Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has reflected on his past, admitting that he is not proud of it, but emphasizing that his life demonstrates the transformative power of God’s grace.
The 83-year-old cleric made these remarks on Saturday during day five of the Holy Ghost Congress 2025 at Redemption City, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. This year’s week-long event carries the theme, “God of All Flesh.”
Recalling his early life, Adeboye noted that many who knew him before his conversion could not imagine he would one day become a Christian, let alone a pastor. He said doubts about his transformation persisted even after he committed his life to God.
Addressing thousands of worshippers, including traditional rulers, the cleric said, “Do you think there is anybody in your family who is too far gone that God cannot save his soul? Do you think there is anybody that God cannot turn into a great vessel unto honour? I don’t have time to give you several examples, but the man talking to you right now, many people never thought I could be saved. Even if I was saved at all, they never thought I could be a pastor. You don’t know who is in front of you. I’m not proud of my past; if one can be bad, I was bad.”
He shared a surprising encounter with a former girlfriend who came seeking a pastor and was shocked to learn it was him. “I have told you my story before. I told you about a former girlfriend of mine who came to the room and said, ‘I want to see the pastor,’ and I said, ‘I’m the pastor.’ She was shocked.
“She said, ‘You, a pastor? You mean you will pray and God will answer?’”
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Adeboye also recounted meeting a former university classmate decades after graduation. “Not too long ago, I met a former classmate we hadn’t seen since we left the university in 1967. We were together in a room, and she said something like, ‘You, na wa ooo.’ I said, ‘Me too, I’m surprised.’ We didn’t say more than that because her son was in the room with us.”
The cleric shared a childhood experience in which he intervened in a conflict between his uncle and his wife after she mistreated him, noting that reconciliation came years later. “On one occasion, my uncle’s wife mistreated me badly. As small as I was then, I told her I would get you out of this house, and I did. Thank God we met again after I became the general overseer; we have reconciled, and all her children are now pastors in the church here.”
Highlighting the message of redemption, Pastor Adeboye stressed that no life is beyond God’s power to restore. “There is nobody God cannot save,” he said, urging believers to have hope and not give up on anyone, regardless of their past or present circumstances.