PRIMATES PROFILE

LATE JOSIAH OLUNOWO OSITELU

Prophet General Dr. Josiah Olunowo Ositelu (1900-66) of blessed memory was the Founder and First Primate of “The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide”.

Like the word of the Lord concerning Jeremiah that before he was born the Lord God has appointed him to the nation of Israel, the same can be said of our great Leader and Founder of The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide, Late Dr. Josiah Olunowo Ositelu.

No wonder, it was predicted at his birth that he would be a strong, wise, wonderful counsellor and head of his people. Full Profile

LATE EMMANUEL ADELEKE ADEJOBI

Apostle Emmanuel Adeleke Adejobi (1921-1991) of blessed memory was the Second Primate of “The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide”.

He was born into the Oluawo-Oba ruling house of Oshogbo in 1921, to Prince Akanni Adejobi and his wife, Mrs. Marian Omitunde Adejobi.

As a young teacher, he resigned his teaching appointment in September 1939 when he was called into the service of God in The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide. Full Profile

LATE GABRIEL OLUSEGUN OSITELU

Apostle Gabriel Olusegun Ositelu (1938-98) of blessed memory was the Third Primate of “The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide”.

He was born on August 27, 1938 in Ogere-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria to the Late Prophet General Dr. Josiah Olunowo Ositelu, the Founder and first Primate of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide and Late Spiritual Mother Superior Dorcas Olutayo Ositelu.

He was the first child of the “Olulana” as the late founder of the Church was popularly called. Full Profile

DR. RUFUS OKIKIOLAOLU OSITELU

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dr. Rufus Okikiolaolu Olubiyi OSITELU (Ph.D. Comp. Sc.; Ph.D. Religion) is the Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Arch-Province of Nigeria, and the incumbent and the Fourth Primate of "The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide" organization.

Archbishop Dr. Rufus Okikiolaolu Olubiyi Ositelu is the son of late Prophet General Dr. Josiah Olunowo Ositelu [first Primate and Founder of The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide], and Archbishop (Mrs.) Susannah Adewunmi Ositelu, popularly called “Mama Prayer Fellowship or Mama Kekere”. Full Profile