As the body of the late Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as T.B Joshua laying to rest today, some of the dignitaries attended the burial of the founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) including the former first lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, governors of Ondo and Ogun States; Rotimi Akeredolu and Dapo Abiodun.
Newsflash Nigeria had earlier reported how hundreds of mourners filled the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos to pay their final respects to Prophet T.B Joshua who died after conducting a church service on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
Recalls that the body of the late prophet arrived at the church on Thursday morning for the lying in state service.
It was gathered that people arrived at the church as early as 8 am on Thursday as attendees go through Covid protocol before they enter the church.
The team from the Lagos state government carried out the inspection of the church for COVID-19 measures alongside the Incident Manager of the Emergency Operation Centre of Lagos Covid Response, Dr Ismail Abdul Salam.
The remain of the televangelist and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations who died on 6th June 2021 arrived at the church with dignitaries escorting the vehicle that carried his body.
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The late prophet died at the age of 57, a few days to his 58th birthday, after concluding a Church programme.
His passing has stirred reactions among members of his church and Nigerians in general, most of whom were shocked by the news.
Here is the profile of the popular pastor and some controversies that surrounded his ministry as obtained by Newsflash Nigeria:
Prophet T. B. Joshua, Nigerian cleric, televangelist and philanthropist was born on June 12, 1963 in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria.
The SCOAN website said that Joshua stayed in his mother’s womb for 15 months before being born.
From 1971 to 1977, he attended St. Stephen’s Anglican Primary School, Ikare-Akoko, Nigeria.
Joshua did complete one year in secondary school, dropping out and started working at a poultry farm.
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While in school, Joshua was known and called ‘small pastor’ due to his love and knowledge of the Bible and also his ability to predict the future, according to SCOAN.
He led the ‘Scripture Union’ during his time in school.
In 1987, Joshua founded Synagogue Church of All Nations.
The church began with few members and later grew into a large crowd and was popular even outside Nigeria.
The cleric was popular across Africa and Latin America.
T.B Joshua, in 2009, kicked off a football academy known as ‘My People FC’ as part of his efforts to help the youth.
Joshua was rated as the third-richest pastor in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $10 million – $15 million in 2011 by Forbes.
However, some controversies went on about T.B Joshua.
The cleric was heavily criticised due to the large number of miracles that happened in his Church during services.
Recall that in 2017, popular televangelist, Chris Okotie, accused Joshua of “shamanist practices,” But he did not, however, provide evidence to back up his claims.
Joshua was always seen by fellow Pentecostal pastors and Christians as being unorthodox and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) denied the Synagogue Church membership.
In April 2021, YouTube suspended the Emmanuel TV channel from its platform, accusing the cleric of hate speech after T.B Joshua was seen in a video casting out a ‘gay spirit’ from his congregants.
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