Bola Odeleke Explained

Bola Odeleke
Birth Place:	Oyo State, Nigeria
Nationality:	Nigerian
Citizenship:	Nigeria
Occupation:	Evangelist
Yearsactive:	1977 - present

Bola Odeleke (born 1950) is a Nigerian pastor, evangelist, preacher, founder and general overseer of Power Pentecostal Church.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Odeleke is from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria.^[3] She had her primary and secondary education at Ilesa, her mother's hometown.^[4] She became a Christian in 1970 but began her evangelism in November 1974, celebrating her 40th anniversary in the ministry in August 2014.^[5] She became a bishop on 28 May 1995, and was the first African woman to become a bishop.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: A woman shouldn't be a sex object—Bola Odeleke. Vanguard News. 28 February 2015.
2. Web site: Bling Bling Bishop, Bola Odeleke Pursues Tenants With OPC - Global News. globalnewsnig.com. 28 February 2015.
3. Web site: My regret: ….not believing God as much as I ought to. Paul Ukpabio. thenationonlineng.net. 28 February 2015.
4. Web site: Now, I tell widows to mourn their husbands very well –Evangelist Bola Odeleke. The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. 28 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310032207/http://www.punchng.com/feature/life-times/now-i-tell-widows-to-mourn-their-husbands-very-well-evangelist-bola-odeleke/. 10 March 2015.
5. Web site: Bishop Bola Odeleke in the news. KAYODE ALFRED. thenationonlineng.net. 28 February 2015.
6. Web site: Bishop Bola Odeleke: My experience with men - churchtimesnigeria.org. churchtimesnigeria.org. 28 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150227141508/http://churchtimesnigeria.org/bishop-bola-odeleke-my-experience-with-men/. 27 February 2015.