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  • Why I left Nigeria for US – Pastor Sam Adeyemi

    Why I left Nigeria for US – Pastor Sam Adeyemi

    The Founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, has explained why he moved to the United States.

    He revealed this during a virtual interview with Seun Okinbaloye on his podcast ‘Mic On’ podcast where they discussed the role of the younger generation in Nigeria as well as leadership beyond governance politics.

    Adeyemi disclosed that the move was instigated by COVID-19, ENDSARS protests and the unsettling visions he had about Nigeria.

    He said: “When COVID-19 started, all our children were in the US, so everyone stayed with their families. We stayed with our children. The week services resumed was when EndSARS started, so we were preparing to return to Nigeria.

    “When the ENDSARS protests ended in violence, we stayed back a bit. When we were ready to return to Nigeria, a different experience altogether happened.

    “My wife had a dream in which she travelled to Nigeria and returned to the US, which was a bad dream. I told her I wouldn’t say I liked this dream.

    “Three days later, I had a dream. We both travelled to Nigeria in my dream, and I was in a big fight. I was being attacked violently and I had to ask the Holy Spirit in my heart what to do.

    “He said I should call the name of Jesus Christ. I shouted ‘in the name of Jesus Christ’ in the dream and didn’t realise I shouted out loud in real life.”

    The motivational speaker added that whenever he and his wife planned to return to Nigeria, he would have a nightmare.

    “My wife woke me up at 2:00 am by hitting me and asking what was going on. We decided to take it seriously, especially considering a dream we had three days earlier.

    “We prayed fervently, sensing danger. Three hours later, I fell back asleep and had another dream. We were in Nigeria this time, and I was in a fight,” he added.

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    He further stated that he had never experienced two dreams about the same event in one night.

    “A few days later, we called family members in Nigeria, and one person said, ‘I’m feeling very uncomfortable about you travelling to Nigeria.’ We called another family member who said, ‘I feel uncomfortable about you coming. What is going on?’ We just turned and looked at each other, pondering the situation. Then I said, ‘You know what? I’ve been a Christian for 40 years.’

    “At this point, if God is speaking to me, I should have an idea that it is God speaking. Something is going on. I don’t know what it is, but I want to pray more.

    “And at that point, we called a meeting of all the leaders in Daystar Christian Centre—the top 120 leaders on Zoom.”

    The President of Success Power International noted that he informed the elders of Daystar about the situation and they agreed to keep the church running.

  • I will address Nigerians weekly if elected president or governor, says Sam Adeyemi

    I will address Nigerians weekly if elected president or governor, says Sam Adeyemi

    Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, shared his vision for leadership during an interview on enhancing leadership culture with Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, September 25.

    He expressed that if he were elected as president or governor, he would engage with Nigerians on a weekly basis.

    The 56-year-old pastor emphasised the importance of regular communication from leaders at all levels to foster a sense of responsibility for Nigeria’s future.

    Adeyemi said: “If I was the governor or president of Nigeria, I would address the nation every Sunday evening or Monday. It may be five minutes but I will sell the idea of development.”

    He also emphasized the need to work together to accelerate the nation’s growth.

    Adeyemi asserted: “For too long, we’ve allowed those in power to dictate our path forward. If they are unwilling to instigate change, we must initiate it ourselves, starting at the individual level.”

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    The Daystar senior pastor also stressed the need for communication as the next critical step.

    According to him, the introduction of social media and the availability of advanced communication tools has provided the younger generation with an unprecedented opportunity to disseminate their message.

    He said: “Your phone today is your radio station and your TV station.”

    The leadership expert also urged authorities, including those in the military, to take the lead in advocating for a developed Nigeria.

  • Daystar church gives UNHCR N10m for conflict victims

    Daystar Christian Centre has donated N10million to United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in support of victims of conflicts in Africa.

    The donation was made on Tuesday at the Daystar Christian Centre in Lagos.

    Senior Pastor of the church, Sam Adeyemi, said that the donation was to support UNHCR in helping people forced to flee their homes because of conflict, violence or persecution in Africa.

    He said it was the church’s commitment toward restoring the resilience of families forced to flee across the continent.

    According to him: “When people flee their homes and leave everything they own behind, their needs become critical and their coping mechanisms compromised.

    “Without help, they cannot access shelter, or even cooking utensils – let alone education and healthcare.

    “Some arrive with severe trauma after facing unimaginable ordeals before and during flights.”

    He added: “We need to do something like Jesus Christ did; he provided food for the hungry, he touch sick people physical and heals their sicknesses”.

    “So our church (Daystar Christian Centre) has been involved in practical interventions in the community, building schools for children, providing bags for families that cannot afford, school fees for family that cannot afford, hospitals bills etc.”

    He also pointed out the church has been involved in community development project since inception.

    “We at Daystar are happy to support UNHCR’s work on the ground to provide emergency relief and support to our forcibly displaced brothers and sisters,” Adeyemi said.

    He also challenged the church community to tackle humanitarian challenges around them like Jesus would have done.

    The Assistant Communications Officer, UNHCR Nigeria, Mr. Gabriel Adeyemo, said the donation, which was about $30,000 was handed over to the UNHCR team in Lagos by the church in Lagos.

    Mr. Jose Antonio-Canhandula, UNHCR’s Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS appreciated the church for the donation.

    He said the donation would be used to provide life-saving emergency assistance to families forced to flee their homes.

    “Nigeria is unfortunately affected by this phenomenon, not only in North-East, but also the Middle Belt.

    “Many displaced persons do not have where to sleep; no access to water; and access to healthcare facilities is very limited.

    “They do not participate in the economy and cannot fend for themselves,” Antonio-Canhandula said.

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    He said the commitment of Daystar Centre to help uprooted families was truly appreciated and also demonstrated the spirit of sharing.

