One of the most remarkable speakers at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit was Sam Adeyemi, f ounder and senior pastor of the Daystar Christian Centre in Nigeria. My expectations were not high. Of the ten richest pastors in the world , five are Africans and they are all Nigerians . This seems to be a predominant model for the way they do church in Nigeria! So I was moved by the presentation of Rev. Adeyemi when he started by saying he had built his ministry on this simple truth: “The focus of Christ’s leadership was not His own success but the success of His followers.” Under Adeyemi’s leadership, Daystar Christian Centre grew from a handful of people in 1995 to more than 25,000 people weekly—with highly recognized community impact projects. Adeyemi founded Daystar Leadership Academy which is dedicated to releasing a new generation of leaders who will serve as catalysts in the transformation of Africa and the world. You can read compre...
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