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| '''Sunday Adelaja''' is the founder and pastor of the ] ] church in ], ]. He immigrated to Ukraine from ] and achieved prominence despite the characteristic prejudices faced by people from outside the former USSR area, and particularly blacks, in the former-USSR countries. | '''Sunday Adelaja''' is the founder and pastor of the ] ] church in ], ]. He immigrated to Ukraine from ] and achieved prominence despite the characteristic prejudices faced by people from outside the former USSR area, and particularly blacks, in the former-USSR countries. | ||
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| Sunday Adelaja | |
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| Sunday Adelaja (2007)Sunday Adelaja (2007) | |
| Occupation | Author Pastor Founder |
| Spouse | Bose Abosede Adelaja |
| Children | Perez, Zoe and Pearl |
| Website | |
| http://www.pastorsunday.com/ | |
Sunday Adelaja is the founder and pastor of the Embassy of God Charismatic church in Kiev, Ukraine. He immigrated to Ukraine from Nigeria and achieved prominence despite the characteristic prejudices faced by people from outside the former USSR area, and particularly blacks, in the former-USSR countries.
Embassy of God and Adelaja have faced lots of criticism from the local Eastern Orthodox Church authorities and from political groups hostile to the West.
Early life and education
Sunday Sunkanmi Adelaja was born in the village of Idomila Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. He became Christian in March 1986 just before graduating from high school. After graduation Adelaja received a scholarship to study journalism at the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR. After graduation he became pastor and eventually founded the Embassy of God church.
See also
References
- Church Shift: Revolutionizing Your Faith, Church, and Life for the 21st Century (Paperback) by Sunday Adelaja, Publisher: Charisma House (February 5, 2008), ISBN-10: 1599790971 & ISBN-13: 978-1599790978
External links
- Sunday Adelaja's biography at the website of Family Aid International, an Embassy of God partner organization
- The Unlikely Ambassador in Charisma magazine (October 2007)
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