    He said that the “centre had paved the way for other civic organisations to support our brothers and sisters fleeing due to conflict.”

    Antonio-Canhandula noted that the world’s displaced persons had reached 68.5 million, adding an unprecedented level of over 25 million of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    He said that 76 per cent of the 68.5 million were women and children.

    Mrs. Needa Jehu-Mazou, the Head of UNHCR’S private sector partnerships in Africa, said Nigeria is a very hospitable country and as foster in our entire plans for refugees problems over the year.

    She also said “what Daystar has demonstrated today is phenomenal, really ground breaking.

    “It is the first faith- based organisation in Africa to throw it weight and align publicly with the UN and commit funds to it.

    “9% of all our income comes from the private sector globally. It was 423 million dollars last year and I’m very proud to count Nigerians in Daystar Church in particular among this donors.

    “We also have incredible other donors in Nigeria like 2 baba who support us immensely, financially and so many other ways,” she stressed.

     

     

  • Sam Adeyemi hosts Life Mastery Academy

    Sam Adeyemi hosts Life Mastery Academy

    The inaugural edition of the Life Mastery Academy hosted by Pastor Sam Adeyemi holds on July 29.

    The programme is designed to teach participants on how to gain mastery in key areas of life such as finance, marriage, relationship, health, business, careers and other wheels of life

    In a statement at the weekend, Adeyemi charged Nigerians, especially struggling with getting it right in life to take advantage of the seminar to equip themselves with the right strategies for living a successful life

    The President of Success Power International will be joined by three seasoned speakers and life coaches- Lanre Olusola, Ayo Arowolo and Niyi  Adesanya.

    They will teach participants how to gain mastery of their minds and re-write the scripts for their lives.

    Adeyemi said the seminar is not only going to be impactful but also eye-opening to what has been slowing them down in different areas of their lives.

    Adeyemi said for success to be impactful, it must be balanced.

    According to him: “There are certain key areas of life that one needs to gain mastery over if one really wants to be successful in whatever he does.

    “”When you neglect one, even though the effect may not be obvious now, it would certainly catch up with you,” he said.

  • Sam Adeyemi marks 24th wedding anniversary

    Sam Adeyemi marks 24th wedding anniversary

    For most Nigerians, May 1 is known as Workers Day. But for the influential couple behind Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi and his wife, Nike, the first of May is a day that brings forth sweet recollections of promises made and promises kept; the beginning of a journey that started 24 years ago and still going strong.

    The couple tied the nuptial knot on May 1, 1993 and through the vicissitudes of life have held fast to each other for solace and comfort, growing both their home and ministry and acting as shining example, that celebrity status can go hand in hand with marital bliss.

    Dynamic Lady Nike recently celebrated her 50th birthday and just returned to the country after an enjoyable birthday getaway in the Caribbean paradise of Trinidad and Tobago. She returned just in time for the couple to celebrate their 24th anniversary together in an atmosphere of sweet reminiscences involving their three beautiful children.

  • Why churches need good governance, by Adeyemi, Adefarasin

    The church has been discredited because of lack of good governance and accountability in its operations.

    This was the consensus last week in Lagos at the first annual conference and membership induction of the Church Administrator Society of Nigeria (CASON).

    The Senior Pastor of Day Star Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, lamented that the devil has capitalised on lack of good governance to discredit the church.

    In his goodwill message to the conference, Adeyemi said: “One of the tools that the devil has used to discredit the church is lack of accountability and good governance.

    “When the church wakes up, the society will change because what politicians see among us is what they reproduce in national leadership.”

    He called for establishment of systems that will checkmate excesses and abuses in church.

    Without these systems in place, Adeyemi said churches will never function well.

    The keynote speaker, Pastor Wale Adefarasin, said the time was past when church leaders will claim they are accountable only to God.

    According to the former National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), churches must be willing to be transparent in their operations, especially financial dealings.

    On the directive by government on churches and religious organisations to submit their financial accounts, Adefarasin said it was in order.

    He said churches must comply to prove they have nothing to hide.

    While encouraging churches to file their financial reports, Adefarasin said: “Even if the government decides to witchunt us with the financial details, they still won’t find anything against us.”

    He attributed the undue attention on churches to lack of moderation and crass materialism.

    Church leaders, he said, should take the lead in moderation and simplicity.

  • Churches need succession plan, says Adeyemi

    Churches need succession plan, says Adeyemi

    Most of the first and second generation Pentecostal churches in the country may not exist in another 50 years, the senior pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Oregun, Lagos, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, has warned.

    This, he explained, is because many of them lack effective succession plan that will take them to the next century.

    He spoke last week at the official inauguration of the Church Administrators Society of Nigeria (CASON) in Lagos.

    Adeyemi pointed out that the body of Christ has suffered from previous inabilities of churches to outlive their founders.

    This, he said, does not only stop the flow of God but also damage sustainable efforts in the kingdom.

    He lamented that mighty divine encounters and exploits have been stopped by failure to successfully transit to the next generation.

    According to him: ‘If we are not careful, most of the churches we see today may not exist in another 50 years, especially the first and second generation Pentecostal churches.

    “And this will not be down to spiritual attacks, religious persecution or witchcraft but simply because of lack of good succession plan.”

    He said it would be highly lamentable for thriving churches of today not to die with their founders and general overseers without affecting the next generation.

    To avert such likelihood, he called for evolution and commitment to a good succession plan among churches to impact the next generation.

    He justified the establishment of CASON, saying churches must embrace professionalism and skills for greater impact.

    “Our churches,” he argued, “must be well-run and organised. We need specialists that will take them to the next level.”

    The visioner of CASON, Pastor Seyi Oladimeji, stated that the body has trained over 200 administrators for churches since inception in 2008.