Timothy Oluwole Obadare (April 1930 - March 2013) was a

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televangelist and the General Evangelist of

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(CAC).

Early life

Obadare was born in

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, now part of

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, southwestern

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, to David and Felicia Obadare, a pastor and petty trader, respectively. The majority of documents date Obadare's birth to 1930. Obadare was educated at the Apostolic Church Primary School in Ise-Ilesa but dropped out due to blindness resulting from a chronic smallpox epidemic.

Evangelism

Obadare was baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1949. He worked as an evangelist with The Apostolic Church (TAC) from 1953 to 1957, following which he joined the

at the behest of

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. In 1954, he studied at the Apostolic Church Theological Seminary. Obadare founded the World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry. Prior to his death in March 2013, he was the President of the Interdenominational Ministers’ Association of Nigeria (IMA). Obadare received an honorary

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degree from the Trinity College of Ministerial Arts and an honorary

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degree from St. John's University in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obadare, Timothy 1925 births People from Ilesha People from Osun 2013 deaths Nigerian Christian clergy Yoruba Christian clergy Nigerian television evangelists Nigerian Pentecostal pastors