PASTOR
SUNDAY ADELAJA,FOUNDER GOD EMBASSY CHURCH KIEV, UKRAINE CLEAR AIR ON
CONTROVERSY
Can we know you
sir?
My name is Pastor Sunday Adelaja, Founder of Embassy of the
blessed Kingdom for all Nations Church in Kiev, Ukraine.
How did the Lord Minister to you to
start God Embassy Church?
I was on scholarship to the former USSR after I got my admission
to the then university of Ife. On getting to Russia I got so disappointed
because there were no churches and the whole country looked old fashion.
Especially since I also had another scholarship to Columbia University in the
USA. While I was murmuring and complaining a senior colleague of mine told me
about God being a God of purpose. He challenged me to pray, which I did after
two weeks of intense prayers, I had a three day encounter with Jesus appearing
to me. He showed me leading a whole crowd of white followers in their
thousands. To cut a long story short, that is what God has done over the years.
By the time I was 33 years old I had build the largest evangelical church in
all of Europe with 99% being while Caucasians.
As a spirit filled and anointed with the
largest congregation In Ukraine can you tell us how it all started?
For the first 4 years, I could not get any white person to
follow me, only blacks and Asians but I always felt that if God wanted me to
lead Africans in Europe then why he didn’t leave me in Africa where we had more
Africans in millions. After a series of breaking process in God’s presence I
got a key revelation that led me to grow from 7 people to 1000 white people in
a year. The gist of the revelation is that I must remove my suit, tie, and go
to look for the poor, outcasts, and the down and out of the society. Instead of
going to preach to them I needed to go demonstrate Gods love to them. To cut a
long story short, the drug addicts, alcoholics and the poor started coming. God
started delivering them; they never remained poor and outcasts. With time they
became some of the most prosperous and successful people in the land. The
church grew to 25.000 members in a short time. Glory to God.
God has delivered and performed so many miracles through you in Ukraine,
Can you share some of the
experience with us?
I believe the biggest miracle is the fact that God used me to
turn around the political, social and economic landscape of Ukraine. At a point
34% of the local parliament of the capital city of Kiev including the mayor was
coming from our church. Over 600 people from our church were in one government
structure or the other; this led to an unbelievable persecution from the
central government against me and our church. God used me to deliver over
10.000 young men and women from drugs and alcoholic addiction. Many of them
eventually becoming business men and women, politicians etc. Of course I became
the only man in the world leading 99% white Europeans of over 25.000 people,
being a black person myself, especially of Nigeria descent. I had the
opportunity to address the UNO twice, probably the only African who addressed
and prayed in the US senate etc
What is it like overseeing a ministry
like yours in Ukraine?
It’s all about being a
servant. But all the above achievements are nothing compare to what God is
going to do in my future. I believe my 30 years of sojourn in Europe is only my
training ground and a preparation for what I must do in my own continent, and
to my own people. I prayed for 20 years that God will allow me to at least do a
fraction of what God did through me in Europe in Africa to my people in Nigeria
in particular
Recently, there are some controversy in
your ministry What are your views and opinion on it?
When I announced I was moving back to Africa for good, there
were a lot of mixed reactions amidst the leadership of the church. Some felt
betrayed, others want the members, another group wanted the building etc, and
just human nature came to surface big time. These led to stories upon stories simply
to blackmail me into granting some people’s desire. However, that is long dead
and buried now. The publications that came out first came out in America people
planting stories as if I made a statement which I was not aware of at all. They
used my name to lie against myself; meanwhile no one actually spoke to me or
took an interview from me at all.
Is it true that you consented to the
allegations of adultery against you in Ukraine?
The story in the newspapers said I went to a meeting with some
Russian denominations where I conceded to some allegations. Those who know of
my work in Ukraine will know that that is not possible because I have not being
able to go out to Russia for the past 10 years. Since President Putin made me a
persona non grata in Russia, so there is no way I could have gone to Russia to
meet with some pastors or bishops more so since I’ve not left Ukraine for the
past 7 years.
We learnt you are coming back to Nigeria soon,
What should your
followers in Nigeria be expecting?
Yes, I’m coming to Nigeria soon, but don’t know the exact time
or date yet. I’m still fighting the Ukraine government to clear my name from
all false accusations; hence I’ve not being going out of the country for the
past 7 years. As soon as I clear my name, I’ll be moving back to Nigeria
finally. Note that, I don’t have to move to Nigeria and I wouldn’t have if not
for a specific instruction from the Lord Jesus himself who appeared to me with
concrete assignment on what to come here to do. As to what my followers should
expect, I have good news to all Nigerians, not only my followers but all
Nigerians should expect something they had never seen before. The country is
about to witness a major tsunami kind of encounter in our Christianity.
My focus is not to build a church but to bring about a national
transformation o all aspects of our Nigerian life. The church in Nigeria has
done a lot of good work but not so good when it comes to transforming the
society at large. Well, that is about to change! Believe me, this is not
wishful thinking. This is where my anointing lies, I’ve done it before, I know
how to do it and without fail Nigerians will all witness a dramatic change in
our society very soon. Right now, I already have over 200 white Europeans
coming as my team to live here with me leaving everything to help build
Nigeria. Yet, even that number is small; they’ll grow to over 2000 of them.
Including Nigerians in Diaspora.
Who will be over
seeing the ministry in your absence?
The church in Ukraine is not just one church. In the capital
city alone we have over 40 churches, in the country over 400, and all over the
world in 50 countries another 1000 churches. So Embassy of God church is more
like a movement rather than a church. However, the most fascinating part of it
is that in our church every local church is independent, with their own names,
budget, pastors, building, etc. They all relate to each other on a voluntary
basis, and they come together under the umbrella of Embassy of God Churches. No
obligations apart from mutual love, and a common spiritual heritage in that
they all come from the works of P. Sunday. The umbrella organization has a
group of elders that are going to be overseeing the general movement while I
remain the founder and the senior pastor no matter where I’m in the world.
Any spiritual message for Nigerians?
Why only spiritual message. I don’t like to be put in a box of
spirituality or of a pastor cliché. I don’t see myself only as a pastor, I see
myself as all God needs me to be at any given period. So expect me not only to
be speaking to the spiritual life of Nigeria and Nigerians. Expect me to speak
to all aspect of the Nigeria life and society. Now to answer your question,
I’ll like to tell Nigerians not to be in a hurry to throw away their passports.
And if you are planning to run away from the country, my advice to you is not
to be in a hurry. Just wait till Pastor Sunday comes into the country. You are
going to be seeing what you’d never dreamed of seeing in this country before.
By the grace of God, every single local government in Nigeria will be touched
by the plans and transformation development we are bringing. Like I said
people from Russian, Ukraine, Britain, Germany, Japan, America, etc are all
following me to come back to contribute to making Nigeria a better place. So
get ready! Get ready!! Get ready!!! And of course pray that God will release me
on time. There is going to be a revolution in our land, the kingdom revolution
my friends. For the love of God, church and nation.
