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Bola Odeleke (born 1950) is a
Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...
pastor,
evangelist Evangelist(s) may refer to: Religion * Four Evangelists, the authors of the canonical Christian Gospels * Evangelism, publicly preaching the Gospel with the intention of spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ * Evangelist (Anglican Church), a ...
, preacher, founder and general overseer of Power Pentecostal Church.


Early life

Odeleke is from
Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...
, the capital of
Oyo State Oyo is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the List of Nigerian cities by population, third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo ...
, southwestern Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education at
Ilesa Ilesa () is a historic city located in Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of the capital of a historic state-kingdom(also known as Ijesha) centred around that town as the capital . The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the ti ...
, her mother's hometown. She became a Christian in 1970 but began her evangelism in November 1974, celebrating her 40th anniversary in the ministry in August 2014. She became a bishop on 28 May 1995, and was the first African woman to become a bishop.


References

Living people 1950 births People from Oyo State Nigerian religious leaders Nigerian Protestant missionaries Yoruba Christian clergy Women bishops Nigerian Pentecostal pastors Pentecostal missionaries Protestant missionaries in Nigeria Female Christian missionaries {{Nigeria-bio-stub