I made a coffin for my mum when she was alive -Pst Adeboye

By Lionel Favour

The General Overseer of the worldwide Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has revealed that he made a coffin for his mother when she was still alive.

Speaking about death in his Sunday sermon broadcasted live on Dove TV, Pastor Adeboye said he has stopped not been scared of death before his mother passed on.

“I stopped not being afraid of death even before my mother passed on. She had called me one day and said: “My son the way you are going, I am worried you may not be around at my burial.”

“But I want you to do something for me. I want you to make my coffin and a wedding dress I will be buried in.”

“So, I called my daughter to make her a wedding attire. We got a beautiful coffin for her that was openable by the side.”

“She wore the wedding dress and lay in the coffin and then came out, saying it was beautiful.”

“Since then, death does not scare me. Christ had conquered death before this.”

Adeboye was born on March 2, 1942, in Ifewara, Osun State.

The G.O. had his B.Sc. in Mathematics at University of Nigeria Nsukka, and subsequently got his PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Lagos, and worked as a lecturer in Mathematics at the universities of Lagos and Ilorin, before going into full time priesthood in 1984.

After joining the RCCG in 1973, he began working to translate the sermons of its then Pastor and founder, Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, from Yoruba into English.

In 1981, Adeboye was appointed General Overseer of the church.

He took over from Papa Akindayomi, who had died the previous year.

For three years he performed the role part-time, still lecturing at Ilorin.

He finally gave up his university position to preach full-time.

The church, which was not well known prior to Adeboye’s ascendance has grown phenomenally, to become Nigeria’s biggest, with branches globally in about 190 countries, including more than 14,000 in Nigeria.

Adeboye has stated that his aim is to put a church within five minutes of every person on Earth.