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Paul Adefarasin: Biography, Education, Career, Marriage, Net Worth, Achievements and Controversy
Biography
Paul Adefarasin is a Christian clergy and the senior pastor of the House on the Rock Church.
He was born to Joseph Adefarasin, a Nigerian High Court judge from Ijebu Ode, and Hilda Adefarasin, a women’s rights activist, on the 25th of January 1963. Paul Adefarasin is 60 years old as of 2023
The renowned man of God is famous for hosting The Experience, an annual interdenominational gospel worship concert that attracts attendees from all over the world.
Education
Adefarasin attended St Saviour’s School in Ikoyi and Igbobi College in Yaba. He then proceeded to the University of Miami, Florida, where he bagged a degree in Architecture.
Later, he headed to the International Bible Institute of London, where he graduated with a Diploma in Christian Ministry.
Career
Paul Adefarasin worked as an architect for Baldwin, Sackman, and Carrington Architects while living in Florida but was struggling with drug addiction until his repentance in 1994.
Following his conversion, he attended and graduated from the International Bible Institute of London and volunteered before becoming a pastor at Action Chapel in London.
In 1994, Pastor Paul Adefarasin started House on the Rock Church in Lagos with a small group of attendees in his mother’s living room. Since then, the ministry has flourished and expanded to over 50 branches across Africa and Europe.
In 2006, he hosted the maiden edition of the mega gospel concert, the Lagos Experience Gospel Musical Concert. The cannula concert has grown to become one of the biggest Christian music and worship concerts in Nigeria.
The concert hosts the biggest gospel artists in Nigeria and abroad.
Marriage
Adefarasin is married to Ifeanyi Adefarasin, and they have three children
Net worth
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Achievements
Adefarasin has written, authored, and self-published over 20 motivational Christian mini-books and multimedia resources.
Controversy
In preparation for the 2023 general election in Nigeria, Pastor Adefarasin was under fire by netizens who reportedly believed he was endorsing Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All progressive congress.
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