Prophet Bisi Olujobi is the General Overseer of Wisdom Church. He clocks 60 years today and has also been in the Ministry for 40 years. In this encounter with Yetunde Oladeinde, he goes down memory recalling how it all started, mentors in the Ministry, the priorities of early Christians and more.

Life at 60 for the man of God, who hails from Ikere Ekiti, is awesome. First, he is grateful to God for Mercies, the Ministry as well as the Grace of God upon his wife and children. Happily he goes down memory lane talking about early life with his parents, Mr.  Sam Olujobi and mum Jaiyeola Olujobi.

“I was born in Jaiyeola compound in Ikere Ekiti and the place is called Odo-Oja.

I went to Primary and secondary school there. I later went to a vocational school for further training. It was after all this that I went to the Bible College for Theological Studies. My career started with Furniture business and I did this for sometime before I started buying and selling cars. Later, I decided to go into full time Ministry. Interestingly, it has been 40 years in the Ministry this year”.

Scroll down to the early days as a Minister of the Gospel and he recalls that: “It wasn’t easy at the beginning. If not for the Grace of God, It wouldn’t have been this successful. I give God all the Glory. All the things, I was doing just before I went into the Ministry, I had to abandon and focus on the Ministry”.

Determined to serve the Lord fervently, the journey took Young Olujobi to different churches. This included the Apostolic Church, Celestial Church and CAC.” I did my training with Baba Olowere in CAC, Oke Agbara in Ibadan. I also had the grace to work with a number of other churches before God gave me the Grace to start my own church, Wisdom church fully in 1990″…

Looking back, he recounts how he started his first church at Felele, Ibadan. “Then we were holding the fellowships under the tree, and then we moved to a room, by a window and also in the parlor. We did it just anywhere we found space at that point. After a while, we rented a space and later God provided a land for us at Osunsami. We continued the Journey up till the point when God told us to come to Lagos. We then settled in Lagos and did exploit for the Lord”.

In the process Olujobi met five Ministers that played a significant role in his life and the Ministry. “They include Baba Olowore, Pastor Lawal, then of the Deeper Life. P. F Owa of Christ Revival Miracle Center and Pastor Femi Emmanuel of Livingstone Church. I also remember Papa J.V Solomon, he is late now. Pastor Emmanuel is my friend and Mentor. If I want to do anything I will call him and he also does the same. There is also the younger generation of Ministers that I mentor”.

Asked to compare church life, when he started then and now, Olujobi responded this way:  “We cannot compare the two at all. Things have really changed. A lot of things have changed and I recall that we didn’t talk about prosperity. We were more focused on heaven and we avoided sin because it wasn’t an option.”

Unfortunately, those things are trending now.  “Our prayer did not focus on money or prosperity. Instead, we sought for power from the almighty. Things were much better. Now, all people crave for is a church with a multitude, yet there is no fear of God. Then, we believed that without fear and Grace from God, you cannot achieve much”.

He continued: “Then there were lots of rules don’t wear earrings, don’t wear earrings, don’t watch TV, dress modestly and so on. But now, things are so bad. Sin is everywhere, pride and arrogance everywhere. Some people don’t even know that pride is sin. That was why Christians in those days didn’t have the grace to go into politics. Now, everyone including pastors is waxing in sin. Adultery is the order of the day”.

The younger generation, his advice needs to go back to the drawing board and put their trust in God. “The Social Media has exposed then to a lot of things. I think that only God can advise them. I pray that the power of God would touch them. That is why it is important for the youths to search for God and have the fear of God. Sadly, only a few of our youths are not in cults these days. Some of them would be going to church, yet they would be in one bad group or the other. If they stop all this, there life would become better. David was just 17 years when God touched him, Samuel was also young. We need young and dedicated people like this to change the world and our country”.

Just before he leaves, Olujobi takes time to talk about the invasion of Fulani Herdsmen and what those in authority should do about it. His words:”We must allow peace to reign. When we were young we lived in peace with everyone, Hausa people would come to our farms, those from Benue would plant and rare goats as well as dug wells for us. Unfortunately, our leaders have been non- challant about this Fulani herdsmen invasion. I think that the President should address them and let them know their limits. It is even dangerous now that they are moving around with AK47 rifles”.