Encomiums as SCOAN marks 6oth posthumous Birthday of their Founder, Prophet TB Joshua

Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Ikotun, Lagos State International Headquarters of the church celebrated the 60th posthumous birthday of the Founder, Prophet TB Joshua, also known as the man in the synagogue.

The man all agreed was an engine of love was born on the 12^th of June 1963 and died on June 5, 2021, but one thing is clear to his followers, the man in the Synagogue is not dead but has simply climbed to a higher realm still performing and empowering his members and the leadership of the church as they propagate the word of God and being a blessing to humanity.

The church was full to the brim as men and women across the globe attended the birthday church service; many from United Kingdom, Ireland, Russia, Australia, Ghana, United States of America (USA), South Africa, Belgium, Togo, Benin Republic, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, India, Kenya,  among other countries.

A Flutist, Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, on his part eulogised TB Joshua saying ‘TB Joshua taught me to stay humble, give and believe in God and in the Lord Jesus. He was a wonder to many. TB Joshua still blesses us from heaven. He is part of our lives and we all miss him every day’.

A representative of United States (US), Kinnack Emmanuel, said: “I received Jesus from Emmanuel TV, the prophet was more than a prophet; he was a teacher, coach, pastor and friend to everybody. June 12 is a special day on my calendar because that is the day we celebrate a great gift the Lord gives the world. I believe he is here with us and he will always bless us, we miss him so much.”

For Prophet Joshua Iginla added “We are not only celebrating a man who preaches but a man who has a spirit of love and he is a legend.”

Many others variously described TB Joshua as “a man who changed the world for good,” while another said “it is a day to celebrate our wonderful brother.” Indeed another said “Joshua was a gift to our generation, he lived a life of selfless giving.” Then an Indian representative at the event described TB Joshua as “an engine of Love,” while a woman from Russia testified that “TB Joshua taught me that it is possible to live a Christ-like life.”

Highlights of the celebration include melodious renditions from the SCOAN Choir, opera performance; classical and traditional gospel music; drama presentations, youth choreography, birthday wishes from the guests, cutting of posthumous birthday cake,  among other electrifying moments.

A brief biography of TB Joshua:

Born on 12^th June 1963, in a village in Agidi-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, a long-prophesied birth occurred in the family of Pa Kolawole Balogun and Madam Folarin Aisha Adesiji Balogun. It was the birth of a special baby boy name Temitope--special because he had stayed 15 months in the womb and because he had supernaturally escaped death from flying rock eight days later. More importantly, as had been predicted by an Arigidi warrior and farmer a century earlier, Temitope was special because he indeed turned out to be a great man who exuded exceptional charisma, authority and divine grace.

However Temitope journey to success was a tough and tortuous one. The incident that nearly killed him in infancy actually sent his mother into coma. Shortly afterwards, his father passed on and the burden of raising the children fell on his poor mother, who managed to send him to St. Stephen’s Anglican Primary School in Arigidi, where he became a leader of the Christian Fellowship. There, ‘Small Pastor’ had divinely retrieved a cutlass from a rampaging lunatic. Temitope continued to face fierce adversity from poverty, dropping out of college after college until he made a bid for the military, which also failed.

Years later, however, he discovered his true purpose in life after 40-day, 40-night fast backed with fervent prayer. From that experience emerged the Synagogue, Church of all Nations in 1989, with eight members led by Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua. Like everything else about him, the SCOAN went through divine processing from its initial forbidding swampy location in Agodo-Egba to today’s Ikotun, Lagos in 1994.

For three decades, the SCOAN has remained a place of refuge for the world. During the period, TB Joshua married Evelyn Joshua, a marriage that produced three wonderful children: Serah, Promise and Heart.

Highlights of the celebration include melodious renditions from the SCOAN Choir, opera performance and classical, drama presentations, youth choreography, birthday wishes from the guests, cutting of posthumous birthday cake,  among other electrifying moments.