Prophet TB Joshua (June 12 1963- June 5 2021)

Sunday, May 07, 2023 0

Category:  Pastors & Men of God

Temitope Balogun Joshua (born June 12, 1963), he died on 5 June 2021 after one of his evening services in his church in Lagos, Nigeria, just one week prior to his 58th birthday. No cause of death was given.
 
Prophet TB Joshua commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Nigerian prophet. He is the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a religious organization that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos, Nigeria.

The church has a large audience from across the world especially amongst Europeans, South Africans and Asians. The church building is almost has big as the Winner's Faith Tabernacle. 

TB Joshua was widely known across Africa and Latin America and had a large social media presence with over 6,000,000 fans on Facebook. His YouTube channel, Emmanuel TV, had over 1,000,000 subscribers and was the most-viewed Christian ministry on the platform before the channel was suspended by YouTube in 2021 for alleged homophobic hate speech. Joshua was described by media outlets as the "Oprah of Evangelism" and "YouTube's most popular pastor".

He was awarded various accolades, notably receiving the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by the Nigerian government in 2008 and being voted the Yoruba man of the decade by Pan-Yoruba media outlet Irohin-Odua. He was called one of Africa's 50 most influential people by Pan-African magazines The Africa Report and New African Magazine.

As of 2011, according to Forbes, Joshua was Nigeria's third-richest pastor, although the claim was immediately denied in a statement by the church. He was a controversial figure, and was officially blacklisted by the government of Cameroon in 2010.

TB Joshua is involved in many philanthropy projects especially for the less privileged people living in Lagos and across the country.

He recently provided a small-scale company for some physically challenged people in Lagos where they can work and make a living for themselves.

According to Joshua’s official biography, unusual circumstances surrounded his birth. He says that he spent 15 months in his mother’s womb and narrowly avoided death after a quarry explosion near his house sent rocks through its roof just seven days after his birth.
 





























Joshua, then known as Balogun Francis, attended St. Stephen's Anglican Primary School in Arigidi-Akoko, Nigeria between 1971 and 1977, but failed to complete one year of secondary school education. In school, he was known as "small pastor" because of his love for the Bible. He worked in various casual jobs after his schooling had ended, including carrying chicken waste at a poultry farm. He organized Bible studies for local children and attended evening school during this period. Joshua attempted to join the Nigerian military but was thwarted due to a train breakdown that left him stranded en route to the military academy.

Lots of controversies has been rumored about Prophet TB Joshua's miracles on media including the accusation by Rev Chris Okotie of the House Hold of God. And the controversial collapse of SCOAN guest building where over a hundred people lost their lives.

Joshua was married to Evelyn Joshua. They have three children. His eldest daughter Serah Joshua has graduated from the London School of Economics, Department of Law, she married and gave birth to a son on TB Joshua's 58th posthumous birthday.

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