In 1952 God used a man called Rev. Josiah Akindayomi, a great warrior of righteousness, to give birth to the Redeemed Christian Church of God, destined by the Lord to take the World for Him. Rev Akindayomi passed on to glory in 1980 and under supernatural circumstances, the mantle of leadership of the church fell on Pastor E. A. Adeboye, a holder of a PhD degree in Mathematics and then a lecturer at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He had earlier been ordained a Pastor of the church in 1975. His ambition was to become the youngest university Vice chancellor in Nigeria, but God had His plans.
Upon the assumption of the office of the General Overseer in 1981, Pastor Adeboye, through God’s leading introduced several ministries and programmes that have led to a phenomenal church growth/ explosion, making the church one of the fastest growing churches in the world today. At the last count, the parishes numbered
31,000 worldwide, with about 700+ parishes in North America, over 600 parishes in the United Kingdom and parishes in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Hong Kong, Australia, India, the West Indies and New Zealand; all over Africa, Brazil, Spain, Pakistan, China, S. Korea.
A major introduction of Pastor Adeboye is the model Parish church, in conformity with the God given prophecy that the RCCG will be used as a model church to take the full gospel of faith, holiness and biblical Christian lifestyles back to Europe, America and the rest of the world. Those has become a reality with churches still springing up by the day, worldwide.
God is simultaneously doing miraculous deeds through the Holy Ghost service, a monthly all-night miracle service that gathers over 500,000 worshipers each service at the Redemption Camp now Redemption city , Lagos, Nigeria, with Pastor Adeboye ministering. Holy Ghost services are now held in England, Germany, Denmark, Netherland, Canada and the USA, with Pastor Adeboye ministering. Plans are currently on towards the hosting of the General Overseer in Belgium.
History was made recently when over 5 million people gathered at the Lekki 98 program in Lagos, Nigeria, at the last Congress of 2024 over 20 million+ people gathered for the Holy Ghost Congress with the Theme:- ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS and millions joined online worldwide for the week long programme this time at the Redemption City hosted by Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, where hundreds of thousands of souls were saved and miracles were in full manifestation.