Pa Josiah Akindayomi
Founder and first General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God · ? – 1980
Founded the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1952
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Biography
Josiah Akindayomi, born in Ondo in July 1909, founded the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Ebute-Metta, Lagos, in 1952. Enoch Adeboye succeeded him as General Overseer in 1981.
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