Prophet T.B Joshua Biography, Wikipedia, Net-worth, Age, And Ministry

Biography, Wikipedia, net worth, and ministry of pastor T.B. Joshua

Balogun Temitope Joshua, also known as Prophet T.B. Joshua, was a popular Nigerian preacher, televangelist, prophet, and philanthropist who lived from June 12, 1963, to June 5, 2021. He was the founder and leader of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN).He also assisted in managing the Lagos-based Emmanuel TV television station. In Nigeria’s Arigidi Akoko, Joshua was born.

Prophet TB Joshua left this world on June 5, 2021, following a service; according to reports, he died peacefully in a praying position without exhibiting any symptoms of ill health or other health issues. Christians interpret this as a summons to eternal glory; he died one week before his 58th birthday.

Prophet TB Joshua’s passing “is undoubtedly a major blow to Christianity,” claims Isaiah Ogedegbe.

Early Life

Ondo State is where Joshua was born on June 12, 1963. Joshua claims that after spending 15 months in his mother’s womb, he nearly escaped death when, only seven days after his birth, a quarry explosion nearby drove boulders through the roof of his home. His adherents said that a prophecy made 100 years earlier regarding the birth of a man of God from the underprivileged areas of Oosin in Arigidi Akoko pertained to T. B. Joshua.

Between 1971 and 1977, Joshua, who was then known as Balogun Francis, attended St. Stephen’s Anglican Primary School in Arigidi Akoko, Nigeria, although he did not finish one year of secondary school. He was referred to as “the little pastor” in school due to his devotion to the Bible. After finishing school, he took on a variety of part-time occupations, including hauling chicken excrement at a farm. During this time, he organized Bible groups for neighborhood kids and went to night classes. Joshua tried to enlist in the Nigerian military but was unsuccessful because a train breakdown prevented him from getting to the military academy. Shortly after his Saturday night teaching, he passed away on June 5, 2021, at his home in Lagos from an unspecified cause.

Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN)

Joshua claimed in his writings to have received a supernatural anointing and a promise from God to launch his ministry during a vision of heaven.

Joshua then established the synagogue and the Church of All Nations ministry organization (SCOAN). More than 15,000 members, according to the organization, attend the weekly Sunday service, while guests from outside Nigeria are accommodated in the housing units built at the church.

According to The Guardian, SCOAN draws more people each week than the combined attendance of Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London.

The well-liked services provided by SCOAN have also given nearby companies and hoteliers a huge boost.

Joshua is well-liked, yet the church only has one Ghanaian location. Joshua claims that it is not yet time for him to expand internationally because “it will be too much for my character.”

Possibility of relocating to Israel and religious tourism

Many foreigners travel to SCOAN’s weekly services, which have been dubbed “Nigeria’s biggest tourist attraction” and “the most frequented location by religious visitors in West Africa.”

Six out of ten international visitors arriving in Nigeria, according to statistics supplied by the Nigerian Immigration Service, are headed for SCOAN. This statistic was brought up in a debate about the economic potential of religious tourism in the Zimbabwean parliament.

According to This Day, SCOAN receives “approximately two million local and foreign tourists” each year. Due to the church’s popularity, more flights from numerous African nations are now flying to Lagos in 2013. Joshua’s contribution to Nigeria’s religious tourism was underscored when the cleric said during a Sunday service that he might move his ministry to Israel. Numerous well-known Nigerians opposed the move, encouraging Joshua to stay in the country and pointing out the economic repercussions it would probably have on Nigeria.