The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye was on Thursday, conferred with the honorary doctorate degree (honoris causa) of the Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, United States of America.
The award, which was announced at the university since May 2022, was brought to the Redemption City and personally presented to Adeboye by the University’s President. Dr William M. Wilson.
He made the presentation shortly after Pastor Adeboye concluded his sermon on Blessing and Curses quoting copiously from the Bible.
Wilson said the private evangelical university had selected Pastor Adeboye because of his outstanding leadership qualities and roles in Christendom as a man of the Gospel, and a stubborn pursuer of peace.
He described Adeboye, who leads what he called one of the biggest Christian denominations globally as a man worthy of emulation and a man who ORU is exceedingly proud to associate with.
The ORU President said ORU valued Nigeria, as the university recorded every year, the highest number of students from Nigeria.
Responding, Adeboye said he had wanted to dodge the award, by saying he would not be able to make it when he learnt of the award earlier this year, but was shocked that the President of the university would volunteer to bring the award personally to him.
He said: “Let Somebody Shout Hallelujah !!
“I want to thank @oralrobertsu for this honor and will like the institution to know that it has been received with all our heart and we are extremely grateful. I made a little research and found that the number of people with more than three honorary degrees in the world are very few, and I already got seven and I felt it was more than enough. But when I heard @oralrobertsu: The greatest and best Pentecostal University in the World, was going to give me an offer, I tried to dodge by saying I could not come but the President decided to come by himself. Thank you very much and God bless you!,” he said.
He prayed for everyone at the Holy Ghost Congress saying You shall be greater than me.
The Holy Ghost Congress which entered its Day four on Thursday would be rounded up on Sunday with a Thanksgiving Service. The highpoint of the week-long congress, will take place on Friday, when the General Overseer would speak on the Theme of this Year’s programme: Double Portion.
Various Men of God both from within the RCCG and outside had been ministering to throngs of members since the programme began on Monday, December 5, to end December 11, 2022.