Pastor Adeboye announces changes in RCCG hierarchy

GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye,
after a meeting of the Governing Council of the
church, yesterday, announced some changes in
the church hierarchy with the retirement of two
members of the council after attaining the
retirement age as stipulated by the constitution.
A statement by the head of Media and Public
Relations, Pastor Segun Adegbiji, said the two
officers retired include Pastor Oluwalogbon and
Pastor C.O. Osho and two members of the church
who have served the church meritoriously have
been appointed to replace them. They are Pastor
Johnson Funso Odesola who had served the
church for 40 years and Pastor Remi Akintunde
following 38 years of meritorious service.
Highest organ
The statement explained that the Governing
Council, the highest organ of the church is made
up of 18 members with Pastor Adeboye as
chairman. Other members now include Pastors
Kuo, Ezekiel Odeyemu, Elijah Daramola, Gbadebo
Lawal, Joseph Obayemi, Johnson Odesola and
Remi Obayemi.
The number of special assistants to the General
Overseer has also been increased from 12 to 19
with the inclusion of seven other members
including; Pastor Kola Bolanta in charge of South
America; Pastor James Fadele in charge of North
America; Pastor Agu Irukwu in charge of United
Kingdom and Pastor Olowu in charge of Europe.
Others include Pastor Tosin Macaulay in charge
of North Africa; Pastor J.K. Loaded in charge of
Region 10 Abuja and Pastor Charles Adegoke on
his way to the Middle East.
Adeboye also announced the constitution of a
World Advisory Council which is expected to meet
every December to give proposal for the
consideration of the Governing Council. Members
include all former members of the governing
council and all special assistants to the G.O. The
foreign outposts have been restructured as
follows: Europe which has been divided into three
smaller regions with headquarters in Holland,
Spain and Sweden.
North America has been divided into Canada -one
region and USA – five regions. UK has been
divided into four regions including Wales,
Scotland, Northen Ireland and England.
Similarly, Asia/Middle East has been divided into
Malaysia and United Arab Emirate. This came just
as the church announced tremendous growth in
Nigeria within the last two years as the church
planted 28,582 parishes in the year 2012-2013
and 32,036 parishes in 2013-2014.
In Nigeria within the period under review, a total
of 332,800 souls were won for Christ in
2012-2013 and 507,472 others gave their lives to
Christ in 2013-2014. Consequently, six new
regions have been created in Nigeria, making the
number of regions in the country to 24 just as 28
new provinces have been created.
Achonwa tasks new ordinands
NEW deacons and deaconesses were, yesterday,
enjoined to be of good character, one of the
cardinal qualifications of a minister who is
determined to succeed in the vineyard of The
Lord. The charge was made by Rev. Charles
Achunwa at the end of the ordination ceremony of
8,622 deacons and deaconesses at the Arena of
the Redemption Camp.
Preaching a short sermon to adminish the new
ordinands, the Senior Pastor/founder of Doulos
Ministries who was born again in 1971, and is
also renowned in his music ministry, enjoined the
new ministers to remember always that the
ministry believes in revelation.
According to him, anyone who lobied to get
ordained should not forget that God would ensure
that such a one would be found in the loby when
the trumpet is sounded, warning that as ministers
they must be above board at all times because
the people of the world rather mirror the Church
through the behaviour of the ministers and no
longer the Bible.
He further warned then against eye service,
because “if a man promotes you, a man can also
bring you down. It’s only God’s promotion that
isermanent. You are ordained because you believe
in the Holy Spirit and the call of God is upon your
life. We want you to grow in wisdom, not
forgeting that character is the foundation of
success.”
He stressed that they most endeavour to be
scandal-free at all timse, noting “if you want to
make progress in the realm of the spirit, power is
it and power can only be derived from the Holy
Spirit.”