The Secret Of How I Toasted My Wife- Pastor Adeboye

In a compilation of Pastor E.A Adeboye’s sermon induced stories comes one where the revered General Overseer of RCCG related how and what it took him to have as his life partner, Pastor Folu Adeboye.

There were many of us contesting for the hand of my wife. I wanted to marry a beautiful princess but I was the least qualified among the many suitors. Out of the number, three of us were in the forefront. But I was a student, while one of us was a lawyer who owned a car. All I had was a ‘foot wagon’ (moving around on foot). I decided to let her know my financial status.


“I said to her, ‘Please, listen. I have nothing; no money, no house, no influence, nothing.’ I told her that if I had anything at all, it was the little brain God gave to me. ‘I have nothing to offer you except myself. If you will marry me, you will have me to yourself completely.”

This is a part of the story of the life of the General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as revealed in Stories of Pastor E.A. Adeboye: The Power of Testimony, a new book on him, written by seasoned writer and journalist, Bisi Daniels.

According to the publishers, the publication narrates the story of his “amazing transformation from debilitating poverty into a powerful man of God revered by millions of people across the world.”

The 350-page must-read book, released to commemorate his 75 birthday shows the house in which Pastor Adeboye was born and the primary school he attended in Ifewara, Osun State.

The author noted the willing spirit of the simple man fondly called daddy G.O, who after having fought poverty by attaining formal education became a lecturer at the university and living in a palatial home, Adeboye abandoned all that to live in a one-bedroom apartment in Mushin, Lagos, as the General Overseer of the RCCG said Daddy G.O., as the man of God is fondly called, confesses that at that point he was scared but God assured him of His support. Instructively it was at that point God promised him a city, which has turned out to be the now famous Redemption Camp.

“God’s response to me was, ‘Son, don’t ask for a house because I have decided to build you a city. That response was beyond what I could comprehend. After this encounter, I began to dream of a city where everybody would be a Christian; a city where there would be no molestation; a city where there would be no power failure or water shortages. God began to stretch my mind to see a city where His praises would fill every mouth,” he is quoted as saying.

But what was lady Folu’s response to the then bachelor Adeboye’s passionate plea decades ago?

Daddy G. O. further notes in the book, “Surprisingly, she replied, ‘Because you are so honest, I will marry you.”