{"id":199909,"date":"2024-12-17T11:16:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=199909"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:16:41","slug":"why-i-became-a-pastor-run-my-church-via-unorthodox-methods-tobi-adegboyega-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/12\/17\/why-i-became-a-pastor-run-my-church-via-unorthodox-methods-tobi-adegboyega-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I became a pastor, run my church via unorthodox methods \u2013 Tobi Adegboyega [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has spoken on his pastoral journey, disclosing how he began preaching in Nigeria at the age of 8 because his father was a pastor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The SPAC Nation founder also revealed why he runs his church unconventionally, while speaking on Channels TV.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pastor Tobi Adegboyega <\/span><span class=\"s2\">founder of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nation), has revealed why he became a pastor, as well as the reason he runs his church using unorthodox methods. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a recent interview on Channels TV, the 44-year-old disclosed that he has been preaching since he was eight years old in his father\u2019s church in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Adegboyega said when he relocated to the United Kingdom in 2005, he was confronted with the harsh reality of increased crime rates in his community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said it prompted him to start a ministry addressing the pressing societal issues. He argued that his \u201cunorthodox ministry\u201d has been effective in taking gangs off the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198533\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241207-182109.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241207-182109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241207-182109.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241207-182109-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241207-182109-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobi Adegboyega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In his words:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI came to the UK in 2005. I am a pastor\u2019s son. I am from Nigeria and have been preaching since I was eight in my dad\u2019s church. I think God\u2019s call over a person\u2019s life is based on the needs of a generation,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo what I have done and yielded was the need for a generation, especially those I met in what you call the diaspora. I met kids that are going off-rail. Kids of Nigerian descent killing themselves over drug trade \u2014 14-year-olds, 15-year-olds. And I responded to the call of my community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo, to detail my call if anybody would ask, I want them to remember that Martin Luther King was a pastor. So, the manifestation of our call is the response to the pressing issues of each day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198009\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/IMG_7033.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/IMG_7033.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/IMG_7033.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/IMG_7033-245x300.jpeg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobi Adegboyega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Adegboyega also addressed critics who question whether his style of ministry is effective in getting people out of gangs and reducing knife crime on the streets. He said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe intention was not to cause a stir. The intention was to be effective. The current Pentecostal movement which is just about 100 years old causes a stir. So, times are never the same forever. They can say it is unorthodox, but the question is, is it effective? Did it get people out of gangs? Did it get knives off the streets?\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I came to the UK and still till recent years, pastors\u2019 kids were gang leaders. It is public knowledge. I took these guys off the streets. And we realised that it is not just taking them off the streets, we have to create things now for them to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI understand that is unorthodox and strange. It doesn\u2019t look like the church. But right here where people were killing themselves on the streets, we cannot turn a blind eye to that. I think that would be unfair to the name of Christ and to the kingdom to take over which the church is supposed to be about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/12\/04\/pastor-tobi-adegboyega-to-be-deported-to-nigeria-over-1-87m-fraud-allegations\/\">Adeboyega, who is at the centre of a UK deportation saga<\/a>, recently dismissed the claims against him, stressing that the focus should be on the contribution of his church to the safety and businesses of people in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Watch him speak below:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDqxy6lN5Zq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; 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