By ‘Gbenga Bankole
If there is any minister of God or bonafide member of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide who does not know Pastor Samuel Olusegun Oladele, such individual is certainly not from this planet. He is well known for his proficient in dishing out the raw word of God. His diction is absolutely phenomenal. So many top ministers of God in CAC and beyond passed through him when they were in Theological Seminary.
Infact, the General Superintendent of the Supreme Council faction of CAC, Pastor Adeoloye said it recently that he passed through his tutelage of the working concordance while at the Seminary.
The following are the seven important facts you must know about this spiritual juggernaut:
1.Pastor Oladele was born on Tuesday, the 30th of August, 1955 at about 9.50 am in the small village of Alagbagba in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State to Late Pa Gabriel and Madam Alice Oladele.
2. He attended CAC Primary School, Alagbagba and at a very tender age of 14 entered into the ministry by training locally under the late Pastors J. B. Akande and J. O. Ogundiran respectively. He went to the CAC Bible Training College in Akure and graduated in 1974, having trained under late Mrs. O. O. A. Pearce and Pastor M. O. Faloye. Upon the completion of his studies, he was retained on the staff list of the CAC Bible Training College where he worked as a tutor until 1977 when he left Nigeria for the United Kingdom where he attended The International Bible Training Institute in Burgess-Hill, West Sussex.
3.Pastor Oladele returned to Nigeria in 1980 to join CAC Theological Seminary as a tutor until 1983 when he left for the United States of America.
4. While Pastor Oladele was in the USA he trained further in the following schools:
(i) Berean Bible College, San-Diego, California
(ii) St. Louis Christian College, Florissant, Missouri
(iii) International Bible Institute and Seminary in Plymouth, Florida where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Theology.
(iv) Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training in Singapore.
5. It may interest you to know that Pastor Oladele had worked as an Assembly Pastor at CAC Oke-Imole, Ijeshatedo under Itire DCC, Lagos and CAC Agbokojo in Ibadan. He was promoted to the position of District Superintendent in November 1991 and served in that capacity at CAC Sanngo District, Ibadan, CAC Oke-Igbala District, Efon-Alaaye and CAC Eleta District in Ibadan.
6. The authority of CAC Worldwide elevated him to the post of an Assistant General Superintendent in 1996 and became a Chairman in 2002. He was posted to CAC Oke-Ado DCC as Chairman January 2004 where he has remained till his promotion as the General Superintendent of CAC (Worldwide).
7. Pastor Oladele· is married to Mrs. Susanna Kehiinde Oladele (Nee Olawade) and blessed with four sons. One of his children, Oluwayinka Philip Oladele wedded earlier in this year.
