Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, described his humble beginnings on Sunday.
Adeboye reminisced in his Christmas sermon to his congregation that because of his parents’ extreme poverty, he was without shoes for the first 18 years of his life.
The famous clergyman delivered the “Perfect Gift” lecture on Saturday, which was broadcast live on his Facebook page and seen by Channels Television.
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The RCCG clergyman spoke about how things would change for people who have accepted Christ, using himself as an example. He provided an example of how God may transform the poor into the rich.
“Those of you who knew a little bit about my background, you will know that when they say something is from a rocky start, that means he started in serious poverty. My own rock was rock among rocks. My father was so poor, (that) poor people called him poor. The day he bought an umbrella, we were rejoicing,” Adeboye said.
“The elders have a saying. They say if there is hardship in the life of the husband, and hardship in the life of the wife, the hardship will rub off on the children.
“It rubbed off on me. For the first 18 years of my life, I had no pair of shoes. That is how things were and then I received Jesus Christ. Then things began to change, look at me today.
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“Way back to 1969, I was a lecturer in the University of Lagos. A little problem came into my life, the problem that all my mathematics couldn’t solve and then somebody offered me, Jesus. I thank God today that my head didn’t refuse something good. So I accepted Jesus and everything in my life began to change for the better.”
Following India’s overtaken position in March 2022, Nigeria now has the greatest percentage of the world’s poor.
The World Poverty Clock reports that those who make less than N800 (less than $2) per day are considered to be extremely poor.
When compared to India’s 73 million, Nigeria had roughly 87 million people living in extreme poverty in 2018.
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However, according to the most recent figures, 83 million Indians, or 6% of the nation’s 1.3 billion people, are expected to live in extreme poverty by 2022.
According to WPC, 70 million people in Nigeria—or 33% of the country’s 200 million+ residents—live in extreme poverty.
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