S.O Odeyemi
Professor S.O Odeyemi

The symposium held to mark the 33rd Remembrance of the death of the founding Pastor of the Church, Reverend SBJ Oshoffa on Saturday, 1st September, got Professor S.O Odeyemi, the general youth coordinator of the Church to reveal how he joined the fold.

While speaking on the topic The Secret of Oshoffa, at Ikeja 1 Cathedral, Odeyemi disclosed that he was previously a member of various denominations such as the Methodist, CMC, Catholic amongst others, as a way to seek Christ. The Professor of Chemistry added that while he was seeking Christ, he was close to believing that God doesn't exist, because he had never encountered Christ.


The former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic of the University of Lagos said his doubts were cleared when the secretary of his department invited him to her Church and asserted that Jesus Christ and God existed in her Church, Celestial Church of Christ.

Professor Odeyemi said he doubted and questioned her because he never believed Christ could exist in Celestial Church of Christ, but later obliged and followed her to Makoko, the National Headquarters, which was the only parish in Nigeria as at that time, where he met the founding pastor of the Church and joined the fold. He added that due to daily and personal researches about the Church, he became close to Christ.

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