“I didn’t have any shoes for the first 18 years of my life because my father was so poor,” said Pastor Adeboye.

“I didn’t have any shoes for the first 18 years of my life because my father was so poor,” said Pastor Adeboye.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has talked about his troubled past.

The man of God disclosed that he originated from a very humble family and that, for the first 18 years of his life, his parents were unable to buy him a pair of shoes.

On Sunday, Adeboye delivered a sermon with the title “Perfect Gift” that was streamed live on his Facebook page.

Adeboye discussed how when individuals accepted Christ, their lives would improve.
He used himself as an example to show how God can transform the poor into the wealthy.

The eminent cleric stated:

“Some of you who know a little bit about my background, you know when they talk about people coming from a rocky background, that means from a background of hardship. My own rocky background was rock among the rocks. My father was so poor, (that) poor people called him poor. The elders have a saying, when there is hardship for the husband, and hardship for the wife, there must be hardship for the children.

“The hardship rubbed off on me. For the first 18 years of my life, I had no shoes. My father was so poor. The day he bought an umbrella, we were rejoicing, but look at me today, look at what Jesus can do, He can change the poor to the rich; change the unknown to the known.”