achievements, but in how his behaviour has remained unaffected by them.”
