REDEEMED Christian Church of God (RCCG) general overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye has declared that he is richer than the world’s richest man Bill Gates because he enjoys more perks than him.
Speaking over the weekend at the church’s 63rd annual convention, Pastor Adeboye said that Bill Gates does not enjoy the kind of privileges he does. He added that if Mr Gates needs shoes, he would have to go to the market to buy them but that if he should announce that he needs shoes at the Redemption Camp, the auditorium might not contain the shoes people would donate to him.
Pastor Adeboye added: “I have houses in at least 188 countries of the world, where we have our churches, so I am richer than Bill Gates. Each time I visit these countries, my children would be struggling and saying daddy, come and stay with me.
“If I announce here that tomorrow morning that I need a car to travel to the new auditorium, how many cars do you think would be made available to me by you my children? Those of you that do not have a car of your own, very soon, God will give you your own cars, so, I am appealing to you to become an incurable soul winner before you leave this convention ground and your cup will overflow.”
In his sermon, Pastor Adeboye used the occasion to warn that any of the missions with dirty hostels at the camp would not be allowed to attend next year’s convention and advised that people should tidy up their dormitories. His annual convention attracted millions of people from all over the country and caused heavy traffic gridlock along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Highly festive, the event featured salvation messages, testimonies, prayers, songs and healing, where the lame walked and the sick got healed. There were also many powerful testimonies during the Friday Holy Ghost service, with a woman testifying of how she was healed of cancer, while another woman, who was barren for 20 years, said God eventually gave her a set of twins through the ministry of Pastor Adeboye.
Another lady, who claimed she was possessed by a marine spirit, also gave a testimony of how God delivered her and she vomited two keys, which she showed to the congregation as proof. Also testifying, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, said that he dropped out of school in 1979 and became a motor park tout but that he is now a holder of a doctorate degree and a worker in RCCG.
Daddy Adeboye, as he is fondly called by his followers, used the opportunity to urge the worshippers to always pray for the Nigerian Army so that they could help defeat all the enemies of the country. Dignitaries at this year’s event included, Nigeria’s vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Benue State governor Samuel Ortom and his wife, Ondo State governor Segun Mimiko and his Lagos State counterpart Akinwunmi Ambode.
