By Sam Eyoboka
PASTOR (Mrs.) Titi Akindayomi-Adewale, one of the children of Pa Josiah Akindayomi, founder of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has debunked insinuations that her father was a stark illiterate who could not read or write.
In a YouTube video interview conducted by Pastor Femi Ojo, an RCCG pastor based in the US, Titi said her father had beautiful writing and was not as illiterate as being suggested in some quarters, pointing out, however, that he did not have a formal education.
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She said, “I saw his notes when he was alive. He was formally not learned but he was so interested in learning. Part of the Sunday school period in the church then was devoted to people who wanted to know how to write.
“All they did was to learn alphabets in Yoruba. Part of those who benefited from the programme was my mother. “They did the normal Sunday school but also had time to learn how to write. My father was reading his Bible very well. He wrote his notes. He had beautiful cursive handwriting. Unfortunately for me, I did not keep his notebook.”
Titi, who is a pastor of one of the RCCG parishes in the US, said she was born after her father founded the church, unlike her siblings who were born before the church started.
‘RCCG not the first name of church’
She recalled that her father had toyed with about three different names before the Lord finally revealed the name ‘Ijo Irapada’ to him in a vision.
“I think the first name he had was Ijo Ogo Oluwa, and then Apostolic Faith of Africa and one other name I can’t recall before God finally revealed the name Ijo Irapada which is being interpreted Redeemed Christian Church of God”, the daughter said. “He wrote the name down by himself. When he got up from the revelation, he called one Pastor Ayodele to work on the name. They prepared the logo of the church later”
She revealed further that RCCG started on Ibadan Street at Ebute Meta and later moved to Oloto Street; then Willoughby…
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