Former Pastor of the City of David of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade might have started a new church months after his suspension from the Church. The church is known as The Family Fellowship.
iluyomade was suspended from the RCCG three months ahead of the 2024 convention of the church and was asked to report for the headquarters of the church in Ebute Meta..
The reason for his suspension was not made public but it was not unconnected with his handling of the Trinity Tower of City of David and his wife’s controversial birthday celebration shortly after the tragic death of Herbert Wigwe, the then Managing Director of Access Banks who was a prominent member of the church.
Snce he was suspended, he has not made any public statement apart from putting up appearances at social and church events.
A video appeared online on Monday January 19 where some people including Iliuyomade were seen praising God thus fueling speculations that he might have started a new church.
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Church Times investigation revealed that he has been holding a small fellowship with some people in his law firm in Victoria Island for some weeks now.
The source told Church Times ‘It is true that the erstwhile pastor of the RCCG has started a new worship centre.
The inaugural meeting of the fellowship took place at the Civic Centre on Sunday January 19 as indicated in the flyer on the Instagram handle of Pastor Iluyomade
The service according to the source was a quiet and impactful one.
Om whether he got the approval of the RCCG General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the source said, ‘There is a strong belief that Pastor Idowu iluyomade received the blessings of Pastor EA Adeboye before he started the Church.
‘This may be the explanation for his sudden appearance during one of the Holy Communion Services of RCCG in Redemption City late last year. He must have gone there to get the blessing of Pastor Adeboye. But I can’t say that authoritatively’ said the source..
On why he has not been granting interviews since his suspension, the source said, ‘ Everybody that matters in the RCCG knows Pastor Iluyomade is a very close person to Pastor Adeboye. He has so much respect for Pastor Adeboye and would not want to make public statements that will be misinterpreted.’
He explained further that Iluyomade would have loved to remain in RCCG but that there are too many power blocs that have made it impossible for him to have close relationship Pastor Adeboye as he used to
‘He has great respect for Pastor Adeboye but like I said, he does not want to start deferring to some other folks in the system that are now dictating how the church is being run.’