Timothy Oluwole Obadare

Timothy Oluwole Obadare
Born April 11, 1930
Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Other names Baba Obadare
Ethnicity Yoruba
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation
  • pastor
  • preacher
  • evangelist
Years active 1957 - 2013
Website Obadare Official website

Timothy Oluwole Obadare (April 1930 - March 2013) was a Nigerian religious colossus, renowned televangelist and the General Evangelist of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC).[1][2]

Early life

He was born in 1930 at Ilesa, a city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria]] to the family of Pastor and Mr. David Obadare who was a farmer.[3] Timothy was educated at the Apostolic Church Primary School in Ise-Ilesa but dropped out due to blindness that resulted from chronic smallpox epidemic and effort to regain his sight was futile.[4] He was taken to a missionary hospital in Lagos for treatment and unknown prophet in the hospital reveled that he was provided with an extraordinary eyes beyond the visible eyes.[5] In 1954, he proceeded to the Apostolic Church Theological Seminary in spite of his impaired vision.[6] He later received several honorary degrees from notable universities.[7]

Evangelism

He was baptized in 1949, the same year he accepted Jesus christ.[8] Four years after his baptism he joined The Apostolic Church (TAC) where he spent four years and in 1957, he met Joseph Ayo Babalola, the founder of Christ Apostolic Church, who introduced him to the church.[9] He later founded "the World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry"in August 1974.[10] Prior to his demise on March 2013, he was the President of the Interdenominational Ministers’ Association of Nigeria (IMA).[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Nigerian Televangelist Prophet Obadare Dead At 83". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Emmanuel Oladesu. "Obadare: Exit of a religious colossus". The Nation. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Obadare may be buried in $25,000 casket". Vanguard News. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Funke Foluso Lala. "Timothy Oluwole Obadare: Beyond the visual restrictions …A personal encounter". tribune.com.ng. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mystery world of blind prophet Kasali". Vanguard News. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Obadare: Once upon a crusade". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "WOSEM members hold daily revival service at Obadare’s residence". Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Yinka Oladoyinbo, Akure And Segun Adebayo. "Obadare, renowned evangelist sings halleluyah, takes a bow". tribune.com.ng. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "CAC leader, tele-evangelist, Obadare, dies at 83". Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Prophet Obadare, WOSEM founder dies at 83". Vanguard News. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Obadare, Timothy Oluwole, Nigeria, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) (Worldwide)/World Soul-Winning Evangelistic Ministry (WOSEM)". dacb.org. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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