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Pastor Adeboye Appears In Public After Son’s Death

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May 7, 2021.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Thursday evening, preached virtually at the church’s Holy Communion service.

This is despite the loss of his 42-year-old son, Pastor Dare Adeboye, who died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family.

Daddy G.O, as fondly called, featured at the Holy Communion Service of the May Edition of the church’s Holy Ghost Service, themed, ‘Overflowing Blessings’.

Pastor Adeboye, while preaching from John 6: 5-13, stressed the importance of the bread and wine of the Holy Communion.

The revered cleric, who preached in his usual fashion despite the tragedy that struck the family, said, “The bread multiplied in the hands of the disciples, as you receive the bread, it will multiply in your hands.”

The General Overseer, who kept mute on the passing of his son, was visibly heartbroken and troubled.

After the sermon, the officiating minister in the auditorium said Pastor Adeboye was not physically present due to some ‘circumstances beyond control’.

“Tonight, daddy has prayed for us. He has also prayed on all the elements that we are going to use – the bread and the wine. I am here not standing in for him because I am too small to stand in for him; I am only here to deliver the message as a messenger.

Late Dare Adeboye

“He could have been here physically as he used to but due to circumstances beyond control, he was not able to be here but to the Glory of God, he has said to us, Jesus is here and he is also there praying for us,” the minister said.

Pastor Adeboye was not the first pastor to preach shortly after losing a loved one.

Last year, the Senior Pastor of Trinity House, Ituah Ighodalo, ministered at funeral hours after losing his wife, Ibidunni.