My History With Adeboye – Pastor Tunde Bakare

By GWG Staff

Pastor of Citadel Global Community Church formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has opened up on his relationship with Pastor Enoch Adeboye and the circumstances that led to his leaving the Redeemed Christian Church of God to start the Later Rain Assembly.

In an online interaction with Dele Osunmakinde, the lawyer, pastor and sometime politician said the circumstances in the relationship were beneficial but had their unique challenges.

In the interview published in Church Times Nigeria, Bakare said he was first invited to RCCG by his photographer.

According to Church Times Nigeria,

 At the RCCG he narrated how he bonded with Pastor Enoch Adeboye and how they practically saw themselves on a weekly basis.

He said it was Pastor Adeboye who named his first child. He said they were so close that it got to a point when he needed to take a loan, Pastor Adeboye released the document of his only house then as a security for the loan.

Though he did not eventually use the document, he described Adeboye as a man who has great faith and great love noting however that ‘the best of man is a man”

Bakare, however, parted ways with Pastor Adeboye not long after the model parish of the RCCG began. He said Pastor Adeboye knew nothing about the idea of the Model Parish promising to write a book on it where he would state the facts and fictions concerning the model parish.

He said when God gave him the vision of the parish he was led to a property on Ladipo Oluwole Street, Ikeja which according to him was slated for demolition. It was after work had begun on the property that Pastor Adeboye was invited and he was asked what to name the parish and he had mentioned to him “model parish of RCCG”.

Bakare who was the Senior usher in RCCG at a point said when he joined the Church he brought some young folks like Pastor Tony Tapu and a host of others to bring finesse to the church noting that he was uncomfortable with the appearance of some people in the church. This is coupled with some other practices in the church which he could not relate with.

But then, when the Model Parish began, Bakare said he and some members of the church spent days praying and fasting for the parish to have sound footing. But all that came to a head when he signified his intention to leave the Church in obedience to God’s instructions.

That was the point of departure. The decision to leave apparently did not go well with Pastor Adeboye who allegedly made some unpalatable pronouncement on him.

Bakare had to meet Pastor Kumuyi on the matter. He, however, stated that he and Pastor Adeboye has since made up stressing that Adeboye made so much impact in his life.

He said, ‘Kumuyi taught me, without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Adeboye taught me without faith no man can please the Lord.”

While recalling that he had to do another baptism when he joined RCCG he said of Adeboye, ‘we had unique relationship. Adeboye has the capacity to put old and new clothes together. That is why the classical and model parish have become a success’

Bakare eventually left RCCG on October 1, 1988, to start Latter Rain Assembly.

